Query: 1950s short films that are both 1950s animated short films and 1958 comedy films
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Tot Watchers
Now Hare This
Evidence from documents: Tot Watchers: '''''Tot Watchers''''' is a 1958 American one-reel animated ''Tom and Jerry'' short produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. The short was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 1, 1958. It is the 114th and last ''Tom and Jerry'' theatrical cartoon produced or directed by both Hanna and Barbera, and the last cartoon short of the series until Gene Deitch's ''Switchin' Kitten'' in 1961. Barbera would return to direct one final ''Tom and Jerry'' theatrical short, ''The Karate Guard'', in 2005.
Now Hare This: '''''Now Hare This''''' is a 1958 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Robert McKimson and written by Tedd Pierce. The short was released on May 31, 1958, and stars Bugs Bunny.
The story involves Bugs Bunny eluding the Big Bad Wolf and his nephew. After the elder wolf is unable to catch Bugs through traditional means, he gets inspiration from his nephew, who gives him ideas for catching Bugs based on nursery rhymes.