Comments on: Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection

By: Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Volume 2 and 1970s Volume 2 » DVDs Worth Watching

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:34:02 +0000

[...] with some of the Chuck Jones bumpers included), the Tom and Jerry cartoons have been endlessly repackaged by Warners for the last several [...]

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The Mystery of Tom Thump / Of Mice and Magic » Comics Worth Reading — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:22:11 +0000

[...] my cross-checking to see if the recent Chuck Jones Tom & Jerry set did indeed contain all of the Chuck Jones Tom & Jerry cartoons, I was at first dismayed to [...]

By: jdh417

jdh417 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:03:13 +0000

Although, full disclosure, Chuck Jones in his “Chuck Amuck” autobiography didn’t seem to think much of his Tom & Jerry’s either.

By: jdh417

jdh417 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:51:31 +0000

Yeah, count me as a fan of Jones’ T&J as well, no matter how much the critics pan them. It may be like comparing these cartoons to the ones from the 40’s is like comparing the classic Disney animated movies with the Pixar movies.

I remember actually liking these better as a kid, perhaps because they were a bit less cruel. Maybe I just liked the character design.

I love unreservededly and unapologetically the Phantom Tollbooth. If you can find it, give it a watch.

By: Ed Sizemore

Ed Sizemore — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:38:17 +0000

I’m actually a fan of the Chuck Jones T&J cartoons. The stories tended to be much stronger than the ones in the years prior. The animation is gorgeous. The violence is well choregraphed :-) I think he breathed some life into this tired franchise.

My other favorites are the first couple of years when H&B were fearless in their humor.