My favorite Tom & Jerry cartoons are those done by Hanna-Barbera (1940-1958) and Chuck Jones from Looney Tunes (1963-1967). You know, I have heard some negativity about the Chuck Jones Tom & Jerry shorts, but personally, I love 'em.
This is one of my favorite Chuck Jones Tom & Jerry shorts. It kind of shows a simple plot: Jerry tries to protect a beautiful girl, Goldfish, who almost looks like Cleo from Disney's "Pinocchio," from a hungry Tom. I love the scene where Tom removes the pin that Jerry stuck him with from his behind, but then he realizes he is stuck in a trash can. He pops his arms and eyes out of the can and tries to use the pin to free himself, but it doesn't work on the steel. Tom grabs an axe and rushes into the house. Jerry is terrified at the sight of "the evil trash monster" and runs toward his hole, suffering numerous near misses from the axe. Tom continues chopping at the hole, but Jerry inserts Tom's tail in the axe's path. Tom soon realizes that he's cut up his own tail and screws it back on before he hears Jerry whistling at him. I love the tearful mumblings Tom makes while screwing the tail pieces together.
So anyway, I love this cartoon.
