Jerry's Diary
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| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Story by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Kenneth Muse Ed Barge Jack Zander (unc. – archive footage) Pete Burness (uncredited – archive footage) Ray Patterson (uncredited – archive footage) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | October 22, 1949 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6:43 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Love That Pup |
| Followed by | Tennis Chumps |
Jerry's Diary is a 1949 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 45th Tom and Jerry short released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby, scored by Scott Bradley, and animated by Kenneth Muse and Ed Barge. It is the first of several compilation films T&J shorts, integrating footage from previous shorts into the plot.
Summary
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Tom places a bunch of traps in front of Jerry's mouse hole. He raises a cleaver over the hole but is immediately stopped by a talking radio. The announcer, portrayed by Uncle Dudley, tells him it is "Be Kind To Animals" week. Tom removes the traps he just set up and returns with flowers, a present, and a pie with, "To Jerry with Love" on it. Tom knocks on the wall but Jerry is not there. Tom removes the grate on the wall and sees that Jerry is not at home. But he does see his diary. Tom reaches in, grabs it, and starts to read it.
The first entry dates on Sunday, April 5, when Tom used Jerry as a Tee when he played golf. This segues into two scenes from 1945's Tee for Two. In the first scene Jerry is being used as a tee and Tom places a ball on his head. Tom then readies his shot, which cuts out a huge divot while Jerry simply held onto Tom's club. Tom looks around to see where his ball is, but Jerry whistles and holds up the ball. Tom then puts Jerry through the ball cleaner. Tom is laughing while reminiscing this scene. He continues to read the next part of the entry, where Jerry is forced into holding the tee with the ball on it; Tom hits the ball and makes a fraudulent grin. This proves to be a mistake when the ball bounces back and smashes Tom's teeth. Because of this, Tom's mood immediately goes down and he turns to another entry.
The next entry dates on Thursday, May 12, when Jerry got curious about Tom and it almost got him caught. This changes to a scene from 1944's Mouse Trouble, where Tom attempts to catch Jerry by guffawing while reading the book. A curious Jerry ventures out of his hole and Tom captures Jerry by shutting him into the book. But when Tom grabs him, Jerry pulls the same trick on him with his fists. Tom inspects them only to get punched in the eye.
Tom gets angry from what he has read and throws away the flowers in frustration. He turns to another entry which dates on Monday, June 3, when Jerry got Tom into two nasty surprises in a chase. The scene changes to 1946's Solid Serenade, where both of them dive off an ironing board; with Jerry ahead of Tom, Jerry drains the kitchen sink he landed in, leaving Tom to crash into the crockery. Tom follows Jerry through the open window, but Jerry pulls the window stop out of the window. The window falls on Tom's neck and he shrieks in pain.
Tom is now enraged at what Jerry has written about him and he destroys Jerry's present (which appears to be a box of chocolates) in frustration. He is just about to throw the diary away when he opens it again and reads one more entry dating Saturday, July 4, when Tom and Jerry fought using firecrackers. The scene changes to 1943's The Yankee Doodle Mouse, where Tom throws dynamite towards Jerry, but Jerry immediately throws it back; this cycle continues until Jerry snatches it from Tom, provoking the cat to steal it back and starting a new cycle which continues until Jerry leaves Tom to hold it as the stick explodes. Jerry then jumps into a tea kettle, but Tom throws another firecracker into the kettle. The mouse escapes as no explosion occurs. The puzzled cat opens the kettle's lid, after which the firecracker goes off, leaving him resembling a blackface sunflower.
Tom has finally had it and rips Jerry's diary to pieces in frustration just as soon as the mouse comes home. He is happy to see that Tom has baked him a pie. Jerry points at the pie and then points to himself, asking if the pie is for him. Tom is just about to strangle Jerry when Uncle Dudley, via the radio, stops him once again. "And now before your old Uncle Dudley says goodbye, did you get a nice little surprise for your little animal friend?" Tom picks up the pie with a devilish smile. The radio says, "You did? Well, let him have it." Tom throws the pie on Jerry while he fishes out his hands, then Jerry, who is rather dazed, looks into the camera and shrugs his shoulders.
Censorship
On Cartoon Network, the flashback of The Yankee Doodle Mouse where the tea kettle blows up on Tom's face to make him resemble a blackface sunflower is eliminated.
Availability
DVD
- Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 1
- Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 3, Disc One
