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Tit for Tat picture

Trivia: "Tit for Tat" was the only sequel Laurel and Hardy ever made. It was the successor to their 1934 film "Them Thar Hills."

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Jerry's Diary picture

Trivia: When Tom is reading Jerry's diary, the flashbacks we see are clips from four previous Tom and Jerry shorts: "Tee for Two", "Mouse Trouble", "Solid Serenade" and "Yankee Doodle Mouse."

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The Gay Anties picture

Trivia: On the picnic blanket, there is a dish of ice-cream with a cherry on top. Next to the ice-cream you can see a jar of "Frisby Pure Jam" - a reference to the Warner Brothers director Friz Freleng.

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Pecos Pest picture

Trivia: "Pecos Pest" was the final Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by Fred Quimby before he went into retirement. From the next short, "That's My Mommy", until "Tot Watchers", all subsequent Tom and Jerry cartoons at MGM were produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

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Ain't That Ducky picture

Trivia: The hunter in this cartoon is a caricature of the actor Victor Moore.

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The Hoose-Gow picture

Trivia: When Stan and Oliver are working with the road gang, Stan nicks Oliver in the rear with his pickaxe. The pickaxe that Stan Laurel was using was a real one and Oliver Hardy received a nasty cut to his rear.

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Tweetie Pie picture

Trivia: "Tweetie Pie" was the first Warner Brothers cartoon to win a Best Animated Short Film Academy Award.

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Ain't She Tweet picture

Trivia: When Sylvester picks up a brick and says "Laugh this off!", there is a building beside him which says "I. Wyner Co." - a reference to the Warner Brothers background artist Irv Wyner.

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Unaccustomed As We Are picture

Trivia: Laurel and Hardy's first talkie.

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Baton Bunny picture

Trivia: Although Mel Blanc is credited for voice characterizations, there is no dialogue in the short; the only vocal effect you hear is when an audience member is coughing.

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Beau Hunks picture

Trivia: Gordon Douglas, who later directed the 1940 Laurel and Hardy film "Saps at Sea", makes a cameo as a Ford Arid Legionnaire.

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Stork Naked picture

Trivia: When the stork arrives at the apartments, the people who he is delivering the baby to is Mr and Mrs Pierce. This is a reference to the Warner Brothers story writer, Tedd Pierce.

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Saturday Evening Puss picture

Trivia: When Jerry phones the club and informs Mammy Two-Shoes about the party, she runs back home. You can see Mammy Two-Shoes' face for about two frames as she runs back to the house.

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Flowers and Trees picture

Trivia: This was the first animated short to be made in Technicolor, as well as the first to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

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Yankee Doodle Daffy picture

Trivia: When Sleepy Lagoon is licking his lollipop towards the end of the cartoon, look at the wall and you can see a picture of the Warner Brothers animator and director Friz Freleng.

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The Music Box picture

Trivia: "The Music Box" won the first Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in 1932. It was also the only Laurel and Hardy film to be honoured with an Oscar.

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Runaway Brain picture

Trivia: When Dopey is killed by the Wicked Witch on the video game that Mickey is playing, the Wilhelm Scream can be heard.

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