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Sorry Safari  is a 1962  Tom and Jerry  cartoon. It is the eleventh cartoon in the series of thirteen directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia.

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The film opens at the airport in Nairobi , where a big game hunter, Tom's grumpy owner is preparing to go on a hunt through the African jungle. Tom, who is packed in a suitcase, has woken up from the long trip and is ready for the hunt, but is annoyed to find that Jerry had stowed away in the hunter's luggage. Tom and his owner are then off into the jungle riding on an elephant from Nertz. Jerry tries to climb aboard, but fails when Tom points a rifle at him, and in the process, he falls off and the recoil blast from the rifle rockets him into a tree. Tom gets his nose stuck in the rifle's barrel, but as he tries to get it out, ends up being at risk of getting shot because the trigger is caught on a branch. The hunter notices him and shouts, " THAT'S MY GUN! GIVE IT TO ME!! ". He manages to get his nose out, and the bullets end up destroying the hunter's hat, much to his fury. The elephant hands Tom over to the singed hunter, who punishes him by wrapping a rifle over his head and firing it, deafening him.

Tom manages to clear his ears out and is able to hear the sounds of the jungle. Soon after, Jerry pokes his head out of another rifle barrel and taunts Tom. Tom tries to grab Jerry, but misses when his angry owner immediately yells " DON'T TOUCH MY GUNS!!! " This scares Tom off of the basket and onto the elephant's buckle. To make matters worse, Jerry unbuckles the belt, causing Tom to fall off. Later, the owner manages as he falls off. The singed safari hunter, falsely accusing Tom for the act, furiously traps him in the overturned basket, as the elephant walks off without them. The two attempt to get back on the elephant, but fail, and just as the furious safari hunter prepares to punch Tom in the jaw, they are both interrupted by the thunderous roar of a raging savage lion. Frightened, the hunter reaches back for Tom to hand him a rifle for self-defense as Tom searches the basket. As Jerry hands him with a thermos instead of a rifle, Tom gives it to his owner. Just as the hunter prepares to fight off the lion, Jerry puts his hat over his chest in mourning sarcastically, sobbing. The loathsome lion then pounces on the hunter, mauling him instantly, as the thermos didn't do any apparent damage to the hunter before running away, and the scratched-up and irritated hunter takes a sip of coffee from the thermos and counts all the way to ten before clobbering Tom over his head with the thermos in fury.

Tom's ruthless owner continues forward into the jungle, with Tom being forced to carry the basket as punishment, when the two spot their elephant resting in front of them. The hunter kicks the basket onto the elephant's back, buckles it in places (Tom gets out from under the basket) and resumes the hunt. Tom once again finds Jerry, who hides in the lunchbox. Tom tries to find Jerry in the owner's lunchbox, throwing away the packed food in the process. Tom's owner turns red in the face as he slams the lid on the cat's paws, grinning sadistically with his redness fading away. Tom winces in pain with his flattened paw fingers. Later, Tom manages to get Jerry in his clutches and hides from his brutish master. The hunter finds him, but is interrupted as he threatens him when they spot a purple rhinoceros, which is in front of them, and charges at them. As the hunter prepares to fire a rifle, Tom hides Jerry in the elephant's trunk, and as the elephant sees Jerry hide from his trunk, Jerry comes out of the elephant's trunk (" A mouse, a mouse, a mouse! "), scaring him and causing him to run off. All three of them try to run from the rhino, who pokes them with his horn and launches them into the air, and as they land on a tree branch, which snaps (at a good timing) and causes them to fall on top of the rhino, the elephant sees that they have crushed the rhino. Later, the rhino, Tom and his owner are tied onto a long stick, carried by the elephant on the front end and Jerry on the back.

The cartoon closes with a close-up on Jerry, who waves goodbye to the audience.

