Amigos Ocupados

I like 1956's Busy Buddies cartoon twice as much than the Tot Watchers cartoon, for Tom and Jerry are not enemies at all, in this cartoon. The baby boy was rescued numerous times by Tom and Jerry, as they remained a team of friends, while Genie, the so-called babysitter was on the telephone and chattering continuously. And the baby was in his crib, winking an eye, as this cartoon concludes.

In 1958's Tot Watchers cartoon, Tom and Jerry are friends, not enemies and rescue the baby a few more times, once again, as in the Busy Buddies cartoon. But the conclusion is different. The baby is walking down the street, as Tot Watchers concludes. Tot Watchers would have been funnier had Bill Hanna and Joseph Barbera had the writer have the words, The End, on the baby's diaper as Tot Watchers concludes.

In my review of Tot Watchers I said that it was a Terrible Ending for the Series, besides that the Plot was recycled from this short and you would think that I hate this short, but no!, it is Many Times better than Tot Watchers!.

The Plot wherever you look at it is Simple, but it is well managed! In this Short both Tom and Jerry get along very well and show no signs of Fighting, which makes this short unique!, and I know they have been friends in other shorts such as Buddies Thicker Than Water and Blue Cat Blues but the friendship of this duo Intensifies in this short!.

Jeannie is a Disaster, Hateful Character who does everything except Take care of the baby and Tom and Jerry have to come to the rescue of the Baby every time he escapes, also because of how Negligent Jeannie is, she could go to Prison! Tom and Jerry are Fantastic Characters, very funny as always and more with his Cinemascope Style Design makes them look very Beautiful, the Baby is just a Generic character that makes Tom and Jerry suffer too much unnecessarily.

The Animation Unlike Other Cinesmacope Shorts of that Moment is Great, the Colors and especially that it takes place at Night makes the Sceneries look beautiful (one of my pleasures in animation are the night scenes which are always precious), The basement, the Street and the House in General are very well drawn and have nice colors that make them look pleasing to the eye, the movements are great and very Fluid despite the fact that it was made with a Lower Budget than the Previous ones !, the Character Designs as I said are Beautiful (Except for Jeannie and the Baby), Tom especially looks cute with that Cinemascope aspect.

The Music is Great, Scott Bradley was and is one of the Best Cartoon Music Composers of All Time!.

Sound Effects are Normal as Always.

Voice Acting is Top Notch, Both Jeannie and Tom's Owners have good Actors doing their Voice.

This Short Has Great Scenes Like When They Are In The Basement Or They Open A Box Full Of Mail To Then Run Away After The Police Shoot Them! This Short Is Really Great And Exciting Unlike Tot Watchers.

In itself, Bussy Buddies is one of the Best of the Cinemascope Era and despite its Errors it is a Great Cartoon that I remember seeing it with Down Beat Bear (that will have its separate review so don't worry) and these Cinemascope shorts were Part of my childhood as well as that of many people!, For all that has been said before, I rate this short film an 8.

Boy, you know you are in the mid 1950s just watching the first 20 seconds of this cartoon. First, you see the artwork, then the Cinemascope widescreen, then the clothes on the parents and teenage baby-sitter and then - wham - the baby-sitter rushes to the phone and lies upside with her feet propped up on a chair yakking away.

While the teen girl does what she does best - talk on the telephone (has anything changed, except it's now a cellphone?), Tom and Jerry use the opportunity to raid the kitchen and gulp down all the food they can. Some of those scenes are good, such as Jerry's method of eating two cookies at once, and Tom's watermelon-eating typewriter-like system.

Meanwhile, who's watching the constantly crawling baby? Well.....mostly Tom and Jerry.

This cartoon reminded me of the John Hughes 1994 film "Baby's Day Out" in which a baby crawls all over New York City, pursued by a couple of inept crooks. In this cartoon, it's the same except it's all inside a house. The baby even crawls through stove pipes. At least Tom and Jerry were on the same page in this one, which was unusual.

'Busy Buddies' is a nice animated short where Tom and Jerry have to work together. The babysitter does nothing but talking on the phone to one of her friends while the baby keeps crawling away. Tom and Jerry have to make sure nothing happens to the baby. It's a nice and pretty funny short. It is fun to see the cat and the mouse work together for a change.

'Busy Buddies (1956)' sees Tom and Jerry teaming up to look after a mischievous baby. Even if the pair's tumultuous team-ups are often less successful than their rivalries, this piece is an endearing and enjoyable experience. It has a simplified, fur-less design, even when compared to shorts starring the duo released in the same year, but it still maintains the energetic, sight-gag-stuffed animation you expect from such a cartoon. Its generally '50s' aesthetic is actually rather pleasing to look at and it does some interesting things with lighting, too. The film's narrative is incredibly simple; it has about as much depth as the series' iconic cat-and-mouse chases, except the cat and mouse are chasing a kid this time. It's just incredibly charming, though. Its occasional strokes of fantasy and its bouncy score add up to really fun time. It's also really funny. It does feel really short, though, despite being around the same length as most other 'Tom and Jerry' toons. 8/10