Tom finally tries romance over violence. It goes exactly as well as you'd expect.
Tom ties up Spike and sneaks into the courtyard of the glamorous Toodles Galore with his bass, hoping to woo her with his song, much to the annoyance of a sleeping Jerry.
Score
Buck Woods' silky bass vocals are genuinely great.
Director
William Hanna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Buck Woods, Tom's singing voice, was a real jazz bassist who never received on-screen credit for any of his cartoon work.
This short captures postwar America's brief obsession with hep cat jazz culture before rock and roll took over.
US
