I wonder if Hanna-Barbera ever missed this kind of animation in their cartoons when they were churning out their made-for-TV stuff, where it was unrealistic to expect any reaction much more outrageous than eyes widening a bit.
Tom's poses were among the best, especially the way he'd run after Jerry, vibrating after he'd hit an immovable object like the wall just abovve Jerry's mousehole or an obstacle that Jerry would hide behind. This was one of the first theatrical TOM AND JERRY cartoons I recorded from TV onto reel-to-reel tape so I could listen again and again to the Bradley scores which I'd enjoyed ever since seeing the classic MGM cartoons on early morning local TV in the late 1950's.
This is all Ray Patterson's animation.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Hanna-Barbera ever missed this kind of animation in their cartoons when they were churning out their made-for-TV stuff, where it was unrealistic to expect any reaction much more outrageous than eyes widening a bit.
ReplyDeleteTom's poses were among the best, especially the way he'd run after Jerry, vibrating after he'd hit an immovable object like the wall just abovve Jerry's mousehole or an obstacle that Jerry would hide behind. This was one of the first theatrical TOM AND JERRY cartoons I recorded from TV onto reel-to-reel tape so I could listen again and again to the Bradley scores which I'd enjoyed ever since seeing the classic MGM cartoons on early morning local TV in the late 1950's.
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