The first Tom & Jerry cartoon - even though the names have yet to be determined - established the basis of the pattern.
There's nothing wrong with a simple repetitive formula - look at the Road Runner cartoons - and the basic cat vs mouse idea, set in the home of people you more or less never see, with the mouse having an edge by virtue of being a touch craftier, proved to have considerable longevity.
This opener is, in truth, satisfactory but unexceptional. The caricature black housekeeper is seen these days as a racist stereotype: I suspect that he is actually a moderately accurate reflection of the time.
There's nothing wrong with a simple repetitive formula - look at the Road Runner cartoons - and the basic cat vs mouse idea, set in the home of people you more or less never see, with the mouse having an edge by virtue of being a touch craftier, proved to have considerable longevity.
This opener is, in truth, satisfactory but unexceptional. The caricature black housekeeper is seen these days as a racist stereotype: I suspect that he is actually a moderately accurate reflection of the time.