The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)

Infobox_television
show_name = The Tom & Jerry Show (1975)


caption = Tom and Jerry, as seen on the show's opening sequence
format = Animated series
runtime = 30 minutes (7 minutes per segment) (approx. per episode)
starring = Henry Corden
Kathy Gori
Don Messick
Alan Oppenheimer
Joe E. Ross
Hal Smith
John Stephenson
Jean Vander Pyl
Janet Waldo
Lennie Weinrib
Frank Welker
executive_producer = Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
country = USA
network = ABC
first_aired = September 6, 1975
last_aired = December 13, 1975|

"The New Tom & Jerry Show", also known as "The Tom & Jerry Show", is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Television in 1975 for ABC based on the original theatrical shorts starring the Hanna-Barbera-created cat and mouse duo, "Tom and Jerry".

Plot

Here, in a much toned down, non-violent, Yogi and Boo Boo-esque format, the long-popular Tom and Jerry, after years of rivalry, have become the best of friends in episodes wherein they roamed the world competing in sports, enduring on-the-job misadventures, running afoul of dastardly villains, solving mysteries and helping others.

Broadcast history

A total of 48 7-minute New Tom & Jerry cartoons were produced in 1975 and originally aired in these following formats on ABC Saturday morning:

* "The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show" (September 6, 1975 - September 4, 1976, ABC Saturday 8:30 - 9:30 A.M. [EDT] )
* "The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show" (September 11 - November 27, 1976, ABC Saturday 8:00 - 9:00 A.M. [EDT] )
* "The Tom & Jerry/Mumbly Show" (December 4, 1976 - September 3, 1977, ABC Saturday 8:00 - 8:30 A.M. [EDT] )

These cartoons were later edited within main and end title credits and added to run with theatrical-era MGM Tom & Jerry cartoons from 1940 to 1967 for syndication. Since 1986, it has been rebroadcast on TBS, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Canada's Teletoon and Teletoon Retro (the former 3 networks are part of Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System, which 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 and on the Teletoon channels, whereas Cartoon Network and Boomerang air the cartoons without the opening/closing graphics.

Episode list

*September 6, 1975 (original airdate):
**"No Way, Stowaways" (prod. #80-03)
**"The Ski Bunny" (prod. #80-02)
**"Stay Awake or Else..." (prod. #80-01)
*September 13, 1975:
**"No Bones About It" (#80-04)
**"An Ill Wind" (#80-05)
**"Beach Bully" (#80-06)
*September 20, 1975:
**"Mammoth Manhunt" (#80-07)
**"The Wacky World of Sports" (#80-08)
**"Robin Ho Ho" (#80-10)
*September 27, 1975:
**"Safe But Not Sorry" (#80-18)
**"Gopher Broke" (#80-09)
**"The Super Bowler" (#80-11)
*October 4, 1975:
**"Tricky McTrout" (#80-20)
**"The Tennis Menace" (#80-13)
**"Cosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse" (#80-15)
*October 11, 1975:
**"Castle Wiz" (#80-14)
**"Grim and Bear It" (#80-16)
**"The Flying Sorceress" (#80-19)
*October 18, 1975:
**"The Kitten Sitters" (#80-27)
**"Termites Plus Two" (#80-21)
**"Planet Pest" (#80-24)
*October 25, 1975:
**"The Hypochondriac Lion" (#80-23)
**"Give 'Em the Air" (#80-31)
**"The Egg and Tom and Jerry" (#80-34)
*November 1, 1975:
**"Watch Out, Watch Dog" (#80-12)
**"The Super Cyclists" (#80-25)
**"The Police Kitten" (#80-28)
*November 8, 1975:
**"The Outfoxed Fox" (#80-30)
**"Towering Fiasco" (#80-17)
**"The Lost Duckling" (#80-37)
*November 15, 1975:
**"Beanstalk Buddies" (#80-22)
**"Two Stars Are Born" (#80-29)
**"Son of Gopher Broke" (#80-39)
*November 22, 1975:
**"The Sorcerer's Apprentices" (#80-26)
**"Hold That Pose" (#80-38)
**"The Supercape Caper" (#80-42)
*November 27, 1975:
**"Chickenrella" (#80-32)
**"Double Trouble Crow" (#80-33)
**"Jerry's Nephew" (#80-44)
*November 29, 1975:
**"See Dr. Jackal and Hide" (#80-35)
**"Planet of the Dogs" (#80-43)
**"The Campout Cutup" (#80-45)
*December 6, 1975:
**"Triple Trouble" (#80-36)
**"The Bull Fighters" (#80-41)
**"Cruise Kitty" (#80-46)
*December 13, 1975:
**"It's No Picnic" (#80-40)
**"Big Feet" (#80-47)
**"The Great Motorboat Race" (#80-48)

