O-Solar-Meow is a 1967 Tom and Jerry short (though the year of copyright is 1966) produced by Chuck Jones and directed by Abe Levitow. It was the first space-themed short in the Jones era. The name of short is a pun on "’O sole mio", the 1898 Neapolitan song.
A (comparatively) small white ball labeled Supply Satellite No.1 is hit with a very strong spring into space. It falls into a groove running along the outer edge of the roulette wheel-shaped Space Station No.1 until it stops on labelled bay 36. Immediately, "baggage" is deposited out of a machine and one of the packages is a large chunk of cheese, which attracts Jerry who sees this on his monitor and gets in his vehicle, but soon breaks a beam without noticing - this act sets off a rocket, which then sets off a Rube Goldberg machine in order to alert the cat on duty: Tom - he is thrown into his work chair in front of his surveillance monitor and woken up with a stream of water. After seeing Jerry, he signals his robot cat Mechano to chase him.
Mechano attempts to chomp on Jerry's vehicle, but Jerry leaves a stream of exhaust in Mechano's mouth causing a series of repeated coughs. Jerry speeds past Tom who moves his chair to the left but is soon dragged along in the chase. Tom remotely stops Mechano and cruises along the floor without paying attention. He runs into a nearby wall and is temporarily knocked out. He then runs to Mechano and turns him for a rear kick - as a result, all three of Tom's right toes swell red and he hops around in pain.
Tom is then shown testing out a new incisive laser machine on a safe and then a glass water container, which both slice cleanly in half. Tom then cuts out a large portion of the wall containing Jerry's hole, causing him to walk out in bewilderment. He suffers a near miss from the laser and puts on his jetpack and blinds Tom with its smoke. A chase ensues and Jerry cuts Tom in two with the laser. Jerry is hovering in the air and Tom jumps at him, without success, until he realizes that Jerry has cut him in two and then, embarrassed, checks himself into the nearby medical facility.
Tom then puts on an Ajax Flying Belt, which repeatedly backfires: It slips to and drags him by his feet, and then flips over and carries him through the air as if he was being hung by the feet. Tom runs into another wall and then is shown being dragged across the ground by his ankles and then returning to being hung by the feet. Tom blocks the airflow but soon falls down. Tom points the jet stream down and floats in the air next to Jerry, who starts laughing. Tom bites at and then starts chasing him, but instead of biting Jerry on the second try, he bites a pipe and spins around again in an exercise wheel. Jerry stops the spinning with a rod and Tom falls down again.
Jerry is then shown cruising through the air and then spots Tom behind him. He continues on his course but pulls up just in front of a fast-rotating fan, leaving Tom to fall in and be shredded. He falls out with a striped appearance. The belt starts flying by itself in the air until Tom squirts it with gas and stops it from working again. Tom then laughs himself silly.
The wheel of cheese is then shown being propelled through the air. Jerry is inside, about to dine on a tiny bit of cheese (flying the cheese wheel via his jet pack facing backwards at a hole), when Tom shoots a harpoon into and pins the wheel to a wall. Jerry finds himself looking down the barrel of a gun and forced to surrender. Tom places him inside a large, powerful cannon and fires Jerry to the Moon. He celebrates with scattered gunshots, revealed to create holes in anything it hits, puncturing the hull of the space station and causing it to lose air. Tom is then shown being pressed into patching up the holes he has made and re-inflating the space station as an angry space military police officer points a gun at him, threatening to blast him if Tom shows insubordination during this penalty. The short ends with Jerry at a cheese planet eating, Tom's act of firing him away from the station having unexpected benefits.
