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7/10
Tom Takes Some Big Risks Here
ccthemovieman-112 October 2007
Tom winding up in the middle of a dog pound and sticking around? Does catching Jerry the mouse mean THAT much to him that he would risk getting torn apart by a bunch of dogs? Apparently, but that's what he does here after Jerry races into the pound for protection after Tom had been chasing him around the neighborhood.

How Tom copes with all these dogs of all shapes and sizes, and especially Spike the bulldog, is the story. There aren't a lot of laugh-out-loud gags in here but its continually interesting as Tom goes from dog-to-dog situation unable to catch little Jerry, even with a fake dog mask.

Note: this was still an earlier enough cartoon that one could appreciate the watercolor artwork in the backgrounds....some really nice stuff in here even if it was muted to highlight the characters in the foreground.
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8/10
Woofbark.
CuriosityKilledShawn10 December 2006
Tom is chasing Jerry, for the usual reasons I guess, until the mouse seeks refuge in a dog pound, where Tom's biggest enemy, Spike, is living. Not letting this get in the way, Tom nicks the head from a hollow dog-statue and sneaks inside in disguise to continue the chase and tricks.

Puttin' on the Dog is a cartoon I remember watching as a kid and it is very funny. A lot of T&J shorts I forget as they can be quite generic at times. But not this one. There are loads of visual gags and it's fun watching facial expressions change as Tom and Jerry fool everyone. There's a lot of inventive humor here and you will laugh out loud a good few times.
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9/10
Very, very funny
TheLittleSongbird30 March 2010
While the animation isn't quite as excellent as it usually is, but as it is an early Tom and Jerry cartoon, the backgrounds were not that bad at all. The music is rousing, pleasant and overall excellent, and there are a number of truly interesting gags. And of course there are some funny moments, especially Jerry imitating a dog, and cute doing it, and Spike screaming like a girl. Tom is funny and stupid here, but in some ways you do feel for him, and Jerry is quite cute and dastardly. The story is simple but effective, and the gags are a lot of fun and are delivered thick and fast.

Overall, very funny and well worth watching. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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10/10
One of their best
martin6328 September 2001
1944 was a good year for Tom and Jerry and like a fine wine, they've aged well. This one is consistently funny with several laugh-out-loud moments. One reason that the T&J cartoons of the forties are superior to the ones of the fifties is that the animation was not just fluent but funny. Tom's reactions to his increasingly desperate situation and Jerry's levity through it all (like blithely swimming backstroke through the hair of a sheepdog) make up half the fun.
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10/10
Unmissable fun from the cartoon cat and mouse.
BA_Harrison22 March 2008
Pure Tom and Jerry perfection, Puttin' on the Dog is a laugh-riot from start to finish, with some of the funniest sight-gags and facial reactions (double-takes, total surprise etc.) to be had from the pair, as their chase takes them into the middle of a dog pound—not exactly the safest place for Tom the cat!

In order to disguise himself from the toothy occupants of the pound, Tom dons a dog mask and proceeds to pursue Jerry amidst the sleeping canines, which results in much hilarity.

Spike makes a welcome appearance as one of those whose sleep is disturbed by the twosome, but there is a whole variety of hounds to add to the comedy, including what might be the world's longest Dachshund and a dog so hairy that Jerry literally swims in his coat!
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Puttin' on the Dog
Michael_Elliott30 December 2015
Puttin' on the Dog (1944)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Jerry runs into a dog pound where he thinks he's safe but Tom puts on a dog's mask so that he can walk around without being noticed. Of course the poor cat gets in over his head and soon that mask isn't working. After the success of Butch joining THE BODYGUARD, it's no shock that MGM would bring him and other dogs back for this next entry in the series. This here once again features a great number of laughs and there are many creative moments as Jerry is constantly on the run and Tom is constantly after him and trying to avoid the dogs. There are many great, funny moments here but the highlight has to be the scene where Tom gets buried by one of the dogs and must frantically search for his mask.
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7/10
This picture discloses the connection between . . .
cricket3021 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
. . . fearful feline Tom and the Egyptian God of the Dead Anubis. Tom spends most of PUTTING ON THE DOG decked out in a fiberglass canine head, recalling the original Nile River Region Deity. People of the river valley believed that individuals who saw Anubis were doomed to pass away within four days. It's said that many ancients who thought that they had spied the dog-man or cat-dog expired immediately from the fright. Though such tales may be regarded by some skeptics as being apocryphal at this late date, why even take a chance? Do not fall victim yourself to the Curse of Anubis: just skip viewing PUTTING ON THE DOG.
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6/10
Tom's Disguise
StrictlyConfidential28 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
"Puttin' On The Dog" was originally released back in 1944.

Anyway - As the story goes - Tom disguises himself as a dog in order to chase Jerry who's hiding out in a dog pound.
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5/10
No zuo no die!
m-867306 August 2018
Tom's try proves "no zuo no die"! He chased Jerry into a dog pound, and he tried to disguise himself by wearing a dog mask head, try to fool the dogs, Spike, though very vicious, but very foolish, easily fooled by Tom, but Jerry was too smart for Tom, that means he will face many possible danger, since he was in a dog pound. What happened towards the end of the cartoon made me very terrified and nervous, because Jerry had informed Spike that Tom is not a dog after all, that he was tricked all along, Spike's roar and run was very horrified and bit Tom hard, Tom shouldn't took much risks there. Poor Tom!

This cartoon proved "No zuo no die"! (means never tried to do things inpossible)
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