Likely the most famous scene in the Tom and Jerry cartoon Piano Tooners (1931) is when Jerry chases and bashes a bad note that comes out of a piano and flushes it down a toilet.
I’m not sure if the close-up is a death scene or the note begging for mercy or what it is. But does it matter? This is a Van Beuren cartoon.
John Foster and George Rufle receive the “by” credits. The bad note comes from a rendition of “East Side, West Side.”
I think this is how slum apartment folks used to kill mice back then. Grab them by the tail. slam them against the wall and flush them down the toilet.
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