Pecos Pest
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| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Story by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Voices by | Shug Fisher |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Ed Barge Irven Spence Ray Patterson Kenneth Muse Lewis Marshall(uncredited) |
| Backgrounds by | Robert Gentle |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | November 11, 1955 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6' 40" |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Smarty Cat |
| Followed by | That's My Mommy |
Pecos Pest is the 96th one-reel animated Tom and Jerry short, created in 1953 directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera scored by Scott Bradley and released in theaters on November 11, 1955 by Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
Pecos Pest was directed by Hanna and Barbera, and was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon released to be produced by Fred Quimby before he went into retirement. The cartoon was also the last Tom and Jerry cartoon produced in Academy format; all subsequent Tom and Jerry cartoons were released in CinemaScope format. It was animated by Ed Barge, Irven Spence, Lewis Marshall and Kenneth Muse with backgrounds by Robert Gentle. Uncle Pecos and his music were performed (uncredited) by Shug Fisher.
[edit] Plot
Jerry receives a telegram from his Uncle Pecos, soon Uncle Pecos arrives. The mustached mouse gives Jerry a performance on his guitar, playing his new song, "Crambone" (his variation of the song "Frog Went A-Courting"), but his guitar string breaks.
Uncle Pecos asks Jerry if he has a guitar string, but Jerry shakes his head "no". Pecos pokes his head out and spots a sleeping Tom, and he walks up and plucks a whisker off the cat, startling him awake. A shocked Jerry comes to the rescue, and quickly carries his reckless uncle away from Tom to his mousehole, all the while Pecos plays on his guitar with Tom in hot-pursuit. Jerry escapes into his mousehole, but accidentally bangs his uncles head on the wall just above the mousehole while doing so. Jerry quickly drags Uncle Pecos in before Tom can get him. Uncle Pecos then thanks the cat for his "service" and Tom is confused. Pecos again strolls up to the cat and plucks a second whisker after the first one snaps. Pecos plays more of his song until the whisker breaks. Tom flees in panic. Pecos soon finds him, and Pecos tries to reason with the cat, but Tom is intransigent in protecting his whiskers. Pecos grabs a third whisker, but it snaps after only a few notes. Tom frantically looks for somewhere to hide as Pecos searches for him, and Pecos soon swipes a fourth whisker. Tom dashes in panic into a nearby closet and slams the door shut. Pecos invites Jerry out to listen to his encore. Tom steps outside of the closet and enjoys the music until a snap is heard. Tom retreats back inside the closet again, but Pecos attacks the door with an axe, before Tom surrenders with a white flag and then plucks a fifth whisker for Pecos.
Fortunately, Pecos has to leave for his television performance, which Tom and Jerry watch in their living room, but when playing on air, Pecos' guitar 'string' soon snaps once again, and a laughing Tom ends up aghast when Pecos comically reaches out of the television set, and pulls out Tom's last whisker as Pecos finishes his performance.
