T&J were always my favourite cartoon characters growing up, and this is one of their better outings. "Tom" decides to get all scientific in his quest to eat "Jerry" so he buys a book. The definitive guide to how to catch your lunch and eat it. Of course, the more cunning the trap the more "Jerry" makes mincemeat of it, indeed after a few failed attempts it seems the tables have been well and truly turned on the hapless cat! Poor old "Tom" just never seems to learn and the writer of this new manual has clearly never met a mouse as inventive and tenacious as "Jerry". There's a scene with a stethoscope that is genuinely laugh-out-loud and though much of the rest is fairly standard, explosive, fayre, this is still a fun opportunity for the never changing dynamic between the pair to, well, what do you think?
Tom & Jerry (Joseph Barbera & William Hanna) Collection
Includes: Puss Gets the Boot, The Midnight Snack, The Night Before Christmas, Fraidy Cat, Dog Trouble, Puss n' Toots, The Bowling Alley-Cat, Fine Feathered Friend, Sufferin' Cats!, The Lonesome Mouse, The Yankee Doodle Mouse, Baby Puss, The Zoot Cat, The Million Dollar Cat, The Bodyguard, Puttin' on the Dog, Mouse Trouble, The Mouse Comes to Dinner, Mouse in Manhattan, Tee for Two, Flirty Birdy, Quiet Please!, Springtime for Thomas, The Milky Waif, Trap Happy, Solid Serenade, Cat Fishin', Part Time Pal, The Cat Concerto, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse, Salt Water Tabby, A Mouse in the House, The Invisible Mouse, Kitty Foiled, The Truce Hurts, Old Rockin' Chair Tom, Professor Tom, Mouse Cleaning, Polka-Dot Puss, The Little Orphan, Hatch Up Your Troubles, Heavenly Puss, The Cat and the Mermouse, Love That Pup, Jerry's Diary, Tennis Chumps, Little Quacker, Saturday Evening Puss, Texas Tom, Jerry and the Lion, Safety Second, The Hollywood Bowl, The Framed Cat, Cue Ball Cat, Casanova Cat, Jerry and the Goldfish, Jerry's Cousin, Sleepy-Time Tom, His Mouse Friday, Slicked-up Pup, Nit-Witty Kitty, Cat Napping, The Flying Cat, The Duck Doctor, The Two Mouseketeers, Smitten Kitten, Triplet Trouble, Little Runaway, Fit to Be Tied, Push-Button Kitty, Cruise Cat, The Dog House, The Missing Mouse, Jerry and Jumbo, Johann Mouse, That's My Pup!, Just Ducky, Two Little Indians, Life with Tom, Puppy Tale, Posse Cat, Hic-cup Pup, Little School Mouse, Baby Butch, Mice Follies, Neapolitan Mouse, Downhearted Duckling, Pet Peeve, Touché, Pussy Cat!, Southbound Duckling, Pup on a Picnic, Mouse for Sale, Designs on Jerry, Tom and Chérie, Smarty Cat, Pecos Pest, That's My Mommy, The Flying Sorceress, The Egg and Jerry, Busy Buddies, Muscle Beach Tom, Down Beat Bear, Blue Cat Blues, Barbecue Brawl, Tops with Pops, Timid Tabby, Feedin' the Kiddie, Mucho Mouse, Tom's Photo Finish, Happy Go Ducky, Royal Cat Nap, The Vanishing Duck, Robin Hoodwinked, Tot Watchers