Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life
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Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life is a 1965
cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones
. The cartoon's title is a play-on-words of the song "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" from Naughty Marietta
, though the storyline bears no resemblance.
Then Jerry is being chased by Tom in another direction, and suddenly a second Jerry zooms past. Tom is puzzled as six more Jerry's zoom past, and faces the direction they are coming from, angry. A ninth Jerry comes from the other direction, and pulls back Tom's eyelids.
Tom then chases Jerry outside into the air. Jerry breaks off before falling into space, but Tom fails. He sees the streets 50 stories below and grabs onto the drapes again, which brings him back inside but wraps him up with the drapes.
Tom and Jerry then both run into free-fall. Jerry grabs a question mark and catches a pipe. Tom grabs onto an exclamation point and then twists it into a hook shape when he sees Jerry safe, but too late—he slams into the ground shortly thereafter. Tom climbs a rain gutter, but falls and lands in a manhole and screams.
Jerry discovers an air horn
, which Jerry sounds behind Tom on a ledge. Tom is left chattering on a nearby pole. Next, Jerry retreats into a second rain gutter, but Tom lassos him using a fish hook, and gives Jerry a taste of his own medicine. To get revenge, as Tom is laughing, Jerry dreams up some knives and throws them at Tom. Tom runs to the end of the sidewalk and narrowly avoids all knives. Tom then becomes stuck in the down pipe of the second rain gutter, with his head and front legs at the bottom and his tail and hind legs at the top, while trying to chase Jerry through it. Jerry suggests using the air horn to "scare" Tom's hind legs and tail down the pipe so Tom can be free. After this, the two shake hands, and the chase then recommences. As Tom chases Jerry around a corner Tom's midsection is now several meters long and he makes train noises.
1965 in film
The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:...
cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...
. The cartoon's title is a play-on-words of the song "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" from Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta is a 1935 film based on the operetta of the same name by Victor Herbert: Jeanette MacDonald stars as a vivacious Princess who trades places with her maid Marietta in order to avoid an arranged marriage...
, though the storyline bears no resemblance.
Plot
Tom's pursuit of Jerry circles around a room and back to Jerry's mouse hole. Tom is moving so fast, he runs into the wall and turns into a four-legged stool. Tom attempts to cut off a 4×4 area of the wall with Jerry's mouse hole in it in order to reach the mouse, but instead, the rest of the wall falls—on him.Then Jerry is being chased by Tom in another direction, and suddenly a second Jerry zooms past. Tom is puzzled as six more Jerry's zoom past, and faces the direction they are coming from, angry. A ninth Jerry comes from the other direction, and pulls back Tom's eyelids.
Tom then chases Jerry outside into the air. Jerry breaks off before falling into space, but Tom fails. He sees the streets 50 stories below and grabs onto the drapes again, which brings him back inside but wraps him up with the drapes.
Tom and Jerry then both run into free-fall. Jerry grabs a question mark and catches a pipe. Tom grabs onto an exclamation point and then twists it into a hook shape when he sees Jerry safe, but too late—he slams into the ground shortly thereafter. Tom climbs a rain gutter, but falls and lands in a manhole and screams.
Jerry discovers an air horn
Air horn
The air horn is a device designed to create an extremely loud noise. It is usually composed of a pressurized air source coupled to a horn through a valve which allows the device to be turned on and off. Air horns have been installed on large semi-trailer trucks, fire trucks, and some ambulances for...
, which Jerry sounds behind Tom on a ledge. Tom is left chattering on a nearby pole. Next, Jerry retreats into a second rain gutter, but Tom lassos him using a fish hook, and gives Jerry a taste of his own medicine. To get revenge, as Tom is laughing, Jerry dreams up some knives and throws them at Tom. Tom runs to the end of the sidewalk and narrowly avoids all knives. Tom then becomes stuck in the down pipe of the second rain gutter, with his head and front legs at the bottom and his tail and hind legs at the top, while trying to chase Jerry through it. Jerry suggests using the air horn to "scare" Tom's hind legs and tail down the pipe so Tom can be free. After this, the two shake hands, and the chase then recommences. As Tom chases Jerry around a corner Tom's midsection is now several meters long and he makes train noises.