What I like about Tom and Jerry cartoons is that they are unpredictable, unique, and mostly funny. This one is right in the middle somewhat - unique, but not too funny. Just lots of running and chasing around. Always like hearing Mammy Two-Shoes, though. Grade B-

The Lonesome Mouse (1943)*** (out of 4) Jerry finally gets Tom kicked out of the house by the nasty maid and for a while the mouse is having some fun being able to do whatever he wants. However, after a while he grows tired of not having Tom around so the two plot how to get the cat back into the house. THE LONESOME MOUSE doesn't contain the strongest plot ever written but there are enough good moments to make it another winner for the series. As you'd expect, the animation at this point was extremely good and we were treated to some creative moments including one of the highlights where Tom and Jerry are supposed to be under the sink fighting but instead they're making some music. Again, there's nothing great about the plot but this is a fun short.

Jerry successfully gets Tom kicked out the house, but soon discovers that life just ain't the same without a cat trying to eat you all of the time. The cheeky rodent approaches Tom with a plan to return things to normal: Jerry will run riot, causing havoc around the now feline-less house, and Tom will rush in to save the day, proving his worth to Mammy Two Shoes.Despite the rather dull sounding plot, this episode is actually pretty funny, with Jerry pulling some hysterical faces at Mammy in order to scare her (which results in her dropping loads of items in fear, including her false teeth, a set of dice, and a cut-throat razor!), and lots of great visual gags. It might not be the most groundbreaking of the cat and mouse's adventures, but it's one of the funniest.Plus, this one has got to be worth watching just for the 'Hitler' joke and the fact that Tom and Jerry get to speak!

Jerry gets Tom thrown out of the house by the black maid. With thecat now out of the picture, Jerry is initially overjoyed, but soonrealises that without him his life is no fun. He therefore calls atruce with Tom to try and get him back in the house.One of the first things you notice is that Jerry and Tom talk in this! Not something that was used very often in the series, I know, but Ibet it shocked a few people who were not used to it (especiallythose that had not seen that awful 1991 Tom & Jerry: The Movie). This is also the landmark cartoon where Tom started to becomeless hairy than in the previous cartoons of the series.Not an enormously great cartoon to start with, but picks up a littlelater on. Be warned that anyone that lived in the Second WorldWar may find a certain political allusion involving the picture ofTom's face on his basket offensive.