Posse Cat

Well, this time we are down at the ranch out in the beautiful West (nice scenery, which looks like Montana with a big mountain in the background), and Tom, Jerry and a cook are the three "people" in this story.

Jerry is snagging a hot sausage right underneath Tom's nose and the cook is not pleased. He blasts the cat for being lazy and not doing his job. All Tom wants to do - like Jerry - is eat! When he gets dinner, the cook yanks the food away from him quickly and says, "You're not getting any dinner until you get rid of that varmit."

So....Tom attempts to do just that. As usual, it doesn't go well. Even when he does capture the mouse, when he hears the clang of the dinner bell, he drops him and goes running for food. Finally, Jerry offers a deal: 50-50 on the food if Tom pretends he's running Jerry out of the place. The trick works until Tom gets greedy...and then....

In all, so-so at best. Most of what I've seen of Tom and Jerry cartoons are funnier than this. Sorry, padnah!

Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse are in an old west setting.Tom won't be fed by the old cowboy into he catches Jerry. Has a few funny moments. Jokes are repeated, but at merely 6 minutes long it's still one of the better Tom & Jerry shorts.

Tom's master (voiced by Stan Freberg) won't feed lazy ranch cat Tom until he gets rid of Jerry, who has been stealing food from the kitchen via lasso. Of course, every plan that Tom devises to catch the mouse backfires, at least until Jerry decides to make a deal with the cat.

Another Tom and Jerry short set on the ranch (the earlier one being Texas Tom from 1950), Posse Cat is a rather unremarkable effort with routine and repetitive gags that fail to get the laughs: Tom sets a trap, it goes wrong, and his master fires his pistol at the cat as he runs for safety. With not nearly enough inventiveness to the chaos, it all gets rather wearisome, and at just six and a half minutes, that's not a good thing.

4.5 out of 10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.

While I am a fan of the Tom and Jerry cartoons and always have been, Posse Cat for me was a disappointment. Of course it does have good things. The animation is very luscious, not unusual for the 50s Tom and Jerry cartoons. The music is orchestrated beautifully and is very jazzy and catchy. Stan Freberg does a good voice as the voice of Tom's master. Tom and Jerry still have their distinct personalities and work very well as a partnership. What is unfortunate for Posse Cat is that the gags are rather routine(the shooting guns being the biggest offender) and there is not much that came across as particularly funny to me. The story is thin and not only is it a concept that has been done a lot in Tom and Jerry but you know exactly what is going to happen for much of the time. Freberg's voicing is good here, but Tom's master even for a secondary character has a rather bland personality. The pacing is never really secure, too many times I was wishing for it to pick up. These make an initially scant 6 minutes duller than they ought to have been. Overall, not much great which is disappointing considering it's Tom and Jerry. While not their worst(Switchin' Kitten or Sorry Safari) of the cartoons done in their heyday(40s to late 50s) Posse Cat is a contender for the weakest of that era. 5/10 Bethany Cox

Texas Tom was a fun and great Tom and Jerry short, Posse cat is basically the same but with a few changes, the animation isn't as detailed as before but it's still a pretty good effort, now Tom isn't in love with Toodles anymore and now his focus is to defend the Home as he always has, now he lives somewhere in the mountains of Texas and his Owner is now a Stereotypical Cowboy who will not hesitate to punish Tom if necessary!.

Visually the Short is a Marvel, it is not as Detailed as Cat Fishin or as Colorful as Mouse in Manhattan but it still retains that realistic artistic style that always catches my attention, the Colors are too beautiful and remind me of the American ranches of the 19th century, The Stages, although a bit small, are a complete visual delight but the Nice and cute color palette makes it even better, and how not to forget the Beautiful animation, fluid movements and detailed character designs are still the norm!.

The Music although a little Stereotyped, it is still a Great Effort on the part of Scott Bradley, although it is not as good as in Texas Tom, it is still a great work on the part of Bradley.

I found the Voice Acting to be great as always, Tom's owner has a Voice although a bit stereotypical, quite nice and funny to listen to, there are also some Vocal effects around there, overall the Voice Acting is Decent as always.

In itself, Posse Cat is a Refresh of Texas Tom that recovers a bit of its Charm, This short I remember seeing it on Television several years ago, even strange when they used to show this type of series on Television, but now they are also on the Internet , ready to be enjoyed again!, as I said, I love the Animation and the Brilliant and Intelligent music of Bradley, the Humor and the Violence are still the Norm and the grace of the previous ones is preserved although with a little degradation.

For everything I said above, Posse Cat gets an 8.