Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Tooniversary: Give & Tyke (1957)

 Spike & Tyke were spun off from the Tom & Jerry shorts, but were only given two of their own before MGM shut their animation studio later in 1957.

In "Give & Tyke", a neighborhood stray (Daws Butler impersonating Art Carney) steals Spike's collar & license ID. Chaos follows.

Edit, 1/20/24: Had to change the video. This copy has the insinuation that it was reissued by Sunset Productions, which did some WB reissues. It's not. The poster did this to evade the copyright patrol.


Conflicting sources listed Bill Thompson as the original voice of Spike, while others said it was under-appreciated, under-credited Billy Bletcher. Either way, Butler took over in "Scat Cats".

Rating: B.

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