The Tom and Jerry Show (1975 TV series)

For the 2014 series, see The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series).

The Tom and Jerry Show
Also known asThe New Tom and Jerry Show
Genre
Created byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Based on
Directed by
Voices of
Theme music composerHoyt Curtin
Opening theme"The Tom & Jerry Show"
Ending theme"The Tom & Jerry Show" (Instrumental)
ComposerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes16 (48 segments)
Production
Executive producers
  • William Hanna
  • Joseph Barbera
ProducerIwao Takamoto (creative producer)
Editors
  • Pat Foley
  • Joe Sandusky
  • James Yaras
  • Richard Allen
  • Terry Moore
Running time23 minutes (7 minutes per segment)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 6 (1975-09-06) –
December 13, 1975 (1975-12-13)
Related
The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980)
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The Tom & Jerry Show is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with MGM Television. Based on the Tom and Jerry theatrical cartoon series, which was created by H-B co-founders and former MGM cartoon studio staff William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, 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 The Great Grape Ape Show representing the series' second half and The Mumbly Cartoon Show representing the series' third half.[1] This series marked the first time that Tom and Jerry appeared in animated installments produced specifically for television.[2]

Unlike other incarnations, Tom and Jerry are shown as friends instead of enemies, and 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.[3]

  1. ^ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Tom and Jerry". www.toonopedia.com. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 858–862. ISBN 978-1-4766-6599-3.
  3. ^ "TV's Controversial Cat, Mouse Team". The Kingman Daily Miner. August 21, 1975. Retrieved July 7, 2019.