Professor Tom (1948)

Tom, complete with mortarboard, is teaching a kitten the basics: "cats chase mice." But Jerry keeps subverting this lesson at every opportunity, adding his own phrases, like "cats and mice ... See full summary »

Directors:

Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

Storyline

Tom, complete with mortarboard, is teaching a kitten the basics: "cats chase mice." But Jerry keeps subverting this lesson at every opportunity, adding his own phrases, like "cats and mice are chums." Eventually, Jerry gets Tom locked out of the house; he runs back in and gets slingshotted into the mailbox.

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Plot Keywords:

cat | chase | mailbox | cat versus mouse | cornered | 

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 October 1948 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Loew's

Technical Specs

Runtime:

8 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows The Million Dollar Cat (1944)

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Soundtracks

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
(uncredited)
Traditional children's song
Variations played in the score

User Reviews

Bad education.

Tom, wearing a mortarboard, is teaching a kitten about the basic duties of the average house-cat, mainly mice and the hunting of them. But the kitty would rather sleep and is easily distracted. When Jerry makes an appearance Tom orders the kitty to kill, but he's completely hopeless and Jerry soon figures out a way to turn them against each other before the kitty ends up siding with him.

Not really much happens in this cartoon and nothing is really THAT imaginative. Tom doesn't even seem to get his usual terrifying injuries and only gets a minor beating in comparison. And why does it end with a cue from The Wizard of Oz?