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TOM AND JERRY The Chuck Jones Collection DVD Review

by Jennifer Smith    Posted: June 29th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

There are three phases of Tom and Jerry cartoons.  First are the wonderful 1940′s and 50′s MGM cartoons, which were colored in beautiful blue and grey pastel tones.    Here, the classic chase of “cat and mouse” occurred in just about every way conceivable.  It is no doubt that the creative minds at MGM’s animation division may have been inspired by being located on MGM’s lot #2, and perhaps channeled some of Andy Hardy’s hoodoo, due to the fact that the street used for filming was located directly behind the animatinion studio.   In these shorts, when Tom gets injured while chasing Jerry or gets cornered by Spike the bulldog, he let out a satisfyingly comical yelping yowl different than Walt Disney’s “Goofy” yell: “Waa-hoo-hoo-hooey!” in sound, but equally iconic with hilarity.  These cartoons were created during the Fred Quimby years; he produced Tom and Jerry along with all other MGM cartoons until the animation division was closed in 1957. The famous animation team William Hanna and Joe Barbera were in charge of animating Tom and Jerry for almost their entire run at MGM before forming their own successful animation company know as what else, “Hanna-Barbera.” Continued after the jump:

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