Jerry's Diary is the first "cheater" in the "Tom and Jerry" series. To save money on animation, studios sometimes made short subjects that employed clips from older cartoons. In this case, the plot involves Tom reading Jerry's diary, which allows for four flashbacks, each of which is really a clip of an earlier short.
The first clip (shown in two parts) is from Tee for Two (1945) (1945), which features Tom and Jerry on the golf course. The second is from Mouse Trouble (1944) (1944), and shows Tom trying to rouse Jerry's curiosity with a funny book. The third is from Solid Serenade (1946) (1946) and has Jerry dropping a window on Tom's neck and then tricking him into falling into a sink of dirty dishes. Finally, a clip from The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943) (1943) shows Tom and Jerry using firecrackers in their cat-and-mouse war.
The other cheaters in the Hanna-Barbera series are Smitten Kitten (1952) (1952), Life with Tom (1953) (1953) and Smarty Cat (1955) (1955). The Chuck Jones "Tom and Jerry" series employed two cheaters: Matinee Mouse (1966) (1966) and Shutter Bugged Cat (1967) (1967).
The first clip (shown in two parts) is from Tee for Two (1945) (1945), which features Tom and Jerry on the golf course. The second is from Mouse Trouble (1944) (1944), and shows Tom trying to rouse Jerry's curiosity with a funny book. The third is from Solid Serenade (1946) (1946) and has Jerry dropping a window on Tom's neck and then tricking him into falling into a sink of dirty dishes. Finally, a clip from The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943) (1943) shows Tom and Jerry using firecrackers in their cat-and-mouse war.
The other cheaters in the Hanna-Barbera series are Smitten Kitten (1952) (1952), Life with Tom (1953) (1953) and Smarty Cat (1955) (1955). The Chuck Jones "Tom and Jerry" series employed two cheaters: Matinee Mouse (1966) (1966) and Shutter Bugged Cat (1967) (1967).
Tom. Tom takes the pie that he was going to give Jerry as a gesture of friendship and throws it at him, knocking him against the wall, which gets splattered with the remains of the gift.
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