Solid Serenade is a 1946 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 26th Tom and Jerry short, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on August 31, 1946 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley, and animation by Ed Barge, Michael Lah and Kenneth Muse.
The cartoon starts with a zoom into a house and to a doghouse labeled "KILLER" (who is ac...
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Solid Serenade is a 1946 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 26th Tom and Jerry short, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on August 31, 1946 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley, and animation by Ed Barge, Michael Lah and Kenneth Muse.
The cartoon starts with a zoom into a house and to a doghouse labeled "KILLER" (who is actually Spike) with a dog in it. Tom pokes his head over the wall and spots a female cat (Toodles Galore) in the window. Tom brings along his double bass, then wakes up Killer, whacks him in the head with a mallet and ties him up. Tom uses his bass as a pogo stick to hop over to the window, stopping to taunt Killer along the way. Tom starts up "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"
I got a gal, always late
Every time we have a date
But I love her
I’m gonna ask her
Is you is or is you ain’t my baby?
The way you’re actin’ lately makes me doubt
You...
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