Blue Cat Blues - (6 min. 48 sec.) 1956

Tom is down at the railroad tracks, bent on committing suicide. Jerry, who's there, too, tells us why. Tom and Jerry were inseparable friends until the arrival of a voluptuous white kitten. Jerry tried to restrain Tom, who became the kitten's plaything, but it was no use. The kitten had Tom push her to and fro on a swing. Then Tom acquired a rival: Butch, the black cat. Butch had also noticed the kitten. He kissed her and got rid of Tom, Tom's gifts seemed poor compared to those of Butch. Tom had spent every penny he owned for a car; he'd agreed to pay for it in 312 monthly installments, with interest at 112 percent a year; he'd pledged an arm and a leg, and twenty years of his own life. But all that meant nothing compared to Butch's luxurious car. Tom started to drink. Jerry had, nevertheless, managed to pull him out of the gutter. Then Butch and the white kitten got married. Such was Tom's sad story. Jerry observes, with satisfaction, that he'd never had this problem, but suddenly he sees the mouse he loves passing by...with her fiance'! Jerry is desperate, as desperate as Tom. We hear the sound of an approaching train.

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Music - "Love That Pup" (Bradley), "I've Gota Feelin' You're Foolin' "(Brown-Freed).