User Reviews

In an unusual twist, Jerry winds up keeping Tom from being booted out of the comforts of home in this episode. The cat had gotten in trouble because he wasn't doing his job - getting rid of Jerry.

"It's progress, the Machine Age and stuff like that," explains Beulah (a.k.a. "Mammy Two Shoes"). You see, the mailman just brought Beulah a mechanical cat, something she sent away for since Tom doesn't seem to care about getting rid of Jerry.

The gizmo is called "Mechano - The Cat Of Tomorrow." It is a little robot that promises to be "clean, efficient and dependable. On its first try, it grabs Jerry, sweeps him into a compartment and then deposits him outside. Bang! - just like that - the mouse is history and there is no need for Tom.

Beulah laughs her nasty butt off as a dejected Tom leaves, telling him, "Maybe you can find an old-fashioned house, that needs an old-fashioned cat. Hee hee hee."

How to get rid of the mechanical cat so things are back are normal comprises the bulk of the story with Jerry - more than Tom - doing the work......and the results pretty funny. This is an original story, something different from the norm and it was very entertaining.

. . . whether you can control rodents such as rats, mice and red squirrels invading your home's attic, cellar and between-the-walls spaces through mechanical means. While we could not find a PUSH-BUTTON KITTY on the shelves of our local Ace Hardware store, we DID come up with a less elaborate, doubtlessly less expensive alternative in the form of a gizmo whose packaging promised to expel the rodent hordes from your home when plugged into any electrical outlet. Buyers were promised that this gadget would transmit pulses of hyper-sonic sounds throughout your domicile, guaranteed to send the vermin fleeing to the Great Outdoors for a little peace and quiet. What a crock that turned out to be!