Hello Everyone! It has been a while since my last blog post, has it not? Well, I am back with a new interesting blog post! The title and the picture above, do give some idea about what I would like to present to my readers. Without much ado, let us get to the point.
'Tom and Jerry’ is probably one of the most popular animation series watched in India and the world over. As the years pass by, the legendary duo of Tom and Jerry continue to cast their spell on new generations of viewers. Children two decades back, were just as enthralled with this magical duo, as the children of the current generation.So what is it that adds the midas touch to these legendary characters? Perfect comic timing of fights between the two lead characters and clever execution of plot combined with suitable music and traditional sound effects make these cartoons truly adorable and entertaining. In fact, Tom and Jerry was my favorite cartoon show when it was aired on Doordarshan, years back. It continues to be my favorite even today.
There
was a time in my life when cartoons absolutely fascinated me. Often, I would imagine myself getting transported
into the fantasy world of cartoons as I watched them on television. I would
wonder what I would do if I actually met my favorite characters, Tom and Jerry
face to face. Would I shake hands with
them? Would I say Hi or Hello to them? Or more appropriately, would I say
Namashkar to them (since I am an Indian)? Would they reciprocate the gesture or would
they be too busy with their comic fights to even take notice of me? I remember
myself watching the comic fights of Tom and Jerry on television, without even
batting my eyelids. What an era it was!
Now
let us come back to my face to face encounter with Tom and Jerry. Suppose I
came face to face with Tom and Jerry in their debut appearance as Jasper and
Jinx. That would truly make me happy as that is one of my favorite cartoons
till date. If I also became an animated
character and became part of ‘PUSS GETS THE BOOT (1940)’ (which is the debut
appearance of Tom and Jerry) cartoon, then I would probably laugh and laugh
till my sides ached at the sight of Tom getting onto Jerry’s nerves in the
first 53 seconds of the cartoon and then it would be time for me to barge in and then introduce myself to Jasper and Jinx. I would probably join
in the fun and run around with Jasper and Jinx then at 1 minute 5 seconds, I
would be delighted at the prank that Jasper plays on Jinx, painting a portion
of the wall with INK to make it look like a mouse hole and then
further labeling it with the ‘HOME SWEET HOME’ wooden nameboard. I would let
Jinx bang on the wall once and then before he tries once more, I would do what
Jasper begins doing at 1 minute 35 seconds of the cartoon and take water from the
aquarium and throw it on the false mouse hole, washing the black paint off and
thereby revealing its true identity which is solid wall. That would be a script
change indeed, because I would play a role at 1 minute 18 seconds and prevent Jinx from further banging on the
wall.
As
Jasper hides behind the wall listening, both Jinx and I would run and find him
there. I would side with Jinx on this
one. We would each give him a beating, I guess and then Jasper would come
running behind us and then at the point where Jasper crashes into the showpiece
and everything comes crashing on him and Mammy Two Shoes comes calling Jasper at 2 minutes 20 seconds,
I would let her scold Jasper and then correct her spelling and grammar saying,
‘Mammy Two Shoes, you should say, ‘Now understand this Jasper if you break one
more thing, you are going out , ‘OUT’ out’ and not ‘Now understand this Jasper
if you breaks one more thing, you is going out , ‘OWT’ out’ . Now would that not be my remarkable debut in
Cartoon Land? ‘Wow!’ Is the only word
that comes to my mind! Hope you agree with me.
Let me now leave you with the debut appearance of Tom and Jerry as Jasper and Jinx. Hope you enjoy it!
Image References:
- http://i0.wp.com/newwallpapershd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Tom-and-jerry-Cartoon-HD-Wallpapers-1.jpg?resize=660%2C505
- http://newwallpapershd.com/tom-and-jerry-cartoon-hd-pictures-wallpapers/
Video References:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGmZ6weLcpg
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