Production credits

* EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: JOSEPH BARBERA and WILLIAM HANNA
* Directed by Charles A. Nichols
* Creative Producer: Iwao Takamoto
* RECORDING DIRECTOR: Alex Lovy
* STORY: Bill Ackerman, Larz Bourne, Tom Dagenais, Alan Dinehart, Don Jurwich, Joel Kane, Dick Kinney, Frank Ridgeway
* STORYBOARD EDITOR: Alex Lovy
* STORYBOARD DIRECTION: Tom Dagenais, Howard Post, Art Scott, Don Sheppard, Paul Sommer
* VOICES: Henry Corden, Kathy Gori, Don Messick, Alan Oppenheimer, Joe E. Ross, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Jean Vander Pyl, Janet Waldo, Lennie Weinrib, Frank Welker
* PRODUCTION DESIGN: Bob Singer
* PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: Victor O. Schipek
* GRAPHICS: Iraj Paran
* MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Hoyt Curtin
* MUSIC SUPERVISION: Paul DeKorte
* LAYOUT: John Ahern, Jamie Diaz, Jack Huber, Ray Jacobs, Homer Jonas, Lin Larsen, Warren Marshall, Gregg Nocon, Donna Zeller
* ANIMATION SUPERVISORS: Ed Barge, Bill Keil
* ANIMATION: Tom Byrne, Oliver E. Callahan, Lars Calonius, Rudy Cataldi, Bill Hutton, Volus Jones, Ed Love, Tony Love, Ken Muse, Margaret Nichols, Tom Ray, Veve Risto, Dave Tendlar, Dick Thompson, Carlo Vinci, Xenia
* TECHNICAL SUPERVISION: Frank Paiker
* CHECKING AND SCENE PLANNING: Evelyn Sherwood
* INK AND PAINT SUPERVISION: Billie Kerns
* XEROGRAPHY: Robert "Tiger" West
* BACKGROUND SUPERVISION: Fernando Montealegre
* BACKGROUNDS: Al Gmuer, Richard Khim, Bill Proctor, John Currin
* SOUND DIRECTION: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
* SUPERVISING FILM EDITOR: Larry Cowan
* EDITORS: Pat Foley, Joe Sandusky, James Yaras, Richard Allen, Terry Moore
* NEGATIVE CONSULTANT: William E. DeBoer
* POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISION: Joed Eaton
* PRODUCTION MANAGER: Jayne Barbera
* CAMERA: Jerry Mills, Ray Monahan, Norman Stainback, Roy Wade
* A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
*Tom and Jerry © 1975 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (now owned by Turner Entertainment)

DVD Release

* As of 2008, the 1975 series has not yet seen a DVD release from Warner Home Video.

External links

*imdb title|id=0130417|title=The New Tom & Jerry Show
* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/T/Tom__amp__Jerry___047__Grape_Ape_Show/The_Tom__amp__Jerry_Show/index.html Big Cartoon Database: The Tom & Jerry Show Episode Guide]
* [http://www.hbshows.com/tomjerry/index.php HBShows.com's version of the NT&J Info Site]