Van Beuren's Tom & Jerry - Pencil Mania (1932)

This is NOT M-G-M's famous cat-and-mouse cartoon team, but a Mutt-and-Jeff type duo that starred in about two dozen cartoons produced by the Van Beuren studio between 1931 and 1933.

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• Animation
• classic
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• Beuren
• Tom
• Jerry
• Aesop's
• Fables
• RKO
• 1932
• black
• white

[roroizbuff]

Err...why is the short one wearin Micky Mouse's costume?? Did Disney copy this??

[stuckupcow90]

Nah...this cartoon is the 1930s. Mickey first appeared in 1928 with the red shorts so they didn't copy. =P

[TheGreenkirby100]

uh... What am i watching?

[TheNapoleonnerd]

@KrazyKartoonKid Funny how the cat and mouse duo names were pulled out of a hat.

[TheNapoleonnerd]

Tom and Jerry is BORING to my crowd. If I want surreal cartoons, I'll look at betty boop. This was made by Van Beuren, an animation studio I'm not fond of.

[MrNEStalgia]

I just found out that the song that plays from 0:33 to 2:03 is called "Rag doll". Cool, huh?

[mahirharoon]

@roroizbuff mickey mouse was actually created before this!

[robbieraeful]

The girl look like dee- dee from dexter's lab, the strong hero looks like Fred from Scooby Doo, and the Ugly evil guy looks like Waluigi from the Mario series.

[juventinorocks]

@ptrlaurent I'm pretty sure ren and stimpey came out in 1991...it's old. But not old as the classic cartoons like these.

[perttupekka]

is it just me or are these old cartoons somehow twisted?

[VACrabapple]

@roroizbuff Try looking at the dates of Steamboat Willie and this.