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Overview


Carmen Get It! is the 13th and final Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by William L. Snyder and directed by Gene Deitch in the present-day Czech Republic, and the 127th Tom and Jerry short overall. It was released on December 1, 1962 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This short ended Deitch's contract with MGM, and Chuck Jones took over production of the Tom and Jerry cartoons shortly afterwards, and moving production back to Southern California, USA, with the summer of 1963 short Pent-House Mouse, which the concepts in the Chuck Jones-era completely differs from the Gene Deitch-era, even if not generally acclaimed like the MGM era from 1940-1958.

The name is a portmanteau and play on the opera Carmen and the phrase "Come and get it!", respectively.

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In the city, Tom chases Jerry through traffic with cars in the road and Jerry leads him in an opera as Jerry ran inside Tom gets kicked out by a guard, Tom gets a tuxedo and the guard noticed that he was the cat and kicked him out again. His third attempt he holds a case to look like a musician as he passes by the guard with a big bass case.

Tom makes his way towards the opera and opens up the case to reveal a double bass case, a cello case, a viola case, a violin case, and finally a violin. During the preparation of the orchestra, Tom opens up the violin, which contains a tape recorder inside, which simulates Tom's portion of the score. Tom lures Jerry by scraping the violin's bow with cheese, and while attacking Jerry with the bow while scrapping him across, Jerry falls into the violin and fast-forwards the tape. The squeaking noise disturbs and angers the conductor, who promptly breaks the violin on Tom's head. The conductor then resumes the music. Jerry runs up the conductor's leg and when Tom chases Jerry, the conductor sees Tom and angrily stomps him on the head. Jerry starts crawling around the conductor's back, while the conductor's gyrations cause the orchestra to start playing a rhythmic jazz tune instead, making the conductor to start dancing hilariously. Finally, the movements cause Jerry to be flung out of the conductor's sleeve, and Tom (hiding in a tuba) reaches out to grab Jerry with a baseball glove. However, the tuba player begins a solo passage, and Tom is blown out of the tuba.

As the conductor has a glass of water to calm and cool down, Tom chases Jerry into the conductor's score. The conductor notices this and slams the book shut, flattening Tom and leaving the notes from the book on him. The conductor snickers sadistically and resumes the music until he pushes Tom off the book. Meanwhile, Jerry escapes into a break room and lures some ants onto a blank page of the score. He gets Tom's attention, and as Tom tries to get him at the conductor's stand, the spotlight goes back on and everyone cheered for him. Tom has no choice but to conduct the orchestra since the conductor is absent. However, Jerry causes the ants to change positions, causing Tom to misconduct the music, such that it changes to "American Patrol", "Yankee Doodle", "Dixie", and "There'll Be a Hot Time In the Town Tonight". Finally, the ants scatter and Tom sees Jerry. He screws Jerry into a light bulb socket, and lights Jerry like an X-ray. But at that moment, the furious conductor returns and Tom screeches his body parts off in terror and runs off as fast as his paws could carry him.

The opera finally begins, and the singer playing Carmen walks onto the stage. She is just about to begin singing the "Habanera" when she suddenly screams because she sees Jerry dressed like a toreador and dancing at the front of the stage. Tom reaches onto the stage and finally catches Jerry, but the conductor, believing Tom has profaned the opera´s theatre, gets on the stage and blocks Tom's way, incensed with the cat for interfering for the last time, has been singed off of this madness, appearing prepared to kill Tom. Jerry gives a terrified Tom a red blanket, and the enraged conductor starts to charge him like a raging bull. The dignified opera thus devolves into a farcical bullfight between Tom and the conductor while Jerry takes over the conducting duties, providing fitting music for the stage's events. After the song finishes, Jerry bows down to the audience and the ants spell "THE END" on the book pages, to thunderous cheering and applause.

Reception[]

While the Gene Deitch shorts are usually considered the worst Tom and Jerry shorts, this cartoon, along with The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit, Buddies Thicker Than Water, and Tall in the Trap are reviewed more favorably and are often considered the best of the Gene Deitch shorts.

Notes[]

  • This is the final Tom and Jerry cartoon to be directed by Gene Deitch, who later created "Nudnik" and the "Self-Help Series", both of which would be nominated for Oscars.
  • The conductor in this cartoon is a caricature of Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, who sometimes showed a violent temper during rehearsals. He also bears something of a resemblance to longtime and popular Boston Pops' conductor, Arthur Fiedler.
  • The new Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, where the short takes place, was still under construction when this cartoon was produced (the venue didn't open up until 1966). Key backgrounds were based on the architect's renderings.
  • Carmen's scream is a reused sound effect from the earlier cartoon Buddies Thicker Than Water.
  • This is one of the final Tom and Jerry cartoons to have the mono tracking audio; all the future Tom and Jerry projects would use stereo for later years to come starting with the TV series, The Tom & Jerry Kids Show.
  • This is the fourth and final cartoon to feature The Ants who previously appeared in Cat Napping, Pup on a Picnic, and Barbecue Brawl.
  • This is the 127th cartoon overall.
  • This is the only Gene Deitch Cartoon that does not say An MGM Cartoon at the end.

