Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Toon Rock: Rock 'n' Rodent (1967)

Tom & Jerry's 1967 entry, "Rock 'N' Rodent", is actually a semi-remake of "Saturday Evening Puss", released 17 years earlier, when Bill Hanna & Joe Barbera were still at MGM.

As you can tell from the title, this time, it's Jerry who's the jazzman, playing drums for a hot combo in a basement club in his building. While Carl Brandt (ex-The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo) was credited with the music, noted jazzman David Benoit also pitched in, but went uncredited. Now, let's scope out the swinging sounds.....

Edit, 8/16/22: Have to change the video. This omits the opening credits:




Like, really hot, man.

Rating: A.

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