Calypso Cat
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| Calypso Cat | |
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| Tom and Jerry series | |
| Directed by | Gene Deitch |
| Produced by | William L. Snyder |
| Story by | Larz Bourne |
| Voices by | Allen Swift |
| Music by | Steven Konichek |
| Animation by | Vaclav Bedrich |
| Studio | Rembrandt Films |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 1962 |
| Color process | Metrocolor |
| Running time | 8:00 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Landing Stripling |
| Followed by | Dicky Moe |
Calypso Cat is a Tom and Jerry cartoon produced in 1961 and released in 1962. It was directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder. The seventh of thirteen Tom and Jerry cartoons made in the present-day Czech Republic.
[edit] Plot
While chasing Jerry around a dock, Tom sees and instantly falls in love with a female cat. The female cat appears to return Tom's interest, so Tom sneaks aboard the ship the female cat and her owner have just boarded. Jerry follows Tom onto the boat and proceeds to interfere with Tom's subsequent flirtations.
By the time the ship arrives at its destination (a Caribbean island), the female cat and Tom have made amends, but a local cat playing the steel drum spots the female cat and becomes smitten with her. Tom becomes jealous, especially when the female cat appears to return the local cat's affections. Jerry tricks the local cat into assaulting Tom by hitting the steel drum with a stone (the local cat thought Tom had kicked it). Obviously, Tom retaliates and the two begin to fight each other, using the drums sticks and steel drum as weapons. Tom loses the fight, and the local cat proceeds to walk away, accompanied by the female cat.
Jerry then sets Tom's feet on fire to get his attention, and Tom, now realizing Jerry sabotaged his potential relationship, proceeds to chase Jerry back onto the ship in a crazed fury. The ship arrives back at the dock where it had been at the start, and the chase continues on the dock. Despite being chased by Tom, Jerry is smiling for the camera for the closing as if it was all worth it.
[edit] External links
- Calypso Cat at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Calypso Cat at the Internet Movie Database
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