''The Tom & Jerry Show'' is a 1975 American

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produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with

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. Based on the ''

Tom and Jerry ''Tom and Jerry'' is an American animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on the ...

'' theatrical cartoon series, which was created by H-B co-founders and former MGM cartoon studio staff

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and

Joseph Barbera Joseph Roland Barbera ( ; ; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist who co-founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera. Born to Italian ...

, the show originally aired on ABC from September 6 to December 13, 1975 (for a total of 16 episodes) as the first half of ''The Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show'', with ''

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'' representing the series' second half and '' The Mumbly Cartoon Show'' representing the series' third half. This series marked the first time that Tom and Jerry appeared in animated installments produced specifically for television. This series did not use the slapstick chases and the violence central to the theatrical shorts, due to concerns at the time regarding such material on children's programming.

Voice cast

* John Stephenson – Tom, Jerry (vocal effects only), additional voices *

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, Joe E. Ross, John Stephenson – Spike

Additional voices

* Henry Corden – Giant (in "Beanstalk Buddies") *

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– Katy O'Kitty (in "The Police Kitten") * Don Messick – Quacker (in "The Lost Duckling"), Meteor Mouse (in "Cosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse"), Giant Watchdog (in "Beanstalk Buddies") * Alan Oppenheimer – Ringmaster (in "Stay Awake or Else..."), Sapstone (in "The Sorcerer's Apprentices") * Joe E. Ross – * Hal Smith – *

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– Fairy Godmother (in "Chickenrella") *

Janet Waldo Janet Waldo (born Jeanette Marie Waldo; February 4, 1919 – June 12, 2016) was an American radio and voice actress. In animation, she voiced Judy Jetson in various Hanna-Barbera media, Nancy in ''Shazzan'', Penelope Pitstop, Princess from '' ...

– Yvonne Jockalong (in "The Ski Bunny"), Cindy (in "Chickenrella") * Lennie Weinrib – Dinky (in "Jerry's Nephew") *

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– Additional Voices

Episodes

Broadcast history

A total of 48 seven-minute Tom & Jerry shorts were produced in 1975 and originally aired in these following formats on ABC Saturday morning: * ''The New Tom and Jerry/

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Show'' ( – , ABC Saturday 8:30–9:30 a.m. DT * ''The Tom and Jerry/

/ Mumbly Show'' ( – , ABC Saturday 8:00–9:00 a.m. DT (reruns of ''Tom and Jerry'' and ''Grape Ape'') * ''The Tom and Jerry/ Mumbly Show'' ( – , ABC Saturday 8:00–8:30 a.m. DT (reruns) * ''The

Show'' (international reruns) Immediately following the end of the original ABC run, these cartoons were edited within the main and end title credits and added to run with theatrical-era MGM

cartoons from 1940 to 1967 for syndication by MGM until 1986 (H-B retained ancillary rights to the ''Mumbly'' and ''Grape Ape'' segments, with syndication rights to those segments going to

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from 1979 until 1991). Some independent television stations in the 1980s have aired the Tom and Jerry segments without the ''Mumbly'' and ''Grape Ape'' segments in their syndicated ''Tom and Jerry'' package as part of some stations' lineup, such as WFLD in

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and WYAH in

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. Since 1986, it has been rebroadcast on TBS,

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, Boomerang and Canada's

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and Teletoon Retro (the former three networks are part of Warner Bros. Discovery's Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, which

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purchased the pre-1986 MGM library in 1986 and Hanna-Barbera in 1991). The cartoons have been shown with the main and end title credits intact on TBS, Boomerang streaming service, and

. From 1985 until 1995, ATN, later

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(the Australian "American Broadcasting Company") aired the show in Australia.

Home media

The premiere episode (show #TJGA-1, ) of ''The New Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show'' was released as part of

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's ''Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s Volume 2'' on ; it marked the first home video release of the 1975 made-for-TV version of Tom and Jerry. Another cartoon, episode #80-15, "Cosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse", is included as part of the '' Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection'', which was released by

on . The episode (show #TJGA-11, ) of ''The New Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show'' was released as the digital version of ''Tom and Jerry: School's Out''. 2 episodes was released as the digital version of ''Tom and Jerry: House Pests''. Most episodes of this incarnation, with exceptions of "Gopher Broke", "Grim and Bear It", "The Flying Sorceress", "The Egg and Tom and Jerry", and "The Lost Duckling", are available on the Boomerang streaming service. A complete series DVD set has not yet been announced.

Reception

When Joseph Barbera was asked if public pressure had resulted in Tom and Jerry being less violent in this show, he said that the same arguments were going on 50 years ago.

References

External links

History of Tom and Jerry
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