Tom and Jerry is my childhood favorite cartoon. It's still the best today, and Tee for Two is my absolute favorite short in the entire series. It's funny how amazingly golf pairs with the classic formula, so I may as well explain.
Tee for Two starts strong with its music piece perfectly capturing the energy of the rest of the cartoon, and it even leads into the first gag, Tom's crater-sized divot. He does get it out, where he meets Jerry in the hole he was shooting at. Jerry humiliates Tom, and then Tom hits him with a golf ball and forces the mouse to be his tee. What ensues is pure gold: the scene is perfectly used for gags that never get old, like the woodpecker egg Jerry uses to fool Tom and my favorite of them all, Tom trying to hit his ball between two skinny trees, only to be beheaded... then his body walks around like nothing happened! Classic stuff.
The music and animation are also superb as usual. The music especially stands out because golf is a quiet sport, but Scott Bradley captures the mood perfectly in spite of that.
Overall, Tee for Two is the gold standard of what you should expect from a Tom and Jerry cartoon. I won't be surprised if 30 years from now it's still my favorite. I'd give this 11 stars if it was an option.
Tee for Two starts strong with its music piece perfectly capturing the energy of the rest of the cartoon, and it even leads into the first gag, Tom's crater-sized divot. He does get it out, where he meets Jerry in the hole he was shooting at. Jerry humiliates Tom, and then Tom hits him with a golf ball and forces the mouse to be his tee. What ensues is pure gold: the scene is perfectly used for gags that never get old, like the woodpecker egg Jerry uses to fool Tom and my favorite of them all, Tom trying to hit his ball between two skinny trees, only to be beheaded... then his body walks around like nothing happened! Classic stuff.
The music and animation are also superb as usual. The music especially stands out because golf is a quiet sport, but Scott Bradley captures the mood perfectly in spite of that.
Overall, Tee for Two is the gold standard of what you should expect from a Tom and Jerry cartoon. I won't be surprised if 30 years from now it's still my favorite. I'd give this 11 stars if it was an option.