Down and Outing
| Down and Outing | |
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| Tom and Jerry series | |
The title card of "Down and Outing"
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| Directed by | Gene Deitch |
| Produced by | William L. Snyder |
| Story by | Larz Bourne |
| Voices by | Allen Swift |
| Music by | Stěpan Koniček |
| Animation by | Václav Bedřich |
| Studio | Rembrandt Films |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | October 26, 1961 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6:56 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Switchin' Kitten |
| Followed by | It's Greek to Me-ow! |
Down and Outing is a Tom and Jerry animated short film, released on October 26, 1961. It was the second cartoon in the series to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia,
Plot
Tom goes with his master, Clint Clobber, on a fishing trip. Jerry attempts to tag along, but Tom knocks him out of the car. Jerry manages to sneak in by going under the car when it stops in the driveway and coming in from an opening in the floor of the trunk. Jerry then kicks Tom out of the car, causing Tom’s head to skid along the road. Jerry taunts Tom as he chases down the car, but the car stops at a red light, and Tom hits and bends his neck on the open trunk door. The light turns green again and drives away and, after running toward it, Tom manages to hop back into the car and captures Jerry.
Jerry manages to escape from Tom’s clutches and Tom grabs a frying pan from the gear to hit him with it, but Jerry jumps out of the way, causing Tom to whack Clint in the back of the head. Clint Clobber, his face instantly turning red, turns to Tom, grabs the frying pan and repeatedly hits him on the head with it, only to get into trouble with the other drivers. Jerry then sneaks under Clint’s seat and pushes down on the gas pedal, causing the car to speed up so fast that the speedometer breaks. Clint looks down and sees Tom’s hand, making him believe that Tom was the culprit, and angrily stomps on it, causing it to swell. Jerry offers Tom a first aid kit, but Tom tries to hit Jerry with his swollen hand, but misses and causes his hand to hurt more.
Tom chases Jerry outside of the car and onto the roof, but he falls off and onto the front of the car, blocking Clint’s view. The irate man then stops the car, causing Tom to fly off and skid his bottom against the road. Tom sees that his bottom is on fire from the skidding and jumps into a nearby like to put the fire out, evaporating the water in the process. Tom runs back to the car and Clint, tired of Tom’s tomfoolery, straps him to the passenger seat very tightly to keep him out of trouble.
Tom manages to escape his confinement and searches around for Jerry. Meanwhile, Jerry is using the first aid kit to disguise one of the Clint’s shoes as a mouse. The car finally makes it to the fishing grounds, and Tom grabs an oar to whack Jerry with when he sees him. As Clint prepares to exit the car, Tom sees the disguised shoe and, believing it to be Jerry, whacks Clint on the foot with the oar, causing him to jump up in pain and hit his head on the car roof, creating a large dent in it. A frightened Tom tries to flee, but Clint catches Tom by the trunks with his fishing line and gives him a long offscreen thrashing.
Tom is then forced to carry the heavy load of equipment to the boat as punishment, not knowing that Jerry is hiding out in the picnic basket. As Tom loads the boat, Clint's sour frown gradually becomes a smile, and the cat is back on his master's good graces. While on the boat, Tom finds Jerry in the basket and uses an air pump to suck him out and into the water. In retaliation, Jerry swims under the boat and ties Tom’s fishing hook to Clint’s foot. Jerry tugs Tom’s line and Tom, believing he caught a fish, reels in his catch, only for his joy to turn to horror when he sees he’s caught Clint, and he once again gets thrashed. Jerry and Clint Clobber are then seen happily fishing, while Tom is tied up and placed into a bucket. Their catches are thrown into Tom’s face and he sobs at his predicament, then the cartoon ends.