Errors[]

  • When Carmen runs away from Jerry backstage, her face takes on a completely different design.

Censorship[]

  • The singer playing Carmen's appearance was removed while it aired on Cartoon Network Maghreb and Spacetoon, likely due to the exposed cleavage of her enlarged breasts.
  • In Cartoon Network, Morocco is frequently replaced by a limestone before they are in the palace, and the singer playing Carmen's appearance was removed as in the Arabic World. These two scenes were left intact on Boomerang USA and MeTV.
Tom and Jerry Cartoons
1940 Puss Gets the Boot
1941 The Midnight Snack • The Night Before Christmas
1942 Fraidy Cat • Dog Trouble • Puss n' Toots • The Bowling Alley-Cat • Fine Feathered Friend
1943 Sufferin' Cats! • The Lonesome Mouse • The Yankee Doodle Mouse • Baby Puss
1944 The Zoot Cat • The Million Dollar Cat • The Bodyguard • Puttin' on the Dog • Mouse Trouble
1945 The Mouse Comes to Dinner • Mouse in Manhattan • Tee for Two • Flirty Birdy • Quiet Please!
1946 Springtime for Thomas • The Milky Waif • Trap Happy • Solid Serenade
1947 Cat Fishin' • Part Time Pal • The Cat Concerto • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse • Salt Water Tabby • A Mouse in the House • The Invisible Mouse
1948 Kitty Foiled • The Truce Hurts • Old Rockin' Chair Tom • Professor Tom • Mouse Cleaning
1949 Polka-Dot Puss • The Little Orphan • Hatch Up Your Troubles • Heavenly Puss • The Cat and the Mermouse • Love That Pup • Jerry's Diary • Tennis Chumps
1950 Little Quacker • Saturday Evening Puss â€¢ Texas Tom • Jerry and the Lion • Safety Second • The Hollywood Bowl • The Framed Cat • Cue Ball Cat
1951 Casanova Cat • Jerry and the Goldfish • Jerry's Cousin • Sleepy-Time Tom • His Mouse Friday • Slicked-up Pup • Nit-Witty Kitty • Cat Napping
1952 The Flying Cat • The Duck Doctor • The Two Mouseketeers • Smitten Kitten • Triplet Trouble • Little Runaway • Fit To Be Tied • Push-Button Kitty • Cruise Cat • The Dog House
1953 The Missing Mouse â€¢ Jerry and Jumbo • Johann Mouse • That's My Pup! • Just Ducky • Two Little Indians • Life with Tom
1954 Puppy Tale • Posse Cat • Hic-cup Pup • Little School Mouse • Baby Butch • Mice Follies • Neapolitan Mouse • Downhearted Duckling • Pet Peeve • Touché, Pussy Cat!
1955 Southbound Duckling • Pup on a Picnic • Mouse for Sale • Designs on Jerry • Tom and Chérie • Smarty Cat • Pecos Pest • That's My Mommy
1956 The Flying Sorceress • The Egg and Jerry • Busy Buddies • Muscle Beach Tom • Down Beat Bear • Blue Cat Blues • Barbecue Brawl
1957 Tops with Pops • Timid Tabby • Feedin' the Kiddie • Mucho Mouse • Tom's Photo Finish
1958 Happy Go Ducky • Royal Cat Nap • The Vanishing Duck • Robin Hoodwinked • Tot Watchers
1961 Switchin' Kitten • Down and Outing • It's Greek to Me-ow!
1962 High Steaks • Mouse into Space • Landing Stripling • Calypso Cat • Dicky Moe • The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit • Tall in the Trap • Sorry Safari • Buddies Thicker Than Water • Carmen Get It!
1963 Pent-House Mouse
1964 The Cat Above and The Mouse Below • Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? • Much Ado About Mousing • Snowbody Loves Me • The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
1965 Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life • Tom-ic Energy • Bad Day at Cat Rock • The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off • Haunted Mouse • I'm Just Wild About Jerry • Of Feline Bondage • The Year of the Mouse • The Cat's Me-Ouch
1966 Duel Personality • Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary • Jerry-Go-Round • Love Me, Love My Mouse • Puss 'n' Boats • Filet Meow • Matinee Mouse • The A-Tom-Inable Snowman • Catty-Cornered
1967 Cat and Dupli-cat • O-Solar-Meow • Guided Mouse-ille • Rock 'n' Rodent • Cannery Rodent • The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. • Surf-Bored Cat • Shutter Bugged Cat • Advance and Be Mechanized • Purr-Chance to Dream
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