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". 
There were 115 shows produced during its run from 1940-1958.
And it has had years of reruns ever since.
with Walt Disney's "Silly Symphonies" with the most awards in the category. After the MGM cartoon studio closed in 1957, MGM revived the series with Gene Deitch directing an additional 13 "Tom and Jerry" shorts for Rembrandt Films from 1961 to 1962. "Tom and Jerry" then became the highest-grossing animated short film series of that time, overtaking "Looney Tunes". Chuck Jones then produced another 34 shorts with Sib Tower 12 Productions between 1963 and 1967. Three more shorts were produced, ""
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