Post by nemocha on Aug 23, 2024 17:47:36 GMT
Gene Deitch's Tom & Jerry cartoons from the 1960s are famous for being strange and off-putting. But the Brazilian dub of Calypso Cat is another level of bizarre.
Somehow Brazilian distributors at the time found the necessity of replacing the entire backtrack of this non-talking cartoon short with abrasive and inappropriate tunes from random sources. They also managed to overload the audio introducing distortion. I wonder how many kids like me were impressed by this:
Not edited, I swear.
So my goal here is getting help to identify the sources used as they probably came from LP records. Here is the list of possible tunes I'm looking for, with two being already identified:
Here is the full episode with the BKS dubbing in question. I love how loud the steel drummer in this version:
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Somehow Brazilian distributors at the time found the necessity of replacing the entire backtrack of this non-talking cartoon short with abrasive and inappropriate tunes from random sources. They also managed to overload the audio introducing distortion. I wonder how many kids like me were impressed by this:
Not edited, I swear.
So my goal here is getting help to identify the sources used as they probably came from LP records. Here is the list of possible tunes I'm looking for, with two being already identified:
| Song | Youtube | Scene | Description |
| 1 | Link | Intro and Initial chase | Unknown version of the Tom and Jerry theme |
| 2 | Link | Jerry teases Tom | Unknown theme 1 |
| 3 | Link | Jerry is trapped inside gelatin | Unknown dramatic theme |
| 4 | Link | Tom crashes off-screen | Unknown drum solo |
| 5 | Link | Jerry sets Tom's foot on fire | Unknown light music theme |
| 6 | Link | Tom is kicked by the captain | Unknown drumming snippet |
| 7 | Link | Tom sneaks into the ship | Unknown ragtime |
| 8 | Link | Tom feeds his love interest | Another ragtime |
| 9 | Link | Cat lady throws tray | Another bit of the drum solo |
| 10 | Found | Fire hose gag | Harry Breuer And His Quintet - Minute Merengue (1958) |
| 11 | Link | Arrival at coast | Unknown light music theme |
| 12 | Link | Meeting the steel drummer cat | Unknown calypso |
| 13 | Link | Tom chases Jerry after losing the girl | Unknown with similar percussion as the calypso |
| 14 | Found | The End title card | Harry Breuer And His Quintet - Boomerang (1958) |
Here is the full episode with the BKS dubbing in question. I love how loud the steel drummer in this version:
Embedded links:
