Tom and Jerry Update

[Serangi]

On CN's "Tom and Jerry" show today, June 28th, they aired "Yankee Doodle Mouse," which usually eliminates a so-called 'sunflower' reference.

For those who don't know, in the scene affected, Tom traps Jerry in a tea kettle and puts in a firecracker. Jerry escapes through the spout, then Tom peeks in the top and it explodes. In the uncensored version, it shows Tom look up with a burnt face and the blown-up tea kettle looking like sunflower petals around his face, hence 'sunflower.' This is considered a racial image ("I don't get it either, Plank," as Jonny 2x4 would say.), so usually it's cut after the explosion.

However, today, the cartoon was shown -uncensored-! Who knows, maybe some day we'll get back the original voice for Mammy Two-Shoes.

[Eric B]

They also showed the Jerry sunflower face on Safety Second. Though it would be hard to censor that since it is the very last scene.

They showed Milky Waif, but as always edited. I have never seen the mammy disguise scene (except for a frame shot in Patrick Brion's book). Even in syndication in the 70's it was cut.

[DarthGonzo]

It's funny that it took so long to restore the sunflower scene in "Yankee Doodle Mouse", especially since they're been airing "Jerry's Diary" for so long with the exact same scene intact.

In "Milky Waif", after Tom traps Jerry and Nibbles in the closet, Jerry spots a bottle of shoe polish and begins to rub it in his and Nibbles' faces. Then Jerry appears from inside the closet in blackface with a black and white checkered "mammy" outfit. "Well hello there, Mister Thomas" says Jerry (in Mammy Two Shoe's voice). "Comon, honey child", says Jerry, beckoning Nibbles to follow. Nibbles comes waddling out of the closet, also in blackface with a "mammy" bandana. Jerry calls to him again and as Nibbles begins to walk away from Tom his diaper falls off, revealing his grey-colored rear end. Nibbles runs past Jerry, who is holding a frying pan in the door way, and that's where the CN edit ends.

[Viper]

Eric B, I remember that part from the Milky Waif years ago when I first got cable on TBS' Tom & Jerry's Superstation Funhouse--where Jerry puts shoe polish on his and nibbles' faces as disguises. I'm still waiting to see cartoons like Push Button Kitty, Sleepy-time Tom, and the un-cut versions of Kitty Foiled and Fraidy Cat.

BTW, I understand CN IS planning to show the following cartoons on July 4 @ around 2:00 A.M.:
Life With Tom--the un-cut version
The Lonesome Mouse
another un-seen cartoon but forgot title

Sadly, I don't think CN will ever air His Mouse Friday anytime soon. It's T&J's take-off on Robinson Crusoe.

[Eric B]

It's funny that it took so long to restore the sunflower scene in "Yankee Doodle Mouse", especially since they're been airing "Jerry's Diary" for so long with the exact same scene intact.

Most times I see it, it's cut in both films.

In "Milky Waif", after Tom traps Jerry and Nibbles in the closet, Jerry spots a bottle of shoe polish and begins to rub it in his and Nibbles' faces. Then Jerry appears from inside the closet in blackface with a black and white checkered "mammy" outfit. "Well hello there, Mister Thomas" says Jerry (in Mammy Two Shoe's voice). "Comon, honey child", says Jerry, beckoning Nibbles to follow. Nibbles comes waddling out of the closet, also in blackface with a "mammy" bandana. Jerry calls to him again and as Nibbles begins to walk away from Tom his diaper falls off, revealing his grey-colored rear end.

Wow! all of that. I never knew there was dialogue in that film. They always cut it off right after Nibbles spits the milk in Tom's face. Why can't they at least show them running into the closet? On Ch.11 in NY, you would see them runing around a corner, then you would see one of the mice running by with the scarf still on his head (had always wondered what that was about), and then the frying pan. Later, everything was cut all the way until they ran under the carpet.

I remember that part from the Milky Waif years ago when I first got cable on TBS' Tom & Jerry's Superstation Funhouse--where Jerry puts shoe polish on his and nibbles' faces as disguises. I'm still waiting to see cartoons like Push Button Kitty, Sleepy-time Tom, and the un-cut versions of Kitty Foiled and Fraidy Cat.

They used to show all that stuff, and I had hoped to catch Milky Waif on there, but the problem was, back then they always mixed the shows with WB and Popeye stuff. I hated it as it was hard to catch a given Tom & Jerry cartoon as it shared the hour or half hour with so much other stuff. (Kind of like trying to catch a particular DC heroes cartoon on the Batman-Superman Adventures, which covers a whole range of stuff from 1966 to 1984!) I did catch part of Mouse Cleaning though. I saw that again not too long ago on CN, and I believe I have seen the others you mentioned. I also did see Lonesome Mouse on CN a few years ago.

[Joe Tully]

Originally posted by Viper

Sadly, I don't think CN will ever air His Mouse Friday anytime soon. It's T&J's take-off on Robinson Crusoe.

It did air on CN once, in late December I think, at about 3:30 AM.

Jon C. posts the schedule for all classic toons at the TTTP board. Very useful. Check it out.

[Viper]

Originally posted by Joe Tully


It did air on CN once, in late December I think, at about 3:30 AM.

Jon C. posts the schedule for all classic toons at the TTTP board. Very useful. Check it out.

Ok. I'll have to check it out more often. Also, I just remembered the last cartoon CN plans to show on July 4 @ late-night: The Midnight Snack. One of the best!