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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-1970)

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William Hanna and Joseph Barbera animators (HANNA-BARBERA) the creators of TOM & JERRY cartoon. 1940

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Tom and Jerry: Tee for Two Directors: William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Studio: MGM | USA, 1945

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Animator William Hanna was born on July 14, 1910 #botd

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Scooby Doo, Where Are You!: What a Night for a Knight (1969) Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

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Jerry jumps from the cab of the toy locomotive moments before impact, in these layout drawings from “Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale” 2007.

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HAPPY 85th ANNIVERSARY OF TOM AND JERRY

Debuted in theaters on February 10th, 1940 with the short Puss Gets the Boot

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85 𝔂𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝓰𝓸 𝓽𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓣𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓙𝓮𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓲𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓷 𝓣𝓥!!! 𝓢𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮’𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝓯𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓮𝓹𝓲𝓼𝓸𝓭𝓮!!!

𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 85𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂!!!

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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

"Mystery is my mistress. I must heed her sweet call."

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Here's my drawing of my Dad's favorite cartoon character, The Great Gazoo from The Flintstones!

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On the January 15, 1965 episode of the Flintstones, the Flintstones and the Rubbles went to the Bedrock World Fair and got to try a time machine. They traveled to visit a very Jack Benny like Emperor Nero in Rome, Christopher Columbus on the Santa Maria, King Arthur in Midieval times, Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia, and the 1964 World's Fair in New York. ("The Time Machine" The Flintstones, TV Event)

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So, why a Tom and Jerry blog?

First off, why a stupid question? Or...aren't there enough Tom and Jerry blogs? Or maybe you're asking "Are you daffy?", no, he's a duck!

I love Tom and Jerry, I have been a fan since we rented a video tape of it in the 90s alongside Beauty and the Beast, out of the two tapes, we watched Tom and Jerry the most, but I did enjoy the Disney flick too. After we finished Beauty and the Beast, we put on Tom and Jerry and although I was familliar with the names and the characters (we used to have a Tom and Jerry Kids video given to us by my grandparents, what an introduction huh? LOL) I didn't know they were older than what at the time, in their fifties? So it was a real treat getting to watch some classis on video.

The first cartoon I ever saw was The Little School Mouse and already, my brothers and I were hooked, the scene that got us our jollies the most in that particular cartoon was the chalkboard lesson with the little doodles Jerry had done. Tapping his stick to teach baby Nibbles (or Tuffy) on how to deal with cats, it seemed all harmless and normal right? That's when Jerry taps the board again and my brothers read out "Cat chases mouse, mouse runs in hole, cats say bad words!", no really! We used to think that was extremely hysterical! Heck it was so funny even Nibbles laughs in the cartoon!

From then on, we watched the tape over and over until it was time to take it back. Other fond memories of this tape was the cartoon lined up after School Mouse and that was Cruise Cat, I can remember hearing Aloha Oe and immediately thought to myself in my head "Oh hey, that tune! I heard that in a Felix the Cat cartoon", I had a rare gift of picking up certain pieces of music haha. Cruise Cat was another fun cartoon, again this gave us another memorable highlight and that was my first taste of Tom talking. We all know the golden rule, Tom and Jerry DO NOT TALK! But we can kinda read their expressions and body language clearly, that's the fun and beauty of Tom and Jerry, uttering a word wouldn't be just as fun. BUT when they DO talk, it's just for a brief silly gag and doesn't usually last very long, something they totally ignored in Tom and Jerry: The Movie. This topic may come around later on.

So...umm...why another cartoon blog? What else is a cartoon crazy middle aged woman gonna blog about that's fun, nostalgic and full of excitement, slapstick, mischief and has been round since 1940 winning the hearts of so many movie goers? First off, it's Tom and fur-iggin Jerry! I've only ever met a few people in my life who actually don't like'em, it's shocking because according to them, it was always the same thing over again. Err...I'm pretty sure that's what William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were thinking. Who knew an academy award nominated cartoon -Puss Gets The Boot- would go on to become a hit and then another cartoon comes into the theatres. Tom and Jerry (originally named Jasper and Jinx) started off as a stay at home duo. Tom was a house pet, pampered and always getting beaten with a broom by his owner, Jerry...well, he's just a little mouse having to put up with Tom's antics while battling to get away from his clutches, after all, cats do play with mice, they toy with them and toss them around, it's no surprise that Tom hasn't yet killed this little mouse without leaving him flat on the porch (then again, I'm pretty sure MGM would be getting loads of angry letters and mousetraps). I know I'm late to the party, but Tom and Jerry are now 85 years old. Lucky! They were born Year of the Dragon (Alongside Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny AND two Disney films Pinnochio and my favorite Fantasia). It's a real bummer we aren't going to get a full on complete Tom and Jerry set (yet or at all) on blu ray fully uncut, but we can still cherish the memories, the fun, the laughter, even the tears of such an iconic, fantastic duo, we have the boys at MGM to thank. Bill and Joe, I really wish I could buy you a pint! When the boys have been giving chase, playing pranks, raiding the fridge (heck, that's four bottles of milk stolen and two blocks of cheese out of my fridge), have flattened each other with irons, cymbols, waffle irons, piano lids, have let our crazily entertaining painful screams, gasps, have made us laugh, cry and come back for more, there truly is only ONE Tom and Jerry. Fred Quimby's cartoons were a treat! They were fun, they were beautfully animated and dare I say it? They were sometimes even heartwarming! Without Tom, there wouldn't be Jerry and without Jerry, there wouldn't be Tom. So here's hoping this blog gives me many more rambles and memories and hope they bring back many memories for you all to share too. A little late, but here's to eighty five years of gags, pranks, screams, yelps, yowls, mischief, humor, jokes, cartoon violence and laughter, thank you Tom and Jerry for being there for me, for you, for everyone, but most of all, a heavenly thank you Bill and Joe. With that being said, Tom and Jerry can now let go of their paws shaking, while Jerry tips a wink, fingers crossed behind his back while a a lit bomb is on the ready. Tom can go back to chasing Jerry, strapping him to a rocket, using him as a paddleball, using him as fishing bait, trying to make a sandwich with him as a an appetizing hors d'oeuvre or a mouse sandwich with cocktail sticks pinning the slices together ready for cutting like a saw in half magic trick. He can continue playing with Jerry like a yoyo or...just luring him out with the cheese and failing with his paws caught in the mousetrap, poor Tom, always getting the last laugh...and laugh he indeed gets, thanks a lot Jerry. Whether you were rooting for poor Tom OR laughing at him, or rooting for Jerry and laughing back at him, it doesn't matter, whether they have both shared a happy ending of triumph or a failure and a bad ending, Tom and Jerry had something for everyone and every single watch, we always had a good time! Happy belated eighty fifth Tom and Jerry, you truly are one of a kind. Forever, the best of enemies, or frienimes? Or enimends? Whatever, without one, where would the other be? Other than in the ice box stealing the last of your cheese, milk and other yummy delights!?!? Eighty five years. Dooooon't yooouuu believe it!

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Progression of Tom and Jerry from 1940-2023. 🐱🤎🐭

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Tom and Jerry is an American animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna (14 July 1910 – 22 March 2001) and Joseph Barbera (24 March 1911 – 18 December 2006).

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William Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001)

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