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The Tom and Jerry Show, also known as The New Tom and Jerry Show, is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with MGM Television in 1975 for ABC based on the Tom and Jerry theatrical cartoon series. This series marked the first time that Tom and Jerry appeared in animated installments produced specifically for television. 

Plot[]

In this show, Tom and Jerry (who wears a red bow tie) spend various episodes roaming the world competing in sports, enduring on-the-job misadventures, running afoul of dastardly villains, solving mysteries and helping others. While the show doesn't use the slapstick chases and the violence central to the theatrical shorts, the two do compete against each other in some episodes.

Voice cast[]

  • John Stephenson – Tom, Jerry (vocal effects only), additional voices
  • Don Messick, Joe E. Ross, John Stephenson – Spike

Additional voices[]

  • Henry Corden –
  • Kathy Gori – Katy O'Kitty (in "The Police Kitten")
  • Don Messick – Quacker (in "The Lost Duckling"), Meteor Mouse (in "Cosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse"), Giant Watchdog (in "Beanstalk Buddies")
  • Alan Oppenheimer –
  • Joe E. Ross –
  • Hal Smith –
  • Jean Vander Pyl – Fairy Godmother (in "Chickenrella")
  • Janet Waldo – Yvonne Jockalong (in "The Ski Bunny"), Cindy (in "Chickenrella")
  • Lennie Weinrib – Dinky (in "Jerry's Nephew")
  • Frank Welker –

Episodes[]

Broadcast history[]

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

  • The New Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show (September 6, 1975 – September 4, 1976, ABC Saturday 8:30–9:30 a.m. [EDT])
  • The Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show (September 11, 1976 – November 27, 1976, ABC Saturday 8:00–9:00 a.m. [EDT]) (reruns of Tom and Jerry and Grape Ape)
  • The Tom and Jerry/Mumbly Show (December 4, 1976 – September 3, 1977, ABC Saturday 8:00–8:30 a.m. [EDT]) (reruns)
  • The Tom and Jerry Show (international reruns)

Immediately following the end of the original ABC run, these cartoons were edited within the main and end title credits and added to run with theatrical-era MGM Tom and Jerry cartoons from 1940 to 1967 for syndication by MGM until 1986 (H-B retained ancillary rights to the Mumblyand Grape Ape segments, with syndication rights to those segments going to Worldvision Enterprises from 1979 until 1991).

Since 1986, it has been rebroadcast on TBS, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Canada's Teletoon and Teletoon Retro (the former three networks are part of WarnerMedia'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 the Boomerang streaming service. However, the Cartoon Network airings do not.

Back in the 80s, Seven Network (the Australian ‘’American Broadcasting Company’’) aired the show in Australia.

Home media[]

The premiere episode (show #TJGA-1, September 6, 1975) of The New Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show was released as part of Warner Home Video's Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s Volume 2 on October 27, 2009;[4] it marked the first home video release of the 1975 made-for-TV version of Tom and Jerry. Another cartoon, episode #80-15, "Cosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse", is included as part of the Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection, which was released by Warner Home Video on June 22, 2010. The episode (show #TJGA-11, November 15, 1975) of The New Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show was released as the digital version of Tom and Jerry: School's Out. 2 episodes was released as the digital version of Tom and Jerry: House Pests. Most episodes of this incarnation, with exceptions of "Gopher Broke", "Grim and Bear It", "The Flying Sorceress", "The Egg and Tom and Jerry", and "The Lost Duckling", are available on the Boomerangapp. A complete series DVD set has not yet been announced.

Legacy[]

When Joseph Barbera was asked if public pressure had resulted in Tom and Jerry being less violent in this show, he said that the same arguments were going on 50 years ago.

External links[]

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Media
Animated shorts: Tom and Jerry

Television series: The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)The Tom and Jerry Comedy ShowTom & Jerry KidsTom and Jerry TalesThe Tom and Jerry Show (2014)
Specials: Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo CelebrationTom and Jerry: The Mansion CatTom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers
Films: Tom and Jerry: The MovieTom and Jerry: The Magic RingTom and Jerry: Blast Off to MarsTom and Jerry: The Fast and the FurryTom and Jerry: Shiver Me WhiskersTom and Jerry: A Nutcracker TaleTom and Jerry Meet Sherlock HolmesTom and Jerry & The Wizard of OzTom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry MouseTom and Jerry's Giant AdventureTom and Jerry: The Lost DragonTom and Jerry: Spy QuestTom and Jerry: Back to OzTom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate FactoryTom and JerryTom and Jerry: Cowboy Up!Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land

Main Characters
Tom CatJerry Mouse
Other characters
Spike BulldogTyke BulldogMammy Two ShoesButch CatToodles GaloreTuffy MouseDroopyBarney BearLightning CatMeathead CatTopsy CatQuackerFluff, Muff and PuffGeorge and JoanGeorge and Joan's BabyTootsZuriCherie MouseTaraDevil DogScrewy SquirrelMeathead DogGeorge and JuniorRedSlick McWolfButch DogGatekeeper ConductorDollfaceRed HerringSabrinaAmbroseGopher BrokeGopher Broke IICat BullyWild MouseBlast-Off BuzzardCrazy Legs Snake
Movie characters
The Alley Cat GangStraycatchersDr. ApplecheekPristine FiggLickbootFerdinand
Guest/Crossovers characters
Dorothy GaleTotoScarecrowTin WoodmanCowardly LionGlinda the Good Witch of the NorthThe Wicked Witch of the WestThe Wizard of OzAunt EmUncle HenryMiss Almira GulchProfessor MarvelHunkHickoryZekeFlying MonkeysThe Munchkins
Locations
Heavenly Express
Songs
Video games
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People
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Home video
Companies and Distributors
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studioMGM Animation/Visual ArtsTurner EntertainmentHanna-BarberaWarner Bros.Miramax FilmsWarner Bros. AnimationWarner Bros. TelevisionWarner Home VideoWarner Archive CollectionTaft BroadcastingWorldvision EnterprisesMGM TelevisionTurner Program ServicesFilmation
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