
Hold That Pose
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
Synopsis
Safari photographers Tom and Jerry probe the jungle and encounter alligators, wild boars, eagles, man-eating flowers and leopards as they set out in search for the rare, never-before-photographed, fuzzy-feathered Pip Squaker bird. They manage to trap the shy bird with a carrot (a Pip Squaker's favorite food) and finally succeed in getting a shot. The Pip Squaker apparently likes what he sees, and wants another picture, but one is enough for our intrepid duo. Tom and Jerry receive a hero's welcome by the mayor, as well as a hefty reward for being the only ones to see and photograph the rare Pip Squaker, when suddenly, 1,000 Pip Squakers fly in from all parts of the world to have their picture taken!
Characters
Tom, Jerry, Pip Squaker Bird
Credits
Directing
- Director
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Animation Director
- Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols)
Producing
- Producer
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Writing
Voices
- Voice
- John Stephenson (Vocal Effects, Narrator), Don Messick (Spike), Henry Corden, Kathy Gori, Alan Oppenheimer, Joe E. Ross, Hal Smith, Jean Vander Pyl, Janet Waldo, Lennie Weinrib, Frank Welker
Music
- Music
- Hoyt Curtin
Animation
- Animation Supervisors
- Ed Barge, Bill Keil
- Animator
- Oliver E. Callahan, Lars Calonius, Rudy Cataldi, Bill Hutten, Volus Jones, Ed Love, Tony Love, Ken Muse, Margaret Nichols, Tom Ray, Veve Risto, Dave Tendlar, Dick Thompson, Carlo Vinci, Xenia
- Layout
- John Ahern, Jamie Diaz, Jack Huber, Ray Jacobs, Homer Jonas, Lin Larsen, Warren Marshall, Gregg Nocon, Donna Zeller
- Checking and Scene Planning
- Evelyn Sherwood
- Xerography
- Robert "Tiger" West
Art Department
- Production Design
- Bob Singer
- Background
- Al Gmuer, Richard Khim, Bill Proctor, John Currin
- Storyboard Editor
- Alex Lovy
- Storyboard Direction
- Tom Dagenais, Howard Post, Art Scott, Don Sheppard, Paul Sommer
- Graphics
- Iraj Paran
- Ink And Paint Supervision
- Billie Kearns
- Background Supervision
- F. (Fernando) Montealegre
Camera
- Camera
- Jerry Mills, Ray Monahan, Norman Stainback, Roy Wade
Editing
- Editor
- Pat Foley, Joe Sandusky, James Yaras, Richard Allen, Terry Moore
- Supervising Editor
- Larry Cowan
Sound
- Sound Direction
- Richard Olson, Bill Getty
Music Department
- Musical Supervisor
- Paul DeKorte
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Jayne Barbera
- Production Supervisor
- Victor O. Schipek
- Post-Production Supervision
- Joed Eaton
Crew
- Creative Producer
- Iwao Takamoto
- Technical Supervision
- Frank Pakier
- Negative Consultant
- William E. DeBoer
Companies and other credits
- A
- HANNA-BARBERA
- PRODUCTION
Production notes
This is one of 7 New Tom & Jerry cartoons narrated by John Stephenson, who also voiced Tom & Jerry; others are "The Wacky World Of Sports," "The Tennis Menace," "The Super Cyclists," "Chickenrella," "The Great Motorboat Race," and the next, "The Supercape Caper."
In the scene where Tom & Jerry finally snaps a photo of The Pip Squaker, John Stephenson says, "You did it! The never-before fuzzy-feathered Pip Squaker has just been photographed!" Notice that he didn't say, "never-before photographed fuzzy-feathered Pip Squaker"!
In the scene where Tom & Jerry finally snaps a photo of The Pip Squaker, John Stephenson says, "You did it! The never-before fuzzy-feathered Pip Squaker has just been photographed!" Notice that he didn't say, "never-before photographed fuzzy-feathered Pip Squaker"!

