Buddies Thicker than Water

Director: Gene Deitch
Release Date: November 1962
Stars: Tom & Jerry
Rating: ★★
Review:

In ‘Buddies Thicker than Water’ Jerry has it made, living in a luxury penthouse on the top of a huge skyscraper. Meanwhile Tom is freezing in the snow below.

Tom calls his former foe for help and Jerry is willing to take him in. But Tom double-crosses his savior and in return the mouse haunts Tom out of the house.

This cartoon has got one of the best and most straightforward stories of all Gene Deitch’s Tom & Jerry cartoons, which makes it stand out of the series. Unfortunately the short is very low on gags, and the animation and staging are very poor, as always in Gene Deitch’s Tom and Jerries. I guess the cartoon’s highlight is the modernly designed interior of the apartment.

Watch an excerpt from ‘Buddies Thicker than Water’ yourself and tell me what you think:

This is Tom & Jerry cartoon No. 126
To the previous Tom & Jerry cartoon: Sorry Safari
To the next Tom & Jerry cartoon: Carmen Get It

‘Buddies Thicker than Water’ is available on the DVD-set ‘Tom and Jerry – The Gene Deitch Collection’ and the European DVD-Box ‘Tom and Jerry Collection’