The last fifteen times I saw Oil Can Harry tie a damsel to a mill saw with much bad operetta, it was a Mighty Mouse Cartoon. Here is probably the earliest full-blown iteration of the Terrytoon, ten years before the Mouse showed up. This one I liked.
This being a Terrytoon, there were things about it I didn't care for. First, it was a cartoon about people, and therefore the use of cartooning in the effort was doubtful; why make a cartoon when you could do it live? Nor are the gags well constructed, since they are set up and their nature is revealed in the set-up: less surprise, less funny. Still, the sheer number of them more than compensates for both the later overuse of the plot and their less than stellar construction. If you don't like this joke, the next one will be along soon. The result is a good cartoon.