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• Tom's owner
• Tom's Owner : THAT'S MY GUN!!! GIVE IT TO ME!!!
• Tom's Owner : DON'T TOUCH MY GUNS!!!
• Tom's Owner : One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!
• Elephant : A mouse! Mouse! Mouse!
• This is the last appearance of Tom's notorious owner , as he was removed from the series since his role was found too controversial among fans due to the way he punishes Tom, which has been seen as a depiction of animal cruelty . Because of that, the 3 shorts he was in, which were this short, along with Down and Outing and High Steaks , have barely made airtime on Cartoon Network and Boomerang due to inhumanely insensitive subject matter.
• This is the only short where Tom's owner gets his comeuppance in the end, even though Tom gets the same treatment. However, his owner did get hurt more by the Lion than Tom ever did, as the owner nearly died from his fight with the Lion. The owner also didn't have a successful hunt. Therefore, he received a bigger punishment than Tom in this cartoon and arguably the other two cartoons he previously appeared in.
• This is the only short where Tom's owner never ties up Tom in order to keep him out of trouble.
• This is the 125th cartoon of the series.
• This cartoon's opening titles do not open with the usual 1960s MGM Cartoons Metrocolor Lion logo due to it being a Czechoslovakian production, it opens with a cartoon lion roaring in the jungle with the "A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER CARTOON" credit over it.

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Sorry Safari

Sorry Safari is the hundred and twenty-sixth animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on October 12 , 1962 . It was written by Larz Bourne , produced by William L. Snyder , and directed by Gene Deitch .

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The music was composed by Steven Konichek , adapted from his predecessor Scott Bradley 's original composition.

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• United States : October 12, 1962

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• Deitch is now credited after Snyder.

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Tom and Jerry accompany a man on a safari trip into the jungle. Like usual, Tom attempts to catch Jerry, but the man in the safari is fed up with Tom's antics and is very bitter to him. Tom and Jerry accompany a man on a safari trip into the jungle. Like usual, Tom attempts to catch Jerry, but the man in the safari is fed up with Tom's antics and is very bitter to him. Tom and Jerry accompany a man on a safari trip into the jungle. Like usual, Tom attempts to catch Jerry, but the man in the safari is fed up with Tom's antics and is very bitter to him.

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• Trivia This marks the final appearance of Tom's notorious owner. He was consequently dropped from the series after this short due to gaining negative attention by fans and viewed the way he treated Tom was depicted as "animal cruelty". He was later replaced by a thin female owner in the next short, Buddies... Thicker Than Water (1962) .
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Sorry Safari is a Tom and Jerry animated short film, released on October 12, 1962. It was the eleventh cartoon in the series to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia .

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Sorry Safari , released in October 1962, is the 11th in a series of thirteen Tom and Jerry cartoons directed by Gene Deitch.

The film opens at an airport Nairobi , where a big game hunter, Clint Clobber is preparing to go on a hunt through the African jungles. Tom, who was packed in a suitcase, has woken up from the long trip and is ready for the hunt, but is annoyed to find that Jerry had stowed away in the hunter's luggage. Tom and his master, Clint are then off into the jungle riding on an elephant from Nertz . Jerry tries to climb aboard, but Tom points a gun at him, and in the process, he falls off and the gun's blast rockets him into a tree. Tom gets his nose stuck in the gun's barrel, but as he tries to get it out, he's at risk of getting shot because the trigger is caught on a branch. He manages to get his nose out, and the bullets end up barely missing the hunter. The elephant hands Tom over to Clint, who punishes him by wrapping a gun over his head and firing it, deafening him.

