[Pete L]

I read the orange one has retweated from his retweet.

He'll be a huntin' wabbit next.

[PaulB]

Rob L will just love the title of this thread!

[Rob L]

No, Paul, I love Warner Brothers' cartoons

I prefer Hanna Barbera (particularly Tom & Jerry) but both cartoon writing houses are very good; much better in the '30s than in later decades of course.




Now, what have I missed by Pete L's original post?

[PaulB]

I prefer Hanna Barbera (particularly Tom & Jerry) but both cartoon writing houses are very good; much better in the '30s than in later decades of course.

I thought the best T&J episodes were those produced by Fred Quimby. Wiki says that they were between 1940 & 1955

[Rob L]

Indeed....

[Jim Jones]

Is this the record for the quickest, most divergent, thread drift ever?

[Bill McCarthy]

Yet......Fred Quimby versions are now deemed too violent for bairns to see.

[Lindsayp]

I love Top Cat. No idea who wrote/produced them but I grew up with them in 60's and the current tv ads using TC make me smile at the memories.

[Rob L]

I used to work with someone who's name was Joe Avery. I called him "Fred" for years, until he asked me why I called him Fred.

I told him Avery > Tex Avery > Fred Quimby and hence Fred. Skewed thinking, but he got it in the end!

Rob

[Rob L]

Yet......Fred Quimby versions are now deemed too violent for bairns to see.

But said wee bairns are permitted to watch soaps which have moiders (Chicago accent) every week .

When Bill McCarthy and I were small children, we knew that Tom & Jerry was a cartoon for children, and it entertained us (as it does to this day). Slap and Tickle, by another cartoonist.

<sigh>

If it's come to the state that T&J can't be shown, they'll be banning the Simpsons next

[Sir Morley Steven]

Elmer Fudd. That’s the Home Secretary innit?

[Korenwolf]

Yet......Fred Quimby versions are now deemed too violent for bairns to see.

But said wee bairns are permitted to watch soaps which have moiders (Chicago accent) every week .

When Bill McCarthy and I were small children, we knew that Tom & Jerry was a cartoon for children, and it entertained us (as it does to this day). Slap and Tickle, by another cartoonist.

<sigh>

If it's come to the state that T&J can't be shown, they'll be banning the Simpsons next

Sadly it's true, the little cartoon scamps have long been removed from the TV channels in the US, not only for the "violence" (which always involved partially dismembered/blown up/immolated victims being back together in the next frame) but also for 'Mammy two shoes', the large black lady shouting "THO-MAS!!!!!" and whacking Tom with a house broom. Benny Hill's long gone from the networks of course, and now a university professor has said that when he showed the episode of M*A*S*H where Hawkeye grabs Hotlips and kisses her goodbye to a group of students, there was an audible gasp at the unsolicited advance....

[Paul_Sengupta]

My dad was watching Tom and Jerry the other day. I don't know what channel it was on. I watched about 5 seconds of it as I passed through the living room on my way from the kitchen to upstairs.