I love Tom and Jerry.
Me too! I can't believe it was created in 1940! 
That is a long time ago.
It was and William Hanna and Joseph Barbera created it. 
I have never heard of them.
They won seven different Academy Awards for it. 
That is a lot of awards.
in 2001, "The Karate Guard" in 2005, and "A Fundraising Adventure" in 2014, making a total of 164 shorts.
A number of spin-offs have been made, including the television series "The Tom and Jerry Show" (1975), "The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show" (1980–82), "Tom and Jerry Kids" (1990–93), "Tom and Jerry Tales" (2006–08), and "The Tom and Jerry Show" (2014–present). The first feature
Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry is an American animated series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It centers on a rivalry between the title characters Tom, a cat, and Jerry, a mouse. Many shorts also feature several recurring characters.
In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 "Tom and Jerry" shorts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1940 to 1958. During this time, they won seven Academy Awards for Animated Short Film, tying for first place