The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit 1962

The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit

The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit is a Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and released in 1962. It was directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder. Despite mixed reception, it is mainly known as the most critically acclaimed of the Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry shorts among members of the Tom and Jerry fanbase.

The cartoon is a seven-minute "commercial" for the Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit, with which "anyone can now enter the lucrative field of animated cartoons." The items in the kit include the following:

* Tom (described as "one mean, stupid cat")
* Jerry ("one sweet, lovable mouse")
* a hammer, knife, and stick of dynamite (collectively referred to as "assorted deadly weapons")
* coffee and cigarettes (removed from kit and described as being "for the cartoonists")
* a slice of watermelon