This is my fifth review of an Oscar-nominated cartoon for 1941 having previously done so for George Pal's Rhythm in the Ranks, Friz Freleng's Rhapsody in Rivets, Walter Lantz' Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B, and Rudolf Ising's The Rookie Bear. I had actually reviewed this short under my previous username tavm back in 2006. I had praised the direction of William Hanna & Joseph Barbera and their gags for the cat-and-mouse team so I suggest you read that review for my overall impression. I'll just now add this was a worthy nomination from the Academy Awards committee. They previously nominated Puss Gets the Boot considered the first of the Tom & Jerrys though the cat is named Jasper and the mouse is unnamed in that one. For the rest of the '40s through the early '50, Hanna-Barbera would mostly dominate the awards.