Tom manages to clear his ears out and is able to hear the sounds of the jungle. Soon after, Jerry pokes his head out of a gun's barrel and taunts Tom. Tom tries to grab Jerry, but Clint Clobber immediately yells to him "DON'T TOUCH MY GUNS!!!", which scares Tom off of the basket and onto the elephant's buckle. To make matters worse, Jerry unbuckles the belt, causing Tom and Clint to fall off. Clint Clobber, blaming Tom for the act, traps him in the overturned basket and the elephant walks off without them. The two attempt to get back on the elephant, but fail, and just as Clint prepares to punch Tom, they are interrupted by the thunderous roar of a lion . Frightened, Clint reaches back for Tom to hand him a gun, and as Tom searches the basket, Jerry hands him a thermos and he gives it to Clint. As he gets mauled offscreen, Jerry puts his hat over his chest in mourning sarcastically, and afterward, the scratched-up and irritated Clint takes a sip of coffee from the thermos before clobbering Tom over the head with it.

Clint continues forward into the jungle, with Tom being forced to carry the basket, when the two spot their elephant resting in front of them. Clint kicks the basket onto the elephant's back, buckles it in places and resumes the hunt. Tom once again finds Jerry, who hides in the lunchbox. Tom tries to find Jerry in the lunchbox, throwing away the packed food in the process. Clint Clobber turns red in the face and slams the lid on Tom's fingers, grinning sadistically as his redness fades away. Later, Tom manages to get Jerry into his clutches, hiding from his brutish master. The hunter finds him, but as he threatens him, they spot a purple rhinoceros in front of them, and it charges at them. As Clint prepares to shoot, Tom hides Jerry in the elephant's trunk, scaring it and causing it to run off. All three then try to run from the rhino, who pokes them with his horn and launches them into the air, and they land on a tree branch, which then snaps and causes them to fall on top of the rhino. Finally, we find the rhino, Clint Clobber and Tom tied to a long stick, carried by the elephant on one end and Jerry on the other. The cartoon closes with a close-up of Jerry, who waves the audience goodbye.

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Sorry Safari is a Tom and Jerry animated short film, released on October 12, 1962. [1] It was the eleventh cartoon in the series to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia . This marks the final appearance of Tom's bald owner, as he would never be reused in anymore entrees. Further to that extant, the thin lady replaces him in the next short Buddies Thicker Than Water .

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The film opens at the airport in Nairobi , where a big game hunter, Tom's grumpy owner, is preparing to go on a hunt through the African jungle . Tom, who was packed in a suitcase, has woken up from the long trip and is ready for the hunt, but is annoyed to find that Jerry had stowed away in the hunter's luggage. Tom and his owner are then off into the jungle riding on an elephant from Nertz . Jerry tries to climb aboard, but Tom points a shotgun at him, and in the process, he falls off and the gun's blast rockets him into a tree. Tom gets his nose stuck in the gun's barrel, but as he tries to get it out, he's at risk of getting shot because the trigger is caught on a branch. Tom's owner notices him and yells "THAT'S MY GUN! GIVE IT TO ME!!" . He manages to get his nose out, and the bullets end up destroying his owner's hat , enraging him further. The elephant hands Tom over to the angry owner, who punishes him by wrapping a shotgun over his head and firing it, deafening him.

Tom manages to clear his ears out and is able to hear the sounds of the jungle. Soon after, Jerry pokes his head out of a gun's barrel and taunts Tom. Tom tries to grab Jerry, but his irate owner immediately yells at him "DON'T TOUCH MY GUNS!!!" , not wanting a repeat of earlier and losing any more of his weapons because of Tom's antics, which scares Tom off of the basket and onto the elephant's buckle. To make matters worse, Jerry unbuckles the belt, causing Tom to fall off. Later, the owner manages to fall off as well with the basket and his weapons. Tom's owner, blaming Tom for the act, angrily traps him in the overturned basket and the elephant walks off without them. The two attempt to get back on the elephant, but fail, and just as the owner prepares to punch Tom, they are both interrupted by the thunderous roar of a lion . Frightened, the owner reaches back for Tom to hand him a gun for self defense as Tom searches the basket. Jerry hands him with a thermos and he gives it to his owner. As Tom's owner fights the lion, Jerry puts his hat over his chest in mourning sarcastically, sobbing. After defeating the lion, the scratched-up and irritated owner takes a sip of coffee from the thermos and counts all the way to ten before clobbering Tom over his head with the thermos, blaming him for handing him the wrong item to fight off the lion.

