This Tom & Jerry cartoon shows the design and construction process of a mousetrap by Tom Cat. This could be categorized as a Rube Goldberg machine, that many artists and designers have experimented with through the years.
As perfectly illustrated in the clip, they are so complex and have to be so precisely built that one small change in it can ruin the whole sequence.
Tom Cat is eager to catch Jerry and to start a business with his “Better Mousetrap“. He dreams about the process: Design – Contract – Production – Richness. Poor Tom…
Thanks to Oscar Guayabero for the tip.
