Directors: William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Release Date: March 15, 1947
Stars: Tom & Jerry, Mammy Two-Shoes
Rating: ★★★
Review:
Mammy threatens Tom he goes out if he doesn’t catch ‘that mouse’.
In the chase Tom accidentally gets drunk, which changes him into Jerry’s best pal and rebellious against Mammy. This can’t go well, and in the end we see Mammy chasing a hiccuping Tom in a moonlit landscape.
The animation of the drunken Tom is very well done and a delight to watch. However, somehow, ‘Part Time Pal’ also seems to be the most inspirational cartoon to the Czech studio Gene Deitch led for his Tom and Jerry cartoons (1961-1962), because Tom’s design in this cartoon is remarkably similar to those later, way more poorly animated cartoons.
Watch ‘Part Time Pal’ yourself and tell me what you think:
This is Tom & Jerry cartoon No. 28
To the previous Tom & Jerry cartoon: Cat Fishin’
To the next Tom & Jerry cartoon: The Cat Concerto
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October 31, 2012 at 20:14
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How many times has poor Tom been told, “This is the last time. Either you keep that mouse out of the icebox (or house, in most cartoons) or you are going out!?” That’s the word Tom gets early on from Mammy Two Shoes. (By the way, it’s interesting how the politically-correct idiots to write the English subtitles on these DVDs always correct her grammar. For instance: real dialog – “Remember, Tom, you is on guard;” English subtitles: “Remember, Tom, you’re on guard.” They even change “Land sakes!” to “My goodness.” Is there something racial about the exclamation “land sakes?” My grandmother used to say that all the time. These Gestapo-like PC police are ridiculous!)Tom gets “picked” in this episode, falling in a barrel of cider. When he’s in this condition, he’s pals with everyone, including Jerry. He’s a different cat! Some funny gags follow as Tom now helps Jerry raid the refrigerator. When the cat sobers up, however, it’s back to normal…..until a bottle of “bay rum” hits him and he swallows the contents. Now, it’s “part-time pals” again.Overall, a decent cartoon. Usually, I don’t find drunks funny but they had some good material in here.