Dialogue Basics, Part II: Hold the Cheese, Please

"I love you. You set my soul on fire. It is not just a little spark—it is a flame, a big, roaring flame. Ah, I can feel it now."

Gotta love it when Tom says these words in the 1946 Tom and Jerry episode, "Solid Serenade," all the while failing to notice he is declaring his love to Spike, who has taken the place on the balcony of the beautiful white cat Tom is attempting to woo. That was back in the good ole days when cartoons were violent, when cats where cats and mice were mice.



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