Another series, Tom & Jerry Kids, ran on the Fox network from 1990≩3. This was followed by Filmation's 1980≨2 version on CBS, which used the classic slapstick formula.
#TOM AND JERRY CARTOON SERIES#
The only other theatrical animated series to win as many Oscars was Disney's Silly Symphonies.įrom 1975≧7, Hanna-Barbera produced a less violent Tom and Jerry anthology for ABC, supported by a new character, the Great Grape Ape. In any event, the Tom and Jerry series went on to become one of the most popular and successful of all time, with seven of its shorts winning Academy Awards. Carr may have been inspired by the names of the two young tearaways in the 19th Century Life in London stories by Pierce Egan, or perhaps by the eggnog-like beverage known as "Tom and Jerry" (itself named after Egan's characters), or possibly even by the earlier, human animated duo created by Van Beuren Studios (for which Barbera worked at the dawn of his career) in the '30s. The characters acquired their permanent names after an in-house contest held by MGM, with animator John Carr submitting the winning entry. Jinks for the cat in their T&J Expy short series, Pixie, Dixie and Mr. note Hanna and Barbera would later use the name Mr. In the duo's first short, " Puss Gets the Boot" (1940), the cat's name was Jasper and the mouse, though left unnamed onscreen, was dubbed Jinx by the animators.
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Thomas Cat and Jerry Mouse, the stars of a long-running series of short theatrical cartoons produced by MGM during The Golden Age of Animation, were the first characters created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.