![]() The famous animation team William Hanna and Joe Barbera were in charge of animating Tom and Jerry for almost their entire run at MGM before forming their own successful animation company know as what else, "Hanna-Barbera." Continued after the jump: ![]() These cartoons were created during the Fred Quimby years he produced Tom and Jerry along with all other MGM cartoons until the animation division was closed in 1957. In these shorts, when Tom gets injured while chasing Jerry or gets cornered by Spike the bulldog, he let out a satisfyingly comical yelping yowl different than Walt Disney's "Goofy" yell: "Waa-hoo-hoo-hooey!" in sound, but equally iconic with hilarity. ![]() It is no doubt that the creative minds at MGM's animation division may have been inspired by being located on MGM's lot #2, and perhaps channeled some of Andy Hardy's hoodoo, due to the fact that the street used for filming was located directly behind the animatinion studio. Here, the classic chase of "cat and mouse" occurred in just about every way conceivable. First are the wonderful 1940's and 50's MGM cartoons, which were colored in beautiful blue and grey pastel tones. There are three phases of Tom and Jerry cartoons.
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