Down And Outing
- Studio
- Rembrandt Films
- Distributor
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Synopsis
A day of fishing turns out to be more than Tom, Jerry or their master had angled for. Before they've even arrived, a battle takes place in the car for who will complete the trip- and all that gets left on the road are burnt rubber and the master's nerves. Once on board the boat (the "Sea Note"), Tom tosses Jerry in the water, and the mouse retaliates by tying Tom's hook to the master's foot.
Characters
Tom, Jerry, Fisherman (Tom's Owner)
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Gene Deitch
Producing
- Producer
- William L. Snyder
Writing
- Writer
- Larz Bourne
Voices
- Voice
- Allen Swift (Fisherman [Tom's Owner])
Crew
- Sound Effects
- Tod Dockstader
Production notes
The fisherman bears some resemblance to the Terrytoons character Clint Clobber.
Reviews
Down And Outing
I hate Tom's master! Hate, *hate*, HATE him. I felt better when it was Spike using Tom as a punching bag, because hey, Spike's a dog. And you could still laugh at those poundings... somehow they were still funny.
I have found absolutely nothing funny about how this guy treats Tom. There's just something about his mannerisms. He spoils any Deitch cartoon he appears in.
Down And Outing
These early-60s Tom and Jerrys, done at Gene Deitch's studio in Czechoslovakia, are just as rotten as the Chuck Jones series that followed; but there's some comedy of the purely UNINTENTIONAL sort, in the jerky movements and the simply-bizarre sound effects.
Deitch was one of the new breed of "thoughtful," "sensitive," "non-aggressive" cartoonists whose style just didn't fit this.