Surf-Bored Cat
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| Tom and Jerry series | |
| File:Surf-Bored Cat.jpg
Title Card
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| Directed by | Abe Levitow |
| Produced by | Chuck Jones |
| Story by | Bob Ogle |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc William Hanna (gasping) Billy Bletcher |
| Music by | Dean Elliott |
| Animation by | Dick Thompson Philip Roman Ben Washam Hal Ambro Don Towsley Carl Bell |
| Studio | Sib-Tower 12 Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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| Color process | Metrocolor |
| Running time | 6:38 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. |
| Followed by | Shutter Bugged Cat |
Surf-Bored Cat is a 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon short directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones.
Plot
The title card and credits are first shown, and as Tom and Jerry are on a cruise ship heading to a tropical Caribbean beach, Tom looks out the window seeing a surfer riding a wave. Tom leaps for joy and dashes preparing for surfing and accidentally wakes up Jerry. Tom carries his surfboard out to the deck, but runs into many bumps, and falls until he finally makes it to the sea out of a fishing boat. Tom lands on a large blue lump that reveals itself to be a shark. Tom peers over at the other surfers surfing, but hits the shark on the head seven times until his head has four lumps, which knock him out.
Tom surfs a large wave until he screams when spots the shark below him, laughing demonically. Tom pulls himself up to the top of the wave until he is sucked beneath the water and soon encounters the shark again. Tom turns his arms such that he rows with them and speeds away from the shark, launching a foot into the air. He taunts the shark again but scrapes the sand and runs into a rock. As a mound of sand covers him, the surfboard is up against the rock, giving the mound the appearance of a grave. Jerry walks onto the "grave" and drops a flower onto it. He takes off his hat as a salute but grabbed by Tom, who spits out the flower. The sand comes off Tom's head and it is shown a red starfish has grabbed a hold of it.
As the starfish then enlarges one of his legs over Tom's nose, they the both of them do an impression of Jimmy Durante. After that, Tom tries to get the starfish off of his head by tugging him off, but doesn't succeed, much to Jerry's amusement. Tom eventually manages to get the starfish off of his head, but finds him getting stuck on his hands. He then gets him off by pushing it with his foot, and when he gets him off, he thinks he succeeds... until he starts walking and realizes he's now stuck to his foot. After realizing this, he pulls him off with his hands, but ends up getting him stuck on his head again. After that, Jerry whispers a plan in Tom's ear. As the starfish protests, Tom carries it out anyway: Running headfirst into a big rock. The starfish is still here, and just as Tom cries and points to the rock and his head, a bump forms, causing the impact to push the starfish off.
Tom takes one last look at the starfish and leaps excitedly, until he joy doesn't last for too long as he sees Jerry has taken his surfboard and becomes annoyed. As Jerry does a sombrero dance with the hat, puts the hat back on and poses, Tom takes the surfboard and waves at the mouse. Jerry flies through the air and lands into a coconut tree. Jerry gets his head lodged in a coconut and stumbles around the beach. Tom paddles away, but soon encounters the shark yet again, jumping off his surfboard and swimming to shore, causing the board to fly into the shark's mouth. As Tom laughs himself silly, the shark expels the board and ends up throwing it into Tom's mouth. The shark laughs maniacally as he departs. Tom is then used as a surfboard by Jerry. He shrugs and decides surfing is surfing.
Voice Cast
- Mel Blanc - Tom and Jerry (Uncredited)
- Billy Bletcher The Shark (Uncredited)
- William Hanna - Tom (Uncredited)
Additional Voices
Production Credits
- Animation: Richard Thompson, Philip Roman, Ben Washam, Hal Ambro, Don Towsley, Carl Bell
- Layout: Don Morgan
- Background: Philip De Guard
- Graphics Advisor: Maurice Noble
- Checker: Carole Barnes
- Coordinator: Kathy Troxel
- MPAA 19386 Certification Approved
- Copyright C MCMLXVII Metro Goldwyn Mayer Productions
In Association With Sib Tower 12 Productions
- This Picture Made Under the Jurisdiction of IATSE-IA
Affiricated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.
- Production Direction: Earl Jones
- Music: Dean Elliot
- Story: Bob Ogle
- Graphics Advisor: Maurice Noble
- Voice Effects: Mel Blanc, Bill Hanna
- Production Supervision: Les Goldman
- Producer: Chuck Jones
- Director: Abe Levitow
