tom be listen to one of those old time radio broadcast and something kid from the 1950s to today would watch on tv . however and they do not television when this cartoon be make so people get their entertainment from comedy to music to scary story from the radio . tom be literally shake in his boot listen to some story about the phantom . he actually literally do everything the narrator be say and such a hair stand on end and icy chill race down her spine and her heart beat in her throat and etc . jerry and meanwhile and be watch tom and laugh his butt off at his scaredy cat antic . we then get a taste of what we will see for many year after this 194 cartoon in which jerry torture tom for no reason other than sadistic pleasure . if the cat ask for trouble and that one thing and but when he mind own business and jerry be physically ( and in this case and mentally ) abuse him and i have a hard time root for the little guy . these early t and m effort also be a minute long than all that follow . sometimes that one minute make a difference . it do here a this actually drag for awhile . it could have be cut to five minute without miss anything because the sketch go on too long . that usual for tom and jerry . usually and they be much faster pace .