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Fine Feathered Friend

  • 1942
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7.6/10
1.6K
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Fine Feathered Friend (1942)
AnimationComedyFamilyShort

Jerry takes advantage of a rather mean tempered hen (that looks suspiciously like a rooster) to hide from Tom.Jerry takes advantage of a rather mean tempered hen (that looks suspiciously like a rooster) to hide from Tom.Jerry takes advantage of a rather mean tempered hen (that looks suspiciously like a rooster) to hide from Tom.

  • Directors
    • Joseph Barbera
    • William Hanna
  • Writer
    • Cal Howard
  • Stars
    • Ritta Ghetia
    • William Hanna
    • Harry Lang
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    1.6K
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    • Directors
      • Joseph Barbera
      • William Hanna
    • Writer
      • Cal Howard
    • Stars
      • Ritta Ghetia
      • William Hanna
      • Harry Lang
    • 11User reviews
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    Ritta Ghetia
    • Hen (speaking)
    • (uncredited)
    William Hanna
    William Hanna
    • Tom
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Lang
    • Tom
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Laztny
    • Tom (speaking)
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Sabel
    • Jerry (speaking)
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Joseph Barbera
      • William Hanna
    • Writer
      • Cal Howard
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    5BA_Harrison

    A rather unmemorable T&J caper.

    Barring the fairly funny sight of Tom being repetitively pecked by an angry chicken, and the hilarious scene in which the poor cat gets attacked with shears after accidentally chopping the tail feathers off the same bird, Fine Feathered Friend proves to be one of the poorest T&J episodes so far.

    Whilst I admit that it is nice to see the cat and mouse outside of the 1940s house setting in which most of their early adventures take place, I feel that a lot more could have been done with the potentially interesting farmyard environment. The quality of the animation is up to scratch; there just isn't enough in the way of genuine laughs.
    9JERRYSPIKE

    Classic animation is tops

    A Brilliant cartoon, Tom and Jerry (and the hen) at their best in this fun filled farm frolic bashing! Tom tries to get to Jerry who is hiding in a barn with a not so friendly hen! Tom fails to get hold of Jerry in the end and instead accidentally cuts the feathers off the hostile hen! The hen retaliates and Tom gets what he deserves at the end by being slaughtered with the scissors by the hen!
    8TheLittleSongbird

    Beautifully crafted and well-timed in the gags, if a little slow in the pacing

    Fine Feathered Friend was a very solid Tom and Jerry cartoon, yes with a very simple story and a little leisurely in the pacing, but it is beautifully crafted and definitely worth seeing. The animation is of true beauty, really beautiful colours and every character and building is well drawn. The music is rousing and playful as pretty much always, and the sight gags are clever, well timed and look very painful. Tom is quite cunning yet as always he gets the worst of the violence, while Jerry is sweet and funny. Even the female chicken was a delightful supporting character. Overall, beautifully done and well timed in the gags. 8/10 Bethany Cox
    7Otavio-clubpenguin

    Some nice fun, but sometimes Slow on the pace.

    Again, this is another episode that I wish I could rate it a 7 and a half. This is another episode that takes place outside a house in the early Tom and Jerry shorts, I think it could have take advantage with it's setting ( A farm), but it doesn't really pay off.

    The Story is that inside a barnyard, Jerry befriends a chicken, that act like a bodyguard, by thinking that Jerry is a chick, with this, Tom becomes the punch bag of the chicken.

    There are some really good jokes, such as the chick screaming "MAMA!", I couldn't stop laughing at that. But, such as early Tom and Jerry episodes, it's slow on the pace, and there is sometimes much more personalization than action.

    And such as early episodes of The cat and mouse duo, there is much more cuteness on it. The chicks and Jerry really add a adorableness level on it.

    I Recommend to you take a look at it if you don't have nothing else to do.
    6ccthemovieman-1

    Tom & Jerry Branching Out

    Tom and Jerry are on a farm, more specifically in a hen house, where Tom chases Jerry, Jerry fights back, Tom gets in trouble with a big hen, hen pecks Tom a few times, Tom runs away, Jerry hides in the eggs, Tom comes back, feels under the hen where the eggs are, Hen wakes up and pecks him more, on and on. You get the picture.

    I liked how the hen arranged her eggs with a billiards' triangle and a few other sight gags but, to be honest, I didn't think the humor was anything noteworthy.

    At least the Tom and Jerry cartoons are branching out from their beginning ones which all took place in a home with "Mammy Two Shoes," a big black maid whom we never saw except for her feet and calves.

    The artwork is here is the standout feature of this, I thought. There are really nice drawings of the inside of this barn, beautiful brown colors.

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    • Trivia
      The second to last cartoon to feature Clarence Nash (who is known as the original voice of Disney's Donald Duck) as Tom's screeches and meows but was not credited.
    • Goofs
      There were six eggs in the nest but when the chicks leave there are only five. In subsequent shots out of the nest there are six.
    • Crazy credits
      Tanner the M-G-M lion does four extremely quick roars to the tune of "Hold That Tiger." This unique event occurs in Tex Avery's Blitz Wolf (1942), Fine Feathered Friend (1942) with Tom and Jerry, and Chips Off the Old Block (1942) by Rudolf Ising.
    • Connections
      Featured in Så er der tegnefilm: Episode #6.14 (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      Horses
      (uncredited)

      Music by Richard A. Whiting and Byron Gay

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    • Release date
      • October 10, 1942 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Amigo de plumas finas
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Studios
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    • Runtime
      • 8m
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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