Professor Tom

Professor Tom (1948) is an MGM short from the Tom and Jerry series — watch online on iFILM. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera cast Tom in an unusual role here: an academic in full mortarboard, pointer in hand, with exactly one student — a kitten named Topsy.

The curriculum is straightforward: cats chase mice. Jerry makes sure the curriculum never advances past that line. Eight minutes, one blackboard, and a lesson that keeps getting interrupted before the ink has time to dry. Stream Professor Tom (1948) on iFILM.