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Tom's trip to the beach starts badly; he rushes out of his beach hut and gets is bathing costume caught in the door which sends him catapulting backwards, then in his second attempt the water goes out as he dives in leaving him 'swimming' in a variety of garbage! It looks as if things will be better out of the water when he spies Toodles, his favourite female, on the beach. He doesn't get chance to put his moves on her though as scraps of food start getting thrown out of the picnic basket and landing in him; of course it is his nemesis Jerry! Inevitably violence ensues and Tom gets the worst of it; especially when a particularly angry crab gets involved!

While this isn't a classic episode it is still pretty funny; featuring plenty of their trademark violence. This things they do to each other are inventive; I particularly liked Jerry's use of a beach umbrella and the effects of Tom swallowing an inflatable beach toy. The crab was a good addition to the regular cast; angry and just as likely to snap at Jerry as Tom... unlike most small creatures who tend to team up with Jerry.

. . . Sir John Toffee accidentally discovered the formula for salt water taffy in Bath, England the week of August 11, 1817. SALT WATER TABBY reveals most of the secret ingredients used to make this confection, while providing little in the way of clues as to correct proportions and cooking steps. Though the original recipe calls for two cups of diced crab, cat and rodent, some modern chefs have gained kudos for substituting sirloin for feline. This picture hints of a 50-50 sand to salt ratio, which is generally the rule. While Tom demonstrates the benefits of using an air fryer, most culinary newbies should stick with the basic boil. Packaging still can make all the difference in the world. Tom is all thumbs here at wrapping individual bits of taffy in the iconic wax paper, which is the same as reminding viewers to break the tradition of gumming up this seaside treat with such infernal poppycock.

"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.