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10th Jun '13 12:14:38 AM Technomaru

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8th Apr '13 12:09:25 PM redmon

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In 1975-77, {{Hanna-Barbera}} produced a less violent ''Tom and Jerry'' AnimatedAnthology series for Creator/{{ABC}}-TV, supported by a new character, the Great Grape Ape. This was followed in the early 1980s by {{Filmation}}'s version on CBS, which used the classic {{slapstick}} formula. Another series, ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'', ran on the Fox network from 1990 to 1993. From 2006 to 2008, the CW network's animation block included ''TomAndJerryTales'', which continued with the slapstick humor of the theatrical shorts, as did a series of direct-to-video films. Unfortunately, ''Tom and Jerry Tales'' was canceled after 4KidsTV took over Kids WB, but the movies have continued.

The original shorts featured Mammy Two Shoes, a black maid who would be ''very'' politically incorrect by today's standards. At the same time that cartoons started to be edited to take the edge off the violence, they also replaced Mammy with Irish-tinged housewife "Mrs. Two Shoes". [[AcceptableTargets Apparently, its perfectly okay to make fun of the Irish.]] Mammy was phased out during the original Hanna-Barbera shorts era in favor of having Tom owned by George and Joan, an inoffensive (and bland) white couple. During the Gene Deitch period, Tom was occasionally depicted as being owned by a fat guy that looks suspiciously like "Clint Clobber" (a character Deitch created for TerryToons), who was actually more violently sadistic towards him than Jerry ever was. (Few people remember this because few people like the cartoons from this period)

WarnerBros acquired the rights to Tom and Jerry after purchasing Turner Broadcasting System, which in 1986 had purchased MGM's entire pre-1986 library. Interestingly, since then it seems like Warner has been treating Tom and Jerry better than their own ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' (probably due, in part, to the commercial bombing of ''LooneyTunesBackInAction''). Tom and Jerry has been the only classic cartoon series to air consistently on Creator/CartoonNetwork, [[NetworkDecay miraculously]]. Since acquiring the rights to Tom and Jerry, Warner has produced several direct-to-video movies - and ''TomAndJerryTales'' - which, for the most part, stay true to the classic Tom and Jerry form.

Thanks in large part to the lack of dialogue, ''Tom and Jerry'' has been very popular internationally. In fact, when Japanese television network TVAsahi ran [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-09-23/tv-asahi-top-100-anime-part-2 a nationwide survey]] on the 100 most popular animated TV series in the country, it was the only non-Japanese series to make it onto the list. Ditto for the [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-09-23/tv-asahi-top-100-anime web poll]] conducted afterwards.

As of October 2011, Warner Bros. has started to re-release the classic Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts in a new DVD and Blu-Ray series called the ''Tom and Jerry Golden Collection'', featuring fully-restored and strictly uncut and uncensored shorts. The previously [[MissingEpisode legally unavailable]] "Mouse Cleaning" and "Casanova Cat" would more than likely be included on Volume 2...or so fans thought; Warner Bros. announced that it was pulling both shorts from the upcoming set for [[AnimationAgeGhetto not being kid-friendly]], specifically for plot-important {{blackface}} gags. Needless to say, [[InternetBackdraft fans are pissed off and protesting to get the shorts back on the set]].

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In 1975-77, {{Hanna-Barbera}} produced a less violent ''Tom and Jerry'' AnimatedAnthology series for Creator/{{ABC}}-TV, supported by a new character, the Great Grape Ape. This was followed in the early 1980s by {{Filmation}}'s version on CBS, which used the classic {{slapstick}} formula. Another series, ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'', ran on the Fox network from 1990 to 1993. From 2006 to 2008, the CW network's animation block included ''TomAndJerryTales'', which continued with the slapstick humor of the theatrical shorts, as did a series of direct-to-video films. ''Tom and Jerry Tales'' was canceled after 4KidsTV took over Kids WB, but the movies have continued.

WarnerBros acquired the rights to Tom and Jerry after purchasing Turner Broadcasting System, which in 1986 had purchased MGM's entire pre-1986 library. Interestingly, since then it seems like Warner has been treating Tom and Jerry better than their own ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' (probably due, in part, to the commercial bombing of ''LooneyTunesBackInAction''). Tom and Jerry has been the only classic cartoon series to air consistently on Creator/CartoonNetwork. Since acquiring the rights to Tom and Jerry, Warner has produced several direct-to-video movies - and ''TomAndJerryTales'' - which, for the most part, stay true to the classic Tom and Jerry form.

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14th Mar '13 9:05:39 AM MsCC93

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