Probably not politically correct these days but I couldn't help laughing when Jerry disguised himself as an Indian and said 'How' in a really deep voice! Another highlight was when Tom tied Jerry to the tracks of a model railway and prepared to run him over with a train only to be foiled when the little bird dropped a heavy bowling ball on the tracks. There is no real plot to this short just a succession of chases and comic ways for Tom to get hurt. Inevitably Tom comes off much worse as he is battered by the two creatures he is trying to catch. The rest of the short involves Tom chasing the canary, who is then rescued by Jerry and Tom chasing Jerry who is rescued by the canary and Tom chasing both of them. It soon looks as if Jerry is done for but the canary comes to his rescue. This Tom and Jerry short opens with a shot of a canary in its cage in the background we can hear the sort of mayhem that can only mean Tom and Jerry are at it again! We then see Tom is in hot pursuit of Jerry, smashing things as he goes. An absolute must-watch, not just for lovers of old cartoons. It does not need the Oscar attention for me to say that here we have one of my favorite Tom and Jerry works and it gets even better on rewatch. I enjoyed this little film really a lot and it is far better than all the WB Sylvester/Tweety stuff, especially as this canary here is 100 times better than Tweety. Tom's looks up on that train near the end were so hilarious as if insanity has gotten the better of him and he turned into Ca(p)tain Ahab eventually. You can see that western films were really popular around that time as the part with the gun, the Indian scene and the final train scene all stood for that and they were all pretty hilarious.

And he is great fun, makes a nice little cute couple with Jerry and the two are just fun together while Tom isn't too shabby either and honestly you must have wondered when Tom will finally find another target and here he does. They are going with the usual formula of adding a new supporting character to spice things up between the cat and mouse and this time it is a canary. It was written and directed by Hanna Barbera and this makes this another Tom and Jerry production of course that runs for over 7 minutes slightly as they do most of the time. 'Kitty Foiled' is an American cartoon from 1948, so this one has its 70th anniversary this year.

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