Now that I have kids, I'm seeing a lot shows that I used to watch as a child, like "Tom and Jerry".
Tom and Jerry started in 1940 made by William Hanna and Joeseph BArbera.
William and Joseph went on to make/produce a large number of different cartoons. They nearly dominated Saturday morning at one point.
It is slapstick comedy based around two main characters in the title as well as other characters.
It has a number of parodic spinoffs, from the Simpsons' "Itchy and Scratchy" to Nickelodeon's "Ren and Stimpy".
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
Today, all of these cartoons are in the public domain.
Joseph Barbera began his career as an animator and storyman on this series. In 1940, Barbera co-created with William Hanna another duo of cartoon characters using the same names: a cat and mouse named Tom and Jerry.
Description.
The characters were a Mutt and Jeff-like pair, one short (Jerry) and one tall (Tom). Each cartoon featured a different adventure and the plot varied from film to film. Sometimes they