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The Cat Concerto is a 1947 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It is the 29th Tom and Jerry short from the Golden Age of Animation.

Why it Rocks

 * 1) Awesome music, with Tom playing Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 on the piano.
 * 2) Extraordinary comedic timing in perfect sync with Tom's piano playing.
 * 3) Fluid animation as usual for the series, which helps aid the timing of the music and the jokes.
 * 4) The cartoon does a good job at making both Tom and Jerry likable. Tom only wants to play "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" flawlessly, while Jerry just wanted sleep.
 * 5) Great ending, where Jerry plays the final notes rapidly and repeatedly to tire out Tom until he collapses.

Reception
The cartoon currently sits at an 8.3/10 on IMDb, and won the Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1947.

Trivia

 * 1) The cartoon is notable for being involved in one of the most infamous plagiarism disputes in cartoon history (in this case, with the Looney Tunes cartoon "Rhapsody Rabbit", which had a similar plot with Bugs going up against an unnamed mouse while trying to play the exact same piece, and was released around the same time); to this day, nobody knows who ripped off whom, or if it was all just a bizarre coincidence.