mrapple-06690 This is a fairly decent Tom and Jerry cartoon. the setting is good and is creative with the female, crab, bathing suits, gags etc. Tom eating a clam and consuming sand make for a good laugh, as well as tom's attempts at impressing the girl. The ending with the beach toy and tom's flying trip was a great way to exit the cartoon. The only negative I have however is that I feel the first chase scene, where the crab attacks tom and then he gets himself stuck in a brolly, is completely filler and unnecessary. when jerry was seen tossing out food it should've cut straight to tom slamming the bottle cap over his head. Though with the first chase we did see the crab in action and poor tom all closed up inside the parasol. Fairly decent cartoon, not too bad and not too great either. 6/10

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "Salt Water Tabby" is an American cartoon from 1947, so this one is already over 70 years old, but still not among the oldest Tom and Jerry cartoons. Here the duo not only has to deal with each other, but also with a vicious crab and Tom is struggling to get an attractive female cat interested in him. It is all a day at the beach, but far from as chilly and harmonic as everybody may have wanted it to be. This cartoon is one of these where Tom also occasionally triumphs over Jerry, like the bottle scene, and where he is humanized enough to have no interest in catching Jerry, let alone eating him. All he wants is to get rid of him and have his calm and quiet and a sexy time with the woman (you can call her that I guess) of his choice. But no way he is gonna get it. I felt kinda sorry for Tom here. Even his honorable intentions to save somebody in danger in the water are just a prank being pulled on him by Jerry. Overall, story, comedy and wit are inferior in this one compared to many other T&J works. The animation and looks are still good enough and we should not take that for granted given the perhaps best era for animation when this was made, but it cannot make up alone for mediocrity in other fields. I give it a thumbs-down and don't recommend checking it out.

TheLittleSongbird I adore Tom and Jerry, and I enjoyed this cartoon. The only quibble I have is that the pacing is a little too fast, but it is still hugely enjoyable. The animation is absolutely, very colourful and bright, and the music is rousing. The sight gags are plentiful and all of them work, while the story while perhaps routine at first glance is effective and has a good structure. Tom and Jerry still have their likability, I am probably biased as I love this duo too much and hate criticising them.Overall, just a rock solid Tom and Jerry cartoon, with a lot going for it. It mayn't be their best, but boy isn't it entertaining, the ending especially brought a smile to my face. 9/10 Bethany Cox

MartinHafer Wow, I love this short. This is about the best Tom and Jerry cartoon you can find, as it is absolutely tops in both quality of animation and laughs. In fact, I think that Tom and Jerry cartoons of the 40s are highly underrated and in many cases are superior to those of Warner Brothers--especially in regard to the quality of the animation.Tom is at the beach trying to woo a cute lady cat. And, to help woo her, he brings along Jerry as his slave. Jerry is throttled again and again by Tom until finally Jerry escapes and decides to get revenge. And in this case revenge includes shoving an angry crab on Tom's tail, nearly drowning Tom and finally making the moves on Tom's girl. The film is nearly non-stop action and fun.