Review of Jerry and Jumbo

. . . of pilfering the intellectual property of rival film studios. Twelve years before JERRY AND JUMBO the Walt Dizzy outfit had made DUMBO synonymous with pachyderms. Guess what? JUMBO rhymes with DUMBO, since only their initial letters are divergent. When it comes to the actual plot of JUMBO, it's straight out of a series of Sylvester Cat and H-i-p-p-e-t-y Hopper films which preceded JUMBO by half a decade. In these episodes, Sylvester continually mistakes H. H. for a giant mouse, just as Tom supposedly perceives JUMBO much later. Joe and Bill, the dudes behind this brazen rip-off, were notorious for never having an original idea in their heads. They flat out stole the negative of the Warner masterpiece RHAPSODY RABBIT, doodled out their own cheap Tom and Jerry version called CAT CONCERTO and then manipulated the screening process making Warner look like copycats to steal the Warner Oscar! Nefarious Tinsel Town "Poverty Row" gangs such as the House of the Groaning Fat Cat naturally hired as many crooks as they could to pilfer the work of their betters at legitimate movie studios. Punishment for such crime is seldom doled out in this world. Just wait until the Next!