Calypso Cat
Encyclopedia
Calypso Cat is a Tom and Jerry
cartoon produced in 1961 and released in 1962. It was directed by Gene Deitch
and produced by William L. Snyder. The seventh of thirteen Tom and Jerry cartoons made in the present-day Czech Republic
.
By the time the ship arrives at its destination (a Caribbean
island), the female cat and Tom have made amends, but a local cat playing the steel drum spots the female cat and becomes smitten with her. Tom becomes jealous, especially when the female cat appears to return the local cat's affections. Jerry tricks the local cat into assaulting Tom by hitting the steel drum with a stone (the local cat thought Tom had kicked it). Obviously, Tom retaliates and the two begin to fight each other, using the drums sticks and steel drum as weapons. Tom loses the fight, and the local cat proceeds to walk away, accompanied by the female cat.
Jerry then sets Tom's feet on fire to get his attention, and Tom, now realizing Jerry sabotaged his potential relationship, proceeds to chase Jerry back onto the ship in a crazed fury. The ship arrives back at the dock where it had been at the start, and the chase continues on the dock. Despite being chased by Tom, Jerry is smiling for the camera for the closing as if it was all worth it.
Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry are the cat and mouse cartoon characters that were evolved starting in 1939.Tom and Jerry also may refer to:Cartoon works featuring the cat and mouse so named:* The Tom and Jerry Show...
cartoon produced in 1961 and released in 1962. It was directed by Gene Deitch
Gene Deitch
Eugene Merril "Gene" Deitch is an American illustrator, animator and film director. He has been based in Prague, capital of Czechoslovakia and the present-day Czech Republic, since 1959. Since 1968, Deitch has been the leading animation director for the Connecticut organization Weston...
and produced by William L. Snyder. The seventh of thirteen Tom and Jerry cartoons made in the present-day Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
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Plot
While chasing Jerry around a dock, Tom sees and instantly falls in love with a female cat. The female cat appears to return Tom's interest, so Tom sneaks aboard the ship the female cat and her owner have just boarded. Jerry follows Tom onto the boat and proceeds to interfere with Tom's subsequent flirtations.By the time the ship arrives at its destination (a Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
island), the female cat and Tom have made amends, but a local cat playing the steel drum spots the female cat and becomes smitten with her. Tom becomes jealous, especially when the female cat appears to return the local cat's affections. Jerry tricks the local cat into assaulting Tom by hitting the steel drum with a stone (the local cat thought Tom had kicked it). Obviously, Tom retaliates and the two begin to fight each other, using the drums sticks and steel drum as weapons. Tom loses the fight, and the local cat proceeds to walk away, accompanied by the female cat.
Jerry then sets Tom's feet on fire to get his attention, and Tom, now realizing Jerry sabotaged his potential relationship, proceeds to chase Jerry back onto the ship in a crazed fury. The ship arrives back at the dock where it had been at the start, and the chase continues on the dock. Despite being chased by Tom, Jerry is smiling for the camera for the closing as if it was all worth it.