I'm Just Wild About Jerry is another spot gag cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.
The storyline once again simply involves Tom chasing Jerry, this time in a department store.
This film has its charms. A department store is a great setting for a Tom and Jerry cartoon. It allows for some great and very creative artwork. There are also some very charming moments such as the toy car having a face and walking slowly towards Jerry. However, despite this none of the gags hit as well here as they do in other Chuck Jones spot gag cartoons. I really didn't laugh once in this short and many of the gags seem to feel too long and drawn out to have any real punch. I also felt the last gag was too surreal and didn't really fit the characters of Tom and Jerry.
The credited animators on this film are Dick Thompson, Ben Washam, Ken Harris and Don Towsley. Eugene Poddany gets a music credit. Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese share a writing credit. Maurice Noble is the co-director, and Philip DeGuard is the credited background artist. This is 139th Tom and Jerry cartoon overall. It is available on the DVD sets, Tom and Jerry: Paws for a Holiday (also on VHS), Tom and Jerry: Classic Collection Volume 6 and Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection as well as the VHS sets Tom and Jerry: Tom and Chérie and Tom and Jerry: Part Time Pals and the LaserDisc set, The Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume III: The Chuck Jones Cartoons.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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