Tom's owner continues forward into the jungle, with Tom being forced to carry the basket, when the two spot their elephant resting in front of them. The owner kicks the basket onto the elephant's back, buckles it back in place (Tom gets out from under the basket) and resumes the hunt. Tom once again finds Jerry, who hides in the lunchbox. Tom tries to find Jerry in the owner's lunchbox, throwing away the packed food in the process. Tom's owner turns red in the face upon discovering this as he slams the lid on the cat's paws, grinning sadistically with his redness fading away while Tom winces in pain with his flattened paw fingers. Later, Tom manages to get Jerry in his clutches and hides from his brutish owner. The hunter finds him, but was interrupted as he threatens him when they spot a purple rhinoceros in front of them and it charges at them. As the hunter prepares to shoot his gun, Tom hides Jerry in the elephant's trunk, and the elephant sees Jerry in his trunk, scaring it and causing it to run off. All three of them try to run from the rhino, who pokes them with his horn and launches them into the air and they land on a tree branch, which snaps (at a good timing) and causes them to fall on top of the rhino. Later, the rhino, Tom's owner, and Tom are tied onto a long stick, carried by the elephant on the front end and Jerry on the back.

The cartoon closes with a close-up on Jerry, who waves goodbye to the camera.

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Tom and Jerry have stowed away in the luggage of a big game hunter who lands in Nairobi (Tom is sort of the hunter’s assistant). They ride along on his Nertz U-Drive elephant. Tom has some problems with a gun. Jerry then unbuckles the passenger box from the elephant; Tom gets blamed. A lion attacks; Jerry gets Tom to hand the hunter a thermos instead of a rifle. Tom stashes Jerry in the elephant’s trunk, which frightens him. Bad timing, as there’s a charging rhino. Fortunately, they land atop the rhino; Jerry and the elephant carry off the rhino, the hunter, and Tom, tied up and hanging from a log.

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Tom and Jerry have stowed away in the luggage of a big game hunter who lands in Nairobi (Tom is sort of the hunter’s assistant). They ride along on his Nertz U-Drive elephant. Tom has some problems with a gun. Jerry then unbuckles the passenger box from the elephant; Tom gets blamed. A lion attacks; Jerry gets Tom to hand the hunter a thermos instead of a rifle. Tom stashes Jerry in the elephant’s trunk, which frightens him. Bad timing, as there’s a charging rhino. Fortunately, they land atop the rhino; Jerry and the elephant carry off the rhino, the hunter, and Tom, tied up and hanging from a log.

Sorry Safari

On safari in darkest Africa (via the Nairobi airport), Tom and Jerry join their master on a “Nertz” rent-an-elephant. Tom hides in one of the baskets to go on the safari. All goes well until Tom discovers Jerry hiding in another basket. When the hunter discovers that he has stowaways, he tries to get rid of them both. The master finds once again that travels with Tom and Jerry can be difficult (when he is charged by a lion, he finds that Tom has replaced his gun with a thermos bottle). At tale’s end, the elephant and Jerry are carrying the spoils of the hunt- Tom, the master and a rhino- tied to a pole.

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Directed by Gene Deitch

Tom joins his owner on a hunting safari in Kenya. Jerry has hidden himself in the Clint's luggage, and Tom quickly sees him and attempts to get rid of him.

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Director Director

Gene Deitch

Producer Producer

William L. Snyder

Story Story

Larz Bourne

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Štěpán Koníček

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Alternative Titles

Heia Safari, Tom et Jerry au safari, 非洲冒险, Triste safari, Nieudane safari, Afrikai vadászaton

Comedy Animation Adventure

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12 oct 1962, releases by country.

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Review by Geoff T ★★ 2

Tom and Jerry Project: 1940-1967 Sorry Safari (1962)

So after a series of efforts that were actually quite decent, it's back to square one with what is generally considered the nadir of the Deitch era, if not the entire series.

