Friday 30 August 2024

Hey! I'm Headless!

Tom yells into a mountain range to hear his echo in the wonderfully warped Van Beuren cartoon A Swiss Trick (1932).

The word “HEY” flies in between the peaks, then makes holes in each mountain as it sails along.



The word bashes Tom on the back of the head. But the gag doesn’t end there. It decapitates Tom. Jerry grabs the head as it goes past him, reattaches it to Tom’s body, then Tom rubs his chin as he wonders what to make of what happened.



This short has all kinds of weird ideas, ending with Tom and Jerry developing holes like Swiss cheese and being chased by mice.

John Foster and George Stallings get the “by” credit.

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