Snowbody Loves Me
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Snowbody Loves Me is a 1964 Tom and Jerry
cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The cartoon contains much music arranged from familiar Chopin
pieces; notably, the Revolutionary Étude; the Grande Valse Brillante
in E-flat major; and the Fantaisie-Impromptu
. The name is a reference to the phrase "Nobody loves me."
Tom soon starts chattering and does everything he can to stay warm. Tom then peeks through the window and sees Jerry making a fire. His grin is invidious. He tries to enter through the chimney, but Jerry happened to have chosen that moment to light the fire. Jerry hears Tom being thrown around, yelling in pain, and falling off the edge of the building. While Tom falls from a duct, Jerry is a bit puzzled.
Jerry surveys the large array of cheeses and walks in the air towards a large wheel of Emmentaler
cheese. He starts to dive in and out of the holes in the cheese as Tom manages to open the door. Only his tail remains unfrozen, and Tom uses it to push himself and to light a fire.
Jerry starts to eat the Emmentaler and yodels
. Tom hears and sees Jerry through the holes and pumps out the mouse with a fireplace Bellows
, but he falls back in before Tom can grab him. The cat tries this some more before he comes up with another plan. He hammers corks into all of the holes (hitting Jerry on the head) and drops a giant weight on top of a giant bellows, which causes the cheese to burst. Tom recovers form the storm to see much of the cheese gone and Jerry with a cheese-tutu. Jerry walks out, and seeing the tutu, does a brief dance, to an arrangement of the Grand Valse in E-flat. Tom claps as he approaches the mouse and then smacks Jerry between his paws, stunning the mouse and drops him outside in the snow, at which an arrangement of the Fantasie Impromptu begins and continues to the end.
Tom goes back to sleep, but soon feels guilty. Jerry's spirit flies past him. Fearing Jerry is frozen solid, he rushes outside, and brings the frozen mouse inside. Wrapped in a warm blanket, Tom revives Jerry with a tablespoon of 150-proof Schnapps
. Jerry wakes up and jumps into a pile of dolls and puts on a Swiss outfit. Tom plays a piano, while Jerry happily dances around.
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 directed by Chuck Jones. The cartoon contains much music arranged from familiar Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
pieces; notably, the Revolutionary Étude; the Grande Valse Brillante
Grande Valse Brillante (Chopin)
The Grande valse brillante in E-flat major , Op. 18, was composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1833 and published in 1834. This was his first published waltz composition for solo piano...
in E-flat major; and the Fantaisie-Impromptu
Fantaisie-Impromptu
Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 66, is a solo piano composition and one of his best-known pieces. It was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana, who published the piece in spite of Chopin's request not to do so....
. The name is a reference to the phrase "Nobody loves me."
Plot
Jerry is out in the cold Austrian Alps, caught up in a snowball and rolls all the way into a pillar. Jerry rolls himself around on the ground to warm himself up (really a side effect from when he was in the snowball) until he runs into another pillar and sees a cheese shop. Jerry then draws two eyes and a mouth on the window and, when he sees the cheeses, shows a grin. He raps on the door and wakes up Tom, who promptly opens the door, only to find no one there. He walks out into the cold; however, Jerry sneaked in under the cat and now shuts the door closed on Tom. The tables are now turned.Tom soon starts chattering and does everything he can to stay warm. Tom then peeks through the window and sees Jerry making a fire. His grin is invidious. He tries to enter through the chimney, but Jerry happened to have chosen that moment to light the fire. Jerry hears Tom being thrown around, yelling in pain, and falling off the edge of the building. While Tom falls from a duct, Jerry is a bit puzzled.
Jerry surveys the large array of cheeses and walks in the air towards a large wheel of Emmentaler
Emmental (cheese)
Emmental or Emmentaler is a cheese from Switzerland. It is sometimes known as Swiss cheese in North America, Australia and New Zealand, although Swiss cheese does not always imply Emmentaler....
cheese. He starts to dive in and out of the holes in the cheese as Tom manages to open the door. Only his tail remains unfrozen, and Tom uses it to push himself and to light a fire.
Jerry starts to eat the Emmentaler and yodels
Yodeling
Yodeling is a form of singing that involves singing an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from the vocal or chest register to the falsetto/head register; making a high-low-high-low sound.The English word yodel is derived from a German word jodeln meaning "to...
. Tom hears and sees Jerry through the holes and pumps out the mouse with a fireplace Bellows
Bellows
A bellows is a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location.Basically, a bellows is a deformable container which has an outlet nozzle. When the volume of the bellows is decreased, the air escapes through the outlet...
, but he falls back in before Tom can grab him. The cat tries this some more before he comes up with another plan. He hammers corks into all of the holes (hitting Jerry on the head) and drops a giant weight on top of a giant bellows, which causes the cheese to burst. Tom recovers form the storm to see much of the cheese gone and Jerry with a cheese-tutu. Jerry walks out, and seeing the tutu, does a brief dance, to an arrangement of the Grand Valse in E-flat. Tom claps as he approaches the mouse and then smacks Jerry between his paws, stunning the mouse and drops him outside in the snow, at which an arrangement of the Fantasie Impromptu begins and continues to the end.
Tom goes back to sleep, but soon feels guilty. Jerry's spirit flies past him. Fearing Jerry is frozen solid, he rushes outside, and brings the frozen mouse inside. Wrapped in a warm blanket, Tom revives Jerry with a tablespoon of 150-proof Schnapps
Schnapps
Schnapps is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage. The English word schnapps is derived from the German Schnaps , which can refer to any strong alcoholic drink but particularly those containing at least 32% ABV...
. Jerry wakes up and jumps into a pile of dolls and puts on a Swiss outfit. Tom plays a piano, while Jerry happily dances around.