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Joke about Mammy Two Shoes' never visible face in Tom and Jerry

This is a humorous meme based on the classic *Tom and Jerry* animated series. The top text reads "I used to think my TV was too small to see her face clearly" followed by a laughing crying emoji. Below the text is a scene from the show: Tom the cat is lying leisurely on his back on a red pillow with a smug, relaxed expression, with the word "sarcasm" labeled next to him. Standing opposite Tom is Mammy Two Shoes, the recurring housemaid character from the original series, whose face is intentionally cropped out of frame as a long-running gag for the character, with only her torso, hands holding a broom, and legs visible. The joke plays on the common childhood experience of thinking one's small TV was the reason they could never see the character's face, when in reality the character was never drawn with her face shown on screen in the original show.
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I used to think my TV was too small to see her face clearly 😂

Overview

This is a humorous meme based on the classic Tom and Jerry animated series. The top text reads "I used to think my TV was too small to see her face clearly" followed by a laughing crying emoji. Below the text is a scene from the show: Tom the cat is lying leisurely on his back on a red pillow with a smug, relaxed expression, with the word "sarcasm" labeled next to him. Standing opposite Tom is Mammy Two Shoes, the recurring housemaid character from the original series, whose face is intentionally cropped out of frame as a long-running gag for the character, with only her torso, hands holding a broom, and legs visible. The joke plays on the common childhood experience of thinking one's small TV was the reason they could never see the character's face, when in reality the character was never drawn with her face shown on screen in the original show.

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This meme was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by the account @WholesomeMeme, as specified in the provided source information. It is an edited meme that repurposes original footage from the MGM animated series Tom and Jerry, with added overlay text to create the relatable humorous joke about the long-running gag of Mammy Two Shoes' face never being visible to viewers.

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