Rock 'n' Rodent
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Rock 'n' Rodent is a 1967 cartoon film directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones
, and featured music by Carl Brandt.
Jerry arrives at the bar and has a martini (of which, he only eats the cheese on the toothpick, leaving the bartender to drink the rest of the martini). Then, Jerry begins playing drums with a band, which puts the club into full swing.
Shortly afterward, being woken up by the noise, Tom opens the elevator, to get blasted at by the loud music. He tries to block the elevator doors with a pillow, but it's not enough to stop the noise. He lowers a hose into the elevator shaft in hopes of drowning out the noise. His smug laughter is interrupted by a large dog who drags Tom downstairs and throws him into the dog's flooded apartment room.
Dripping wet, Tom goes back to his apartment room. He then decides to stop the noise at its source, by grabbing some tools and heading down to the basement through the air vents. Hearing the music through the floor, Tom saws a hole in the floor and uses the plunger, but the music is coming from a radio, and to make matters worse, the large dog (whom the radio belonged to) pulls Tom up through the floor and punches him back up to his apartment room through the floors and his bed.
Now, completely bruised and sleep deprived, Tom cries over this and puts corks in his ears, wraps up his head with bandages and tries to settle down to sleep. Thankfully, the music stops, causing Tom to wake up with a start, lose the bandages, and pop the corks. Then a tired Jerry is seen leaving the elevator toward his hole.
Tom gleefully goes back to sleep, only to be awoken seconds later by his alarm clock. Having been woken up by the noise, Jerry turns on the light in his mousehole, peeks out, and makes a shushing noise at Tom. This action from Jerry immediately causes Tom to scream (since Jerry kept him up all night) and run straight out through the wall, leaving his outline behind. Jerry just shrugs this off, thinking Tom's gone bonkers, imitates Charlie Chaplin
's silent film walk while going back to bed, and the cartoon ends.
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...
, and featured music by Carl Brandt.
Plot
In Tom and Jerry's penthouse apartment room around 10:00 PM, Tom finishes reading a book and prepares to sleep, setting his alarm clock to ring in the morning. However, this is also time for Jerry to get up. The mouse's alarm-watch rings and Jerry showers (using a wrench on a pipe) and grooms himself before setting out for a tiny elevator in the wall. He hears Tom snoring and stops briefly before he enters the elevator and descends to a nightclub with the sign "Le Cellar Smoqué" displayed at its entrance.Shortly afterward, being woken up by the noise, Tom opens the elevator, to get blasted at by the loud music. He tries to block the elevator doors with a pillow, but it's not enough to stop the noise. He lowers a hose into the elevator shaft in hopes of drowning out the noise. His smug laughter is interrupted by a large dog who drags Tom downstairs and throws him into the dog's flooded apartment room.
Dripping wet, Tom goes back to his apartment room. He then decides to stop the noise at its source, by grabbing some tools and heading down to the basement through the air vents. Hearing the music through the floor, Tom saws a hole in the floor and uses the plunger, but the music is coming from a radio, and to make matters worse, the large dog (whom the radio belonged to) pulls Tom up through the floor and punches him back up to his apartment room through the floors and his bed.
Now, completely bruised and sleep deprived, Tom cries over this and puts corks in his ears, wraps up his head with bandages and tries to settle down to sleep. Thankfully, the music stops, causing Tom to wake up with a start, lose the bandages, and pop the corks. Then a tired Jerry is seen leaving the elevator toward his hole.
Tom gleefully goes back to sleep, only to be awoken seconds later by his alarm clock. Having been woken up by the noise, Jerry turns on the light in his mousehole, peeks out, and makes a shushing noise at Tom. This action from Jerry immediately causes Tom to scream (since Jerry kept him up all night) and run straight out through the wall, leaving his outline behind. Jerry just shrugs this off, thinking Tom's gone bonkers, imitates Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
's silent film walk while going back to bed, and the cartoon ends.
Production
- Animation: Ben WashamBen WashamBenjamin Alfred Washam was an American animator who is best known for working under director Chuck Jones for nearly 30 years. Washam worked at Warner Bros. Cartoons from 1941 until 1962, mainly under the direction of Chuck Jones. He also worked on made-for-television cartoons in the early 1960s...
, Dick ThompsonRichard Thompson (animator)Richard "Dick" Thompson was an American animator who worked at several animated cartoon departments over a career of four decades. His longest association was with Chuck Jones at Warner Bros. Cartoons and M-G-M. He also worked at Hanna-Barbera and DePatie-Freleng.-Related link:*]]...
, Tom RayTom RayThomas Archer Ray was an American animator.-Career:Ray was born in Williams, Arizona. He began work at Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1937. Over the first two decades of his career, he was a junior animator who received no screen credit until Destination Earth in 1956. In 1958, he became a master...
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- Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
- Design Consultant: Maurice NobleMaurice NobleMaurice Noble was an American animation background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years. He was a long-time associate of animation director Chuck Jones, most notably at Warner Bros. in the 1950s...
- Production Manager: Earl Jonas
- Story: Bob Ogle
- Music: Carl Brandt
- Production Supervised by: Les Goldman
- Produced by: Chuck JonesChuck JonesCharles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...
- Directed by: Abe LevitowAbe LevitowAbraham "Abe" Levitow was an American animator who worked at Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ....