This incarnation of Tom & Jerry debuted when I was 7 and ran in reruns through the early 1980s. So for me it wasn't gone when it wrapped in 1977. Needless to say i hadn't seen the original MGM's at the time (1975-76) so this was the only Tom and jerry I knew for awhile.
So, them being practically friends in this version was simply how the show was and how they were introduced to me. It had nothing to do with toned down cartoon violence (which I hadn't seeen much of yet). It was just a funny show where sometimes T & J team up to help someone out trouble they're in.
Like one show where a baby (prehistoric) wooley mammoth has been found and just wants to go home to it's mother. While being pursued by the resident villain who wants to cage it and make a fortune. Similar show where they find a new baby eagle hatching out of a misplaced egg and they try to raise it. Turning their lives upside down.
There were shows where Tom & Jerry competed against each-other and "surprise" Tom tries to cheat (like in running a track race). Tom hooks up a motor to his back but then he can't shut it of. He gets loose of it and it chases after him.
What also has stuck with me and many of my generation, to this day, is it's catchy theme song:
"Set the dial for awhile have a laugh and smile, it's the Tom and jerry Show!"
You'll be skimmed with a grin when you first tune us in, it's the Tom and jerry Show!" (Announcer introduces T & J, then music plays)
"Lot's of zing, lots to sing. Everything's gonna swing, so get ready here we go-o-o-o!" "Big or tall, short or small...we will all have a ball, on the Tom - and - Jer-r-ry show! "
Most kids then, simply liked show and watched it with all the rest of what Saturday morning in the '70s offered. More simply, we just liked to laugh. 10 stars, because nothing beats a good child-hood memory...that's something no one can change.
Ten Stars Tom & Jerry are top 10 in the history of cartoons. (END)
So, them being practically friends in this version was simply how the show was and how they were introduced to me. It had nothing to do with toned down cartoon violence (which I hadn't seeen much of yet). It was just a funny show where sometimes T & J team up to help someone out trouble they're in.
Like one show where a baby (prehistoric) wooley mammoth has been found and just wants to go home to it's mother. While being pursued by the resident villain who wants to cage it and make a fortune. Similar show where they find a new baby eagle hatching out of a misplaced egg and they try to raise it. Turning their lives upside down.
There were shows where Tom & Jerry competed against each-other and "surprise" Tom tries to cheat (like in running a track race). Tom hooks up a motor to his back but then he can't shut it of. He gets loose of it and it chases after him.
What also has stuck with me and many of my generation, to this day, is it's catchy theme song:
"Set the dial for awhile have a laugh and smile, it's the Tom and jerry Show!"
You'll be skimmed with a grin when you first tune us in, it's the Tom and jerry Show!" (Announcer introduces T & J, then music plays)
"Lot's of zing, lots to sing. Everything's gonna swing, so get ready here we go-o-o-o!" "Big or tall, short or small...we will all have a ball, on the Tom - and - Jer-r-ry show! "
Most kids then, simply liked show and watched it with all the rest of what Saturday morning in the '70s offered. More simply, we just liked to laugh. 10 stars, because nothing beats a good child-hood memory...that's something no one can change.
Ten Stars Tom & Jerry are top 10 in the history of cartoons. (END)