- Smarty Cat
Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Smarty Cat
series =Tom and Jerry
caption =
director =William Hanna Joseph Barbera
story_artist = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
animator =Irven Spence Kenneth Muse Ed Barge Michael Lah
background_artist =Vera Ohman
layout_artist =Richard Bickenbach
voice_actor =
musician =Scott Bradley
producer =Fred Quimby
distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
release_date = flagicon|USOctober 14 ,1955
color_process =Technicolor
runtime = 6' 50"
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0048633
preceded_by = "Tom and Chérie "
followed_by = "Pecos Pest ""Smarty Cat" is the 95th one
reel animated "Tom and Jerry " short, created in 1954, and released onOctober 14 1955 byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer . The cartoon was directed byWilliam Hanna andJoseph Barbera and produced byFred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley. Smarty Cat was animated by Kenneth Muse, Michael Lah, Ed Barge and Irven Spence, with backgrounds by Vera Ohman and the layouts by Richard Bickenbach.Plot
Tom's feline friends (Butch, Topsy and Meathead) bring over their home movies featuring moments from Tom's past where he humiliates Spike the bulldog ("Tom the Terrific Cat"). Jerry innocently wants to view the home movies as well, but the cats kick him out of the house several times. Frustrated and at the end of his tether, Jerry brings Spike over to peek at the home movies through the window. Spike sees himself being depicted as a bumbling fool and breaks into the screening, running off after the cats. Jerry films the ensuing action with his own movie camera.
Notes
*The cartoons featured in the flashbacks are:
**"Solid Serenade " ("Lover Boy")
**"Cat Fishin' " ("Dumb Dog")
**"Fit to be Tied" ("New Leash on Life")
*The closing titles do not display the usual "An MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon" caption that usually end a Tom and Jerry cartoon, but rather the standard blue "A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Cartoon" card.
*"Smarty Cat" was the last of the Hanna and Barbera-directed "wrap-around" cartoons in which the plot is based on flashbacks to earlier cartoons. It marks the final appearance of kitten and Meathead. [How to distinguish among Butch, Meathead and Lightning: Butch is black. Meathead is orange with a toupee over his head. Lightning is orange without a toupee over his head. ]References
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