I caught this this morning and was flooded by memories. Fred Quimby always did the best ones.

lol @ having an opinion about directors while watching cartoons as a kid. You're something else, Jorge.

lol @ haviI'M GONNA FUCK YOU UP REID

Also, Fred Quimby didn't direct these.

Well whatever he did, I didn't know it at the time. Then again I'm just a slack-jawed yokel from Texas.

That cartoon is pretty awesome, though. I love the scene transition/blurs of color. Actually, I love the color all around.

I totally remember this one. When

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the exterminator painted the bolt and sprayed it with "essence of cheese"

, I instantly transported back to my grandma's guest bedroom with smells of spaghetti cooking from the kitchen.

I didn't know it at the time either, nor did I suggest I did. It was later that I found out all my favorite episodes were produced by that guy, including this one (probably my all-time favorite):


It explains why the episodes were so uneven, quality-wise. There's a lot of really terrible Tom & Jerry episodes, but these are really fun and clever.


Also, how awesome is it that every little cue in these is orchestrated? Every tiny little thing.

I just thought that when you said "Fred Quimby always did the best ones", you were speaking from your memory.

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a "cue"?

I think you and I would get along IRL, Jorge. I really enjoyed the bulldog in Tom & Jerry.

I'm sure there's a technical term for it, but what I refer to as a "cue" is like whenever something physical happens on screen that is then underscored by the music. A good example is Tom's physical movements between 1:05 and 1:16 in the first video. Listen to the orchestra punctuating his movements. That is a full orchestra, mind you. Nobody does that these days.

Well I absolutely agree with you. I'm loving all the vocals Tom is getting in these episodes too. So much expression in his movement.

did you watch these online or do reruns still come on tv? and if so what channel?

The director is the absolute KEY to how good a cartoon is.

When I was in college, I visited a friend at Northwestern, and every year they had "Warnerfest", where they showed 3 hours of old Warner Bros cartoons on the big screen in the auditorium in the engineering building. At the beginning of every cartoon when the director's name came up the entire audience woudl shout out the director's first name. "FRIZ!" "TEX!"
"CHUCK!" "BOB!" And my favorite, "I!" (for "I. Freling" as Friz Freling's name sometimes appeared in credits).

This friend of mine was a Warner cartoon fanatic from an early age. By the time we were in high school, he had collected over 80% of teh Warner cartoons made prior to the 1960's, and this was all from taping them off of Saturday morning and after-school shows, before such things were sold commercially. He now writes for cartoons and video games.

When I was a kid if I saw Chuck Jones's name in the credits I knew it'd be a good episode.


Tom and Jerry is on The Cartoon Network at 1:00pm EST during the week. My son and I watch it.

This was my favorite show growing up. I still see old ones on the television set late at night. I think it's on Cartoon Network.

Man, that takes me back to a simpler time. Where did that time go?

Used to be? I still watch it on cartoon network sometimes.

Aren't the episodes they show on Cartoon Network edited/censored?

Probably, but I still enjoy them at 6am when I'm stoned and relaxing after work.