Puttin' On The Dog (1944)

 

After Spike really found his personality in the last Tom and Jerry cartoon (The Bodyguard) in Puttin' On the Dog he gets one of his best roles in the series (released just a few months later (The Bodyguard released on July 22, 1944. Puttin' On the Dog released on October 28th, 1944)) . This is a near perfect cartoon. Every joke hits home perfectly, the timing is sharp as can be, the characters are as vivid as ever, and this has one of Scott Bradley's best scores. One of my favorite jokes comes in this film (when Tom and Jerry dive into a hairy dog like a pool of water).

In this cartoon Tom is once again chasing Jerry. For protection Jerry runs into a dog pound. Where Spike and many other dogs get the best of Tom.

This cartoon once again features who had become William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's main animators, Pete Burness, Ray Patterson, Irv Spence, Kenneth Muse. All of them do amazing work here.

Overall this is one of my favorite Tom and Jerry cartoons and a must watch for everybody who loves cartoons.


-Michael J. Ruhland


Resources Used
Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons by Leonard Maltin
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animated Cartoons by Michael Barrier
https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3028-puttin-On-The-Dog