Tom is being scolded by Mammy Two Shoes in the kitchen warning him to keep the mouse of out the fridge or he gets thrown out and she hands Tom her broom. As she leaves, Tom holding the broom, marches around the kitchen alert. However, Jerry opens up a grille on the floor, exposing a hole, and directs Tom into it. Tom gives chase, but he trips over some empty milk bottles Jerry had moments before rolling into his path. Speeding out of control, Tom falls into a barrel of cider in the basement, and he drinks the cider. A drunken Tom emerges from the cider barrel, inebriated, to become Jerry's Part Time Pal.