"The Bodyguard" is an American cartoon from 1944, so this one has its 75th anniversary next year and if you see that it is another Hanna Barbera production, then maybe you guess correctly already that it is indeed another little movie (out of so many) starring the world's most famous cat-and-mouse duo still 3 quarters of a century later: Tom and Jerry. It runs the usual 7 minutes and is probably among their more, but not most known efforts. The major supporting character joining the duo this time is the hunky dog Spike, who becomes Jerry's new pal and protector from Tom when the little mouse helps him out od the dog catcher's van. And every time Jerry whistles, Spike is there to protect him. The funniest moments here come from Tom though, namely the scene when we see him react to Jerry's inability to whistle and when he digs his own grave at the very end almost. But the fact that Spike really isn't the brightest bulb out there is proven several times in here and not just at the very end when he gets caught again. Seeing Tom talk is still far more unusual than seeing Spike talk to me, but all in all, this is a pretty good watch, certainly one of the better T&J short films from back then. Man this is old. When it was released, World War II was still going on. I give it a thumbs-up easily and without hesitation as I liked it more than most of the others I saw. Join me in checking this one out. You won't regret it.
Review of The Bodyguard
