Like I said: if anyone wonders which version of Tom & Jerry that I love the most, it is Tom & Jerry from Hanna/Barbera (1940-1958) and from Looney Tunes animator Chuck Jones (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 pretty girl goldfish, who almost looks like Cleo from Disney's "Pinocchio," from an hungry Tom. I love the scene where Tom removes the pin Jerry stuck him with from his behind, but soon finds he is stuck in a trash can. He pops his arms and eyes out of the can and tests himself with the pin; it will not 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 to him. I love the tearful mumblings Tom makes while screwing the tail pieces together.
So anway, I love this cartoon.