Happy 80th Birthday To Tom & Jerry.

[mawnansmiff]

These original cartoons still have me in stitches just as much now as they did when I was a youngster. I never realised they took so long to make and were so costly.

Another thing, I never knew was they were originally called Jasper & Jinx!

Tom and Jerry: 80 years of cat v mouse

The story of how Jasper and Jinx became Tom and Jerry - and defied the Cold War.

www.bbc.co.uk

Regards,

Jay.

 

[mikethompson]

At my first job we called the broom and dustpan a "Tom and Jerry". I didn't think anything of it until my second job, when I asked where we kept the Tom & Jerry and everyone looked at me like I was nuts.

 

[prndl]

Still one of my favorites.

Along with SpongeBob, of course.

 

[adui]

Good read, thanks for posting!

 

[sablebrush52]

I had the pleasure and honor of working on that final Tom & Jerry, The Karateguard, that involved Joe Barbera creatively. The big concern we had was getting it finished before he passed away, as we all wanted him to be able to see and enjoy this one last hurrah. We were able to do that and arrange a theatrical scteening just weeks before he died. After the short ran, Mr Barbera said, "Now THAT'S Tom & Jerry!".

 

[alaskanpiper]

Tom and Jerry was my absolute favorite when I was a kiddo.

 

[mso489]

They don't look a year over seventy-eight. Great cartoon characters, always lively and fun.

 

[cshubhra]

Really loved them ... I even watched them with my elder son about 5 years ago. Now don’t watch them as much, but I am sure I will watch them again.

 

[rushx9]

 

[canucklehead]

 

[mawnansmiff]

Sadly these modern CGI cartoons are nowhere near as good as the old classics, made the 'proper' way.

All the characters, no matter what cartoon tend to look the same what with their huge oversized eyes and what have you.

Regards,

Jay.

 

[anantaandroscoggin]

Wasn't there a MAD Magazine parody some ages back, titled something like "If Theatrical Cartoon Characters Looked Their Actual Age!"

 

[mso489]

Talk about global saturation, an NPR feature on Tom and Jerry said that the cartoons are popular in Iran and one Iranian leader compared the relationship between Iran and the U.S. as similar to that of Tom and Jerry. The radio feature also pointed out that the earlier cartoons that had the two (Tom and Jerry that is) as adversaries remain more popular than later episodes where they were more companionable. I guess for a ten minute cartoon, it has more dramatic suspense?

 

[kcghost]

T&J were very enjoyable cartoons.

 

[magicpiper]

Now that's when they made cartoons. Now, they're considered too violent. I have a young son that watches cartoons as often as he can. I noticed a few days ago that the new Yosemite Sam doesn't even carry his trademark six shooters anymore. He just uses his fingers, pointing them around like guns. Was really weird. Sign of the times, I suppose.

 

[vates]

Now that's when they made cartoons. Now, they're considered too violent. I have a young son that watches cartoons as often as he can. I noticed a few days ago that the new Yosemite Sam doesn't even carry his trademark six shooters anymore. He just uses his fingers, pointing them around like guns. Was really weird. Sign of the times, I suppose.

Agree. Moreover, it's a shame that some of the shorts are now found "inappropriate for the intended audiences" and are censored from the public broadcast and even DVD-collections.
O tempora, o mores!
Glad I had an opportunity to watch all of them back in my childhood

 

[mawnansmiff]

"Moreover, it's a shame that some of the shorts are now found "inappropriate for the intended audiences" and are censored from the public broadcast and even DVD-collections."

How very true Vates, 'Mama Sandal' is sadly regarded negatively from a racial perspective. I would wager folks of all colours and creeds would not see things as such.

Regards,

Jay.

 

[anantaandroscoggin]

"thus each generation becomes more ignorant than the last . . ."