Fit to Be Tied
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Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | July 26, 1952 |
Starring | William Hanna Daws Butler |
Producer(s) | Fred Quimby |
Music composed by | Scott Bradley |
Screenplay by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Animation | Kenneth Muse Irven Spence Ray Patterson Ed Barge |
Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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Fit to Be Tied is the sixty-ninth animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on July 16, 1952. It was produced by Fred Quimby, and written and directed by series creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
After removing a tack from Spike's foot, Jerry is given a bell that he uses when he's in trouble. It gets to a point where Tom becomes his servant, but when Tom reads the news of a new leash law, he seeks an opportunity to harass both Spike and Jerry.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Organizations
- News Daily
Locations
Objects
- Tack
- Bell
- Gumball machine
- Cheese
- News Daily newspaper
- Spike's doghouse
- Leash
- Pie
- Cymballs
- Boxing glove
- Baseball bat
- Metal pipe
- Croquet mallet
Vehicles
- None
Production
Development
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1952 (MCMLII).
Music
The music was composed by Scott Bradley.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: July 26, 1952
Behind the scenes
- The title is a play on the expression, "fit to be tied"; meaning to get very angry.
- The MPAA certificate number is 15202.
- The plot of the short is an allusion to two fables, "Androcles" and "Belling the Cat."
- Similar to the tale of Androcles helping out a lion, Jerry saves Spike be removing a pointed object on his foot. Both the lion and Spike show mercy to Androcles and Jerry, respectively, and later get tied by a leash before they are set free.
- Jerry uses the bell in a reference to "Belling the Cat," as an idiom describing a group of persons agreeing to propose impossible tasks.
Errors
Legacy
- An image of Jerry's misshapen body after eating a wedge of cheese was first spread onto Tumblr as early as 2014, and later became the basis for the "I Know He Ate a Cheese" meme.[1]
- The aforementioned meme was referenced in the Tomu to Jerī episode "Cheese Day."
Critical reception
Home availability
- In the United States:
- September 11, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection: Vol. 3 on DVD.
References
- ^ "I Know He Ate a Cheese". Know Your Meme. Retrieved August 15, 2024.