The Tuba Tooter (Tom and Jerry - Van Buren - 1932)

Maybe it's just my inordinate and, some would say, irrational love of polka music, but this is one of my favorite Tom and Jerry cartoons despite the fact that the plot is pretty much insubstantial. A small band of musicians is down because they've lost their tuba player, but then cheers up when they find that Schulz is back in town! And when Tom and Jerry hear him playing in their boarding house, they alert the entire town. The music just swings right through with mice, scantily clad women, and the entire town joining in the dance. I can't help but tap my toes along with it.

What's your opinion on this cartoon?

Link to IAD entry with video link: The Tuba Tooter 

(Note: all comments here will be re-posted on the main IAD site.)

I like this one a lot. It seems like Tom and Jerry are often silent observers of the things going on around them until there's a song, and then, since there's music playing, they are unable to do much of anything else but sing. I think you're hard pressed to find a cartoon were there's a conversation between them that lasts more than a sentence. I wonder if one of the reasons to keep them so quiet is so it's easier to make non-english versions of the films for overseas use....

The music in this one is especially fun. I know there's some forum members here who could probably identify some of the songs....

I like this one a lot. It seems like Tom and Jerry are often silent observers of the things going on around them until there's a song, and then, since there's music playing, they are unable to do much of anything else but sing. I think you're hard pressed to find a cartoon were there's a conversation between them that lasts more than a sentence. I wonder if one of the reasons to keep them so quiet is so it's easier to make non-english versions of the films for overseas use....

What about "Plane Dumb" (which didn't started out as a Tom and Jerry cartoon)?