Tom has plans to take a nice long nap in a hammock, but Jerry has gotten there first and is snoozing happily, so the two fight it out to see who gets to sleep there.
Practical Effects
Every prop becomes a weapon. Gardening tools have never been funnier.
Editing
Rapid-fire gag timing that hits like a cartoon anvil.
Sound
Scott Bradley's score punches every pratfall perfectly.
Director
William Hanna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is one of 114 Tom and Jerry shorts Hanna and Barbera directed together before leaving MGM in 1957.
The 'sleep as battleground' premise perfectly encapsulates post-war American desire for leisure — and the anxiety that someone will steal it.
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