Tom and Jerry Kids (TV series)

Infobox_television
show_name = Tom & Jerry Kids


format = Animated series
runtime = 21 minutes (7 minutes per segment) (approx. per episode) (including commercials)
starring = Charlie Adler
Brian Cummings
Pat Fraley
Teresa Ganzel
Dick Gautier
Phil Hartman
Don Messick
Frank Welker
Patric Zimmerman
country = United States
network = FOX
first_aired = September 8, 1990
last_aired = October 2, 1993
num_episodes = 65

"Tom & Jerry Kids" is an animated television series, featuring the popular cat-and-mouse duo as kids. The show premeried on FOX on September 8, 1990 and continued airing until October 2, 1993. It is one of only two Hanna-Barbera shows (alongside spin-off "Droopy, Master Detective") to air in first-run on FOX.

The series is somewhat similar to the "older" version of the 114 theatrical shorts. In terms of level of violence, they are less violent than their predecessor. Also, they show some tendency of using various tools or weapons in order to attack each other, rather than solely resort to simple chasing. As usual, the feisty feline Tom constantly tries to catch the lovable mouse Jerry, often causing lots of mishaps for the duo.

History

Perhaps the notable differences from the classic shorts are Tom and Jerry's appearances. The young Tom wore a red baseball cap on his head, and the young Jerry had a nice clump of hair on his head and sported a red bow tie (a symbol of the 1975 Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry cartoons). The show consists of three seven-minute shorts. The earliest (1990-1991) episodes contained two Tom and Jerry shorts, and one short that either features Droopy or Spike.

However, the later episodes that begun airing in 1992 had become more variant in terms of featured characters. Characters that starred in their own segments include Slowpoke Antonio, Kyle the Cat, and Wildmouse. Many times, there was only one Tom and Jerry short featured in the 1992-1993 episodes. Also, there was an episode that featured Blast-Off Buzzard and Crazylegs (in which they actually spoke here) from "CB Bears".

After its cancellation by FOX on October 2, 1993 it soon began airing in reruns on the Cartoon Network between 1995 and ended in 1999. Cartoon Network showed it again in 2000 through 2002. It also showed it in 2005. In April 2006, "Tom & Jerry Kids" was dropped from Cartoon Network but instead on its sister networks Boomerang but now removed and Cartoon Network TOO is the last channel remaining of it.

Home video

In the mid 1990s, some of the cartoons were put on video tapes which are out of print and hard to find. As of 2008, Warner Bros. has no plans to put the series onto DVD.Fact|date=July 2008

Episodes

* "List of episodes in Tom and Jerry Kids"

Cast

* Charlie Adler - Dripple
* William Callaway - Slowpoke Antonio
* Pat Fraley - Kyle the Cat
* Teresa Ganzel - Miss Vavoom
* Richard Gautier - Spike
* Phil Hartman - Calaboose Cal
* Don Messick - Droopy
* Frank Welker - McWolf
* Patric Zimmerman - Tyke

Additional Cast

* Brandon Adams -
* Joe Alaskey -
* Patricia Alice Albrecht -
* Lewis Arquette -
* Rene Auberjonois -
* Michael Bell -
* Gregg Berger -
* Susan Blu -
* Sorrell Booke -
* Charlie Brill -
* Nicole Brown -
* S. Scott Bullock -
* Arthur Burghardt -
* Greg Burson -
* Hamilton Camp -
* Nancy Cartwright -
* Selette Cole -
* Danny Cooksey -
* Bud Cort -
* Jesse Corti -
* Peter Cullen -
* Brian Cummings - Clyde
* Jim Cummings -
* Tim Curry -
* Jennifer Darling -
* Mari Devon -
* Nancy Dussault -
* Maggie Egan -
* June Foray -
* Brad Garrett -
* Kathy Garver -
* Joan Gerber -
* Archie Hahn -
* Pamela Hayden -
* George Hearn -
* Dana Hill -
* Jerry Houser -
* Tony Jay -
* Arte Johnson -
* Vicki Juditz -
* Zale Kessler -
* Kip King -
* Paul Krepple -
* Maurice LaMarche -
* David L. Lander -
* Allan Lurie -
* Sherry Lynn -
* Tress MacNeille -
* Kenneth Mars -
* Chuck McCann -
* Edie McClurg -
* Diane Michelle -
* Brian Mitchell -
* Alan Oppenheimer -
* Bibi Osterwald -
* Gary Owens -
* Patricia Parris -
* Rob Paulsen -
* Patrick Pinney -
* Henry Polic II -
* Tony Pope -
* Hal Rayle -
* Clive Revill -
* Robert Ridgely -
* Kimmy Robertson -
* Stuart Robinson -
* Roger Rose -
* Neil Ross -
* Ronnie Schell -
* Susan Silo -
* Hal Smith -
* Kath Soucie -
* Sally Struthers -
* Barbara Stuart -
* Marcelo Tubert -
* Janet Waldo -
* B.J. Ward -
* Jane Wiedlin -
* Lee Wilkof -
* April Winchell -
* Jo Anne Worley -

External links

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* [http://www.tv.com/tom-and-jerry-kids-show/show/7462/summary.html?q=&tag=search_results;title;2 Tom and Jerry Kids Show at TV.com]