This is one of the later, '60's T&J shorts that features a heavy, jazzy soundtrack, bright animation colors, and sudden, over-dramatic physical movements. The plot is very simple. Jerry is frustrated because on one side of his wall lives Tom, fiercely protecting a huge round of cheese. On the other side of the wall lives yet another vicious, mouse-hating cat. Jerry has an epiphany: get the two cats to unknowingly attack each other through the wall.
The jokes from then on are all pretty predictable, but done in a very energetic, cheerful way that is thoroughly enjoyable. But that's all there is. No big surprises and no variation in plot. Just two cats shooting at each other through a wall until Jerry, of course, drives them both out of the house. Personally, I have mixed feelings about the cartoon's final joke; while cute, it oddly suggests that Jerry is either clueless or just cruel, and I don't like to think that he's either!
The jokes from then on are all pretty predictable, but done in a very energetic, cheerful way that is thoroughly enjoyable. But that's all there is. No big surprises and no variation in plot. Just two cats shooting at each other through a wall until Jerry, of course, drives them both out of the house. Personally, I have mixed feelings about the cartoon's final joke; while cute, it oddly suggests that Jerry is either clueless or just cruel, and I don't like to think that he's either!
