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| Sleepy-Time Tom | |||
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Sleepy-Time Tom title card | |||
| Directed by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera | ||
| Produced by | Fred Quimby | ||
| Story by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera | ||
| Voices by | Lillian Randolph (uncredited) | ||
| Music by | Scott Bradley | ||
| Animation by |
Ed Barge Kenneth Muse Irven Spence Ray Patterson | ||
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
| Release date(s) | May 26 | ||
| Color process | Technicolor | ||
| Running time | 7:05 | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Preceded by | Jerry's Cousin | ||
| Followed by | His Mouse Friday | ||
Sleepy-Time Tom is a 1951 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 58th Tom and Jerry cartoon that was created by directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby, scored by Scott Bradley and animated by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence and Ray Patterson. The short was released in theaters on May 26, 1951.
Plot[]
Tom and his cat friends—Butch, Lightning, and Meathead—are singing loudly in the middle of the night. The cats drop Tom off at home; he is now very tired. He climbs up onto the window ledge. Mammy Two-Shoes (portrayed by Lillian Randolph) chastises Tom. Tom goes to the kitchen and nearly falls asleep, until Mammy warns him that she will kick him out of the house if she catches him sleeping. Jerry hears Mammy's warnings and decides to make things difficult for Tom, encouraging the cat to fall asleep in order to get him thrown out.
Tom ends up drinking loads of coffee for the caffeine to keep himself alert. Even after drinking from the whole pot, Tom still falls asleep until Mammy asks him Was you sleeping?. Tom shakes his head, Tom continues to try everything to stay awake. In the bathroom, Tom sticks toothpicks under his eyes to try and keep them open, but both toothpicks snap under the weight of his eyelids. He then tries sticking tape onto the top of his head to keep his eyes open, only for his head to cover his eyes. Tom cunningly paints yellow circles on his eyelids to give the illusion that he is awake though his eyes are closed and he is sleeping. Mammy is led to believe that Tom is awake, but Jerry sees through Tom's ploy, Jerry decides to rips off part of Tom's fur. The cat is immediately woken and chases after Jerry, but Jerry has made signs (which resemble the popular Burma-Shave road signs), Tom stops to read them: Are you sleepy? Want a bed? Solid comfort - straight ahead.
Jerry's signs lead Tom to Mammy's bedroom, where Tom falls asleep. Jerry watches as an unsuspecting Mammy sees Tom on her bed, and violently throws Tom out of the house. Tom crashes into a fence, but is too tired to care and simply falls back asleep while using a brick as a pillow. Around the corner come Tom's friends, then upon spotting Tom having dozed off they pick him up and tug him along with them through the alleyway, singing in the moonlight once again whilst they are leaving.
Voice cast[]
- Lillian Randolph as Mammy Two Shoes (original) (uncredited)
- Thea Vidale as Mammy Two Shoes (dubbed version) (uncredited)
Availability[]
DVD
- Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 2, Disc Two
External links[]
- Sleepy-Time Tom at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Sleepy-Time Tom at Internet Movie Database
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