Sleepy-Time Tom

Sleepy-Time Tom is a 1951 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 58th Tom and Jerry cartoon that was created by directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby, scored by Scott Bradley and animated by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence and Ray Patterson. The short was released in theaters on May 26, 1951. The cartoon begins with Tom and several of his cat friends Butch, Lightning, (first appeared in 1948 Old Rockin' Chair Tom)... more

Sleepy-Time Tom is a 1951 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 58th Tom and Jerry cartoon that was created by directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby, scored by Scott Bradley and animated by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence and Ray Patterson. The short was released in theaters on May 26, 1951. The cartoon begins with Tom and several of his cat friends Butch, Lightning, (first appeared in 1948 Old Rockin' Chair Tom) and Meathead, (first appeared in 1943 Sufferin' Cats!) singing loudly "Good Night, Ladies" in the middle of the night. The cats drop Tom off at home, who is by now, very tired. He climbs up onto the window ledge. Mammy Two-Shoes (portrayed by Lillian Randolph) chastises Tom: "Well, Mr. Playboy, while you is out partyin' all night, I has to keep that mouse out of the frigerator. That's your job, not mine. Get up! Now get in there." Tom goes to the kitchen and almost falls asleep, until Mammy warns him that he will be kicked out of the house if... less