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources O Solar Meow news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message O Solar Meow is a 1967 Tom and Jerry short though the year of copyright is 1966 produced by Chuck Jones and directed by Abe Levitow It was the first space themed short in the Jones era The name of short is a pun on O sole mio the 1898 Neapolitan song O Solar MeowDirected byAbe LevitowChuck JonesStory byJohn W DunnProduced byChuck JonesLes GoldmanStarringMel BlancJune ForayMusic byEugene PoddanyAnimation byKen HarrisDon TowsleyTom RayDick ThompsonBen WashamColor processMetrocolorProductioncompanyMGM Animation Visual ArtsDistributed byMetro Goldwyn MayerRelease dateFebruary 24 1967 1967 02 24 Running time6 46LanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Crew 3 See also 4 External linksPlot EditA comparatively small white ball labeled Supply Satellite No 1 is hit with a very strong spring into space It falls into a groove running along the outer edge of the roulette wheel shaped Space Station No 1 until it stops on labelled bay 36 Immediately baggage is deposited out of a machine and one of the packages is a large chunk of cheese which attracts Jerry who sees this on his monitor and gets in his vehicle but soon breaks a beam without noticing this act sets off a rocket which then sets off a Rube Goldberg machine in order to alert the cat on duty Tom he is thrown into his work chair in front of his surveillance monitor and woken up with a stream of water After seeing Jerry he signals his robot cat Mechano to chase him Mechano attempts to chomp on Jerry s vehicle but Jerry leaves a stream of exhaust in Mechano s mouth causing a series of repeated coughs Jerry speeds past Tom who moves his chair to the left but is soon dragged along in the chase Tom remotely stops Mechano and cruises along the floor without paying attention He runs into a nearby wall and is temporarily knocked out He then runs to Mechano and turns him for a rear kick as a result all three of Tom s right toes swell red and he hops around in pain Tom is then shown testing out a new incisive laser machine on a safe and then a glass water container which both slice cleanly in half Tom then cuts out a large portion of the wall containing Jerry s hole causing him to walk out in bewilderment He suffers a near miss from the laser and puts on his jetpack and blinds Tom with its smoke A chase ensues and Jerry cuts Tom in two with the laser Jerry is hovering in the air and Tom jumps at him without success until he realizes that Jerry has cut him in two and then embarrassed checks himself into the nearby medical facility Tom then puts on an Ajax Flying Belt which repeatedly backfires It slips to and drags him by his feet and then flips over and carries him through the air as if he was being hung by the feet Tom runs into another wall and then is shown being dragged across the ground by his ankles and then returning to being hung by the feet Tom blocks the airflow but soon falls down Tom points the jet stream down and floats in the air next to Jerry who starts laughing Tom bites at and then starts chasing him but instead of biting Jerry on the second try he bites a pipe and spins around again in an exercise wheel Jerry stops the spinning with a rod and Tom falls down again Jerry is then shown cruising through the air and then spots Tom behind him He continues on his course but pulls up just in front of a fast rotating fan leaving Tom to fall in and be shredded He falls out with a striped appearance The belt starts flying by itself in the air until Tom squirts it with gas and stops it from working again Tom then laughs himself silly The wheel of cheese is then shown being propelled through the air Jerry is inside about to dine on a tiny bit of cheese flying the cheese wheel via his jet pack facing backwards at a hole when Tom shoots a harpoon into and pins the wheel to a wall Jerry finds himself looking down the barrel of a gun and forced to surrender Tom places him inside a large powerful cannon and fires Jerry to the Moon He celebrates with scattered gunshots revealed to create holes in anything it hits puncturing the hull of the space station and causing it to lose air Tom is then shown being pressed into patching up the holes he has made and re inflating the space station as an angry space military police officer points a gun at him threatening to blast him if Tom shows insubordination during this penalty The short ends with Jerry at a cheese planet eating Tom s act of firing him away from the station having unexpected benefits Crew EditAnimation Ken Harris Don Towsley Tom Ray Dick Thompson amp Ben Washam Layouts Don Morgan Backgrounds Philip DeGuard Vocal Effects Mel Blanc amp June Foray Story John Dunn Music Eugene Poddany Design Consultant Maurice Noble Production Supervised by Les Goldman Produced by Chuck Jones Directed by Abe LevitowSee also EditRotating wheel space stationExternal links EditO Solar Meow at The Big Cartoon DataBase O Solar Meow at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title O Solar Meow amp oldid 1118384700, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