Tom's owner has brought along Tom for a hunting session in the jungles of Kenya. Armed with an array of guns and riding on the back of an elephant, Jerry wants to come along for the ride, only to annoy Tom which in turn causes a large amount of headache for his abusive owner. Next thing you know, the elephant is escaped and Tom's owner is left to fend off the angry wildlife lurking in the jungle (like lions).

Review by Ray ★★

Oh man, I can tell by the xylophone music that this is going to be one of those surreal Tom and Jerries that traumatized me as a child. Tom and Jerry accompany a big game hunter to Nairobi because that's what we were doing in 1962 (Bob Hope's Call Me Bwana would come out the very next year). You can also see the influence this sort of rando weirdness would have on Ren & Stimpy and the like.

There is a "gun goes off right next to your head so you can't hear for a few moments" gag that trolled me into checking my headset. Otherwise, it's an awkward, uncomfortable slog through the jungle. No thank you.

Review by Sophie Farrell ★★

After a handful of shorts that were actually pretty decent and felt that some effort had been put into making them, its back to square one for the Gene Deitch era of Tom and Jerry with Sorry Safari. I have seen plenty of reviews proclaiming Sorry Safari to be the nadir of the Deitch era, and one of the worst Tom and Jerry shorts ever made. As a result, I went into Sorry Safari hoping that it would prove those opinions wrong. Therefore, I'm disappointed to say that Sorry Safari lived up to those negative reviews. While there are a couple of fun ideas in Sorry Safari, I never really felt that it came together as a completely satisfying whole…

Review by PlooplePop ★★★½

A little of that ol' Deitchian human-on-animal violence that he somehow failed to recognize as inherently less fun than the old cat vs. mouse antics. Added bonus: a depiction of an elephant by someone who's clearly never seen an elephant!

There's a lot of slow silence in this one, which, even when it's a peaceful and bucolic jungle scene, somehow just amplifies the inherent nightmarishness of the Deitch era. These cartoons make me so uncomfortable. And I love it. I don't know why.

Review by Grey the Dot ★★½

Sorry excuse for a Tom & Jerry Cartoon.

Review by Rafael B. ½

What the fuck were these guys thinking when they made this rubbish? What it seems is that Gene Deitch has never watched Tom and Jerry in his life.

Review by Davis Grant ★

I do not like  Gene Deitch  as a director. Like at all.

Review by Trevor Dobbin ★★½

Gene Deitch #11. Nifty drawings and background paintings in this one. I particularly enjoy the elephant design. The sound work excels, from the cartoon briefly turning mute when Tom loses the ability to hear after getting his ears blocked, to Tom's horrifying screams as he gets suffocated later, to the cracking sound in his fingers as they break one-by-one just a couple scenes later. Not an especially funny short, but fairly well crafted and easy to watch.

Review by ✨Tyler✨ ½

I wanted to see what the lowest-rated Tom & Jerry cartoon on Letterboxd was like, since the Gene Deitch era is probably the one I'm least familiar with. Going in, it seemed crazy to me that this was on par ratings-wise with some of the "lost" (i.e. racist) cartoons from this series and uh...yikes. I completely get why it has such a bad reputation.

This is not only one if the ugliest cartoons I've ever seen, but also one of the most sonically and thematically unappealing as well. Everything is so ugly, depressing and cheaply animated that it's a genuine dread to watch. I now know why this era is infamous for its lack of quality and consistency with what this cartoon is supposed to be. There's thankfully no racism present, but it is still an absolute dread to behold. Beware.

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Review by Christopher Brown ★★★★

Those animals!! And Tom's horrible owner finally gets what he deserves!

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Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.

SORRY SAFARI

Tom and Jerry accompany a man on a safari trip into the jungle. Like usual, Tom attempts to catch Jerry, but the man in the safari is fed up with Tom’s antics and is very bitter to him.