Saturday Evening Puss

Saturday Evening Puss
File:.png Theatrical poster.
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	January 14, 1950
Producer(s)	Fred Quimby
Music composed by	Scott Bradley
Screenplay by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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Saturday Evening Puss is the forty-eighth animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on January 14, 1950. It was produced by Fred Quimby, and written and directed by series creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

While Mammy Two Shoes is out enjoying her time at a night club, Tom and his cat gang start a riotous party inside her house. Their loud music wakes up Jerry, forcing him to make ammends with the ruckus.

Memorable quotes

Jerry: Hey! Stop! I'm in my little room over there! I'm trying to get on some sleep, but you guys are here with your blah, blah, blah, blah!

Mammy: Hello? Yes, this is the Lucky Seven Saturday Night Bridge Club. Who? This is her. A party? At my house? EX-CUSE ME!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Mammy Two Shoes's residence
    • Lucky Seven Saturday Night Bridge Club

Production

Filming

In the re-animated 1960s reissue of the short used in television airings, Mammy Two Shoes was replaced with a white teenage girl with a slim figure, and her scene at the Lucky Seven Bridge Club was redone as a night out dance with the girl's boyfriend. Her voice was provided by voice actress June Foray, and the animation changes were done by MGM Animation/Visual Arts.

A redubbed version of the short was also made by Turner in the 1990s, with Thea Vidale as the voice of Mammy Two Shoes.

Music

The music was composed by Scott Bradley.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 14, 1950

Behind the scenes

• The title is a parody of the magazine Saturday Evening Post.
• This short is the first one where Butch, Lightning, and Topsy are depicted as Tom's friends.
• It is one of the few shorts where Jerry speaks, although the line he spoke is faintly heard.
  • Jerry's line was muted in the reissue version of this short.
• It is the only Tom and Jerry cartoon to feature Mammy's face on-screen, though only briefly.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 25, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection: Vol. 3 on DVD.