Mucho Mouse
| Mucho Mouse | |
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| Tom and Jerry series | |
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| Directed by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Story by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Voices by |
Daws Butler (uncredited) Charles Lung (uncredited) Julie Bennett (uncredited) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by |
Lewis Marshall Kenneth Muse Bill Schipek Jack Carr Ken Southworth Herman Cohen |
| Layouts by |
Richard Bickenbach Ed Benedict |
| Backgrounds by | Robert Gentle |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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| Color process |
Technicolor CinemaScope Perspecta |
| Running time | 7:04 |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Preceded by | Feedin' the Kiddie |
| Followed by | Tom's Photo Finish |
Mucho Mouse is a 1957 one-reel animated Tom and Jerry short, directed and produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. It was released on September 6, 1957 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This cartoon was released at a time where relations between Francoist Spain and the United States began to improve.
The camera slowly pans to the right and reveals a Spanish house, and goes inside to the sound of a flamenco guitar. As the camera reveals that Lightning is playing the guitar while leaning against a couch, Jerry, known in this cartoon as El Magnífico (Spanish for "The Magnificent"), comes dancing out of his hole and then brings back a small wedge of cheese. Meanwhile, the Spanish owner of the house (Joan) comes in the room, sees Jerry, and taps her foot impatiently at Lightning. In Spanish, Lightning compliments the señorita (Joan) about her good looks today, until he finally agrees to chase Jerry. He dives at the mouse eating his cheese on the carpet, and Jerry strategically raises the carpet and himself such that the cat goes underneath the carpet and runs into a table. Lightning is unfazed and returns the other way, but the mouse ties the cat's tail to another table and is drawn back into it, and then smashed by the top of the table. Lightning's legs, tail, and head pop out akin to a turtle.
Now, the cat dives at the mouse next to his El Magnífico hole, and the mouse lifts himself out of the way again, leaving the cat to pitch and jump directly into his guitar where he left it, on the couch. Jerry, having defeated Lightning, dances back into his hole. The poor cat, head poking through his guitar, proclaims it is no use. Joan responds by saying that is because he is lazy - the laziest cat, in fact, that she has ever seen! Lightning is hurt, and responds that nobody could catch "El Magnífico". Therefore, she commands him to read a telegram which says "Arriving today from U.S.A., Guarantee to catch mouse (El Magnífico)....Tom, Olympic, U.S. and World Champion Mouse Catcher."
Tom arrives at the door with numerous medals and trophies beside him. The cat, being from the United States, uses a guide book to help him speak Spanish. He tells the señorita: "How are you, ma'am?" in Spanish, obviously struggling with the language, particularly on the "señorita". However, she waves this off as good manners, and then leaves, reaffirming Tom's guarantee to catch the mouse. They bid goodbye in Spanish (Tom still speaking poorly), and the señorita then snubs Lightning in comparison to Tom. Lightning, whose guitar is repaired, pulls back and lets go of the strings on his instrument, which smack into Tom, making him angry. Lightning points to the mouse hole and sings "El Magnificooooooooooo...". Just then, Tom sees Jerry carrying a banana as he walks back into his hole.
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