Jerry-Go-Round
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Jerry-Go-Round is a 1966
Tom and Jerry
cartoon produced and directed by Chuck Jones
. The title Jerry-Go-Round is a play on the name of a classic amusepark carousel: a merry-go-round
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Tom follows Jerry into the circus and Jerry hides behind a post as Tom dashes by him. Jerry laughs and walks away when he is splashed with a tear from a (female) elephant, who cries in pain because she has stepped on a tack. Jerry removes the tack and the elephant hangs back, afraid of Jerry (as he is a mouse), when Tom approaches him and the elephant picks him up with her trunk and beats him like a drum on the stool. Jerry shows the elephant the tack and the elephant looks at her foot, and finding nothing there, hugs Jerry in gratitude. Tom pulls up a ladder and swipes the mouse, but meets the elephant's anger, who uses her trunk as a hammerhead. It then returns to hugging the mouse. Tom emerges from the ground, dazed, and then falls unconscious.
Tom is sitting behind a stool, annoyed, as the elephant and Jerry participate in the circus. Jerry and the elephant dance in the spotlight and pass a ball back and forth. Tom aims a slingshot at the ball and busts it. The elephant looks for her friend in concern and Tom ascends a high-rise ladder to reach the mouse, who is hanging onto the 300 feet (91.4 m) high wire by his feet. Tom slicks across the wire and stomps on it repeatedly to bounce Jerry into his hands. He then walks over the wire back to the ramp, only to run into the irate elephant. She uses her weight to pull both of them all the way down to the ground with the high wire, pulls the mouse into her trunk via suction, then releases the cat, launching him out of the circus tent.
Later, Tom chases Jerry into a ladder that leads to a diving board. Jerry sees the bowl of water 200 feet (61 m) down and holds back until Tom approaches and he can see no alternative. Tom barely misses the mouse and ends up diving himself. Jerry makes a successful dive, and the elephant happens to come by and drink all the water, taking Jerry away with her. Tom, still in midair, sees the empty bowl and points down in dismay before impact. Tom crashes through the ground with such force he falls all the way into hell. A devil takes him back up to the surface and throws him out, as if to say that it is not yet Tom's time.
The elephant is now back in her stable playing with Jerry, throwing him up into the air and then sucking him back to its trunk. Tom sticks out a stick with a pepper shaker on one end and shakes pepper into the elephant's snout. She elicits a gigantic sneeze which throws Jerry miles and miles from the circus. Tom runs backwards with a baseball glove to catch the mouse, but somehow the elephant has teleported near Tom. He runs up the elephant's leg and perches himself to catch the mouse, but the elephant rolls up her trunk and throws the cat off him. She then catches the glove and also catches Jerry, and proceeds to hug the mouse again.
Jerry and the elephant are now leading the circus parade, with Jerry playing the bugle and the elephant playing a very loud drum which causes the cymbals to rise and then crash together. Tom hides in a manhole to create violence
at the parade by putting a dynamite on the road so it will explode when the elephant stomps on the switch. However, the crashing pushes the dynamite stick back with Tom as he closes the manhole, without knowing it. The elephant steps on the switch and Tom meets exploding defeat and waves a "The End" flag.
1966 in film
The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Animation legend Walter Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died in 15 December 1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer...
Tom and Jerry
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 produced and directed by Chuck Jones
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...
. The title Jerry-Go-Round is a play on the name of a classic amusepark carousel: a merry-go-round
Carousel
A carousel , or merry-go-round, is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders...
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Plot
Tom chases Jerry through the sidewalk as the title cards and credits are shown. Jerry gives Tom the slip and Tom turns around the other way in anger. Jerry stops short when he sees a lion's mouth, but it is only an ad for a local circus. Seeing Tom approach in fury, Jerry sees no alternative but to jump into the lion's mouth. He disappears as Tom pulls up in bewilderment. He pulls some of the advert off and reveals that Jerry was lucky enough to hit a hole in the fence and is disappearing into the distance.Tom follows Jerry into the circus and Jerry hides behind a post as Tom dashes by him. Jerry laughs and walks away when he is splashed with a tear from a (female) elephant, who cries in pain because she has stepped on a tack. Jerry removes the tack and the elephant hangs back, afraid of Jerry (as he is a mouse), when Tom approaches him and the elephant picks him up with her trunk and beats him like a drum on the stool. Jerry shows the elephant the tack and the elephant looks at her foot, and finding nothing there, hugs Jerry in gratitude. Tom pulls up a ladder and swipes the mouse, but meets the elephant's anger, who uses her trunk as a hammerhead. It then returns to hugging the mouse. Tom emerges from the ground, dazed, and then falls unconscious.
Tom is sitting behind a stool, annoyed, as the elephant and Jerry participate in the circus. Jerry and the elephant dance in the spotlight and pass a ball back and forth. Tom aims a slingshot at the ball and busts it. The elephant looks for her friend in concern and Tom ascends a high-rise ladder to reach the mouse, who is hanging onto the 300 feet (91.4 m) high wire by his feet. Tom slicks across the wire and stomps on it repeatedly to bounce Jerry into his hands. He then walks over the wire back to the ramp, only to run into the irate elephant. She uses her weight to pull both of them all the way down to the ground with the high wire, pulls the mouse into her trunk via suction, then releases the cat, launching him out of the circus tent.
Later, Tom chases Jerry into a ladder that leads to a diving board. Jerry sees the bowl of water 200 feet (61 m) down and holds back until Tom approaches and he can see no alternative. Tom barely misses the mouse and ends up diving himself. Jerry makes a successful dive, and the elephant happens to come by and drink all the water, taking Jerry away with her. Tom, still in midair, sees the empty bowl and points down in dismay before impact. Tom crashes through the ground with such force he falls all the way into hell. A devil takes him back up to the surface and throws him out, as if to say that it is not yet Tom's time.
The elephant is now back in her stable playing with Jerry, throwing him up into the air and then sucking him back to its trunk. Tom sticks out a stick with a pepper shaker on one end and shakes pepper into the elephant's snout. She elicits a gigantic sneeze which throws Jerry miles and miles from the circus. Tom runs backwards with a baseball glove to catch the mouse, but somehow the elephant has teleported near Tom. He runs up the elephant's leg and perches himself to catch the mouse, but the elephant rolls up her trunk and throws the cat off him. She then catches the glove and also catches Jerry, and proceeds to hug the mouse again.
Jerry and the elephant are now leading the circus parade, with Jerry playing the bugle and the elephant playing a very loud drum which causes the cymbals to rise and then crash together. Tom hides in a manhole to create violence
Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
at the parade by putting a dynamite on the road so it will explode when the elephant stomps on the switch. However, the crashing pushes the dynamite stick back with Tom as he closes the manhole, without knowing it. The elephant steps on the switch and Tom meets exploding defeat and waves a "The End" flag.