Comments on: Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection

By: Stephen Treadwell

Stephen Treadwell — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:54:09 +0000

Oops! I goofed on Mar. 19, 2011, when I said the Chuck Jones ones are necessarily not very funny. I meant to say they’re not necessarily. Anyway, I’ve decided I prefer the original T&J’s to the CJ ones. They’re nicer looking & have better music & I believe the CJ