Mouse Cleaning

Mouse Cleaning might just feature a new take on an old idea—Tom must prevent Jerry from causing a mess, or he's out on his ear—but, thanks to some very funny gags and one delightfully un-PC moment (thankfully left intact in the version I saw), it actually proves to be a pretty enjoyable cartoon.

There is plenty of fun to be had from watching the mischievous Jerry mouse trashing Mammy Two Shoes' house, and Tom's desperate attempts to return the place to its original spick-and-span condition are a delight to behold. Hilarious highlights include the mouse squirting ink into a bucket of water being used by Tom to clean up a mess, Tom juggling eggs and balancing a pie in an effort to prevent further chaos, Jerry leading an old horse into the house (a brief moment, but very funny), and the mouse inking up an exhausted Tom's paws and then getting the poor cat to chase him all over the house.

And that un-PC moment? Well, Jerry redirects a coal delivery so that it pours through an open window. When Mammy sees the ensuing turmoil, a black-faced Tom adopts a negro accent and slowly slips away.