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Jul 19, 2022 · Tom and Jerry were the two main characters of the 1821 novel Life in London, which was basically the Regency era version of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, and “Tom-and-Jerrying” became a slang term that meant “to drink and indulge in riotous behavior.”
Tom and Jerry is an American animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on the enmity between the titular characters of a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry.
The term comes from Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom (1823) by Pierce Egan.[6] However Brewer notes no more than an "unconscious" echo of the Regency era original in the naming of the cartoon.[7]
Mar 25, 2020 · From the early 1940s to the late 1950s — the quintessential era of lushly animated, beautifully scored short cartoons that screened in movie theaters before a film — a grey cat named Tom and a...
Sep 23, 2022 · Here are some darker facts about the legacy of "Tom and Jerry" that fans might not be aware of.
Nov 22, 2021 · For the past 81 years, people have enjoyed the mischievous antics of the beloved cat and mouse we all know as Tom and Jerry. But it has recently come to light that there's much more to their seemingly simple names than we thought.
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Oct 21, 2024 · Tom and Jerry, American animated cartoon series about a hapless cat’s never-ending pursuit of a clever mouse. Tom (the scheming cat) and Jerry (the spunky mouse) were created by animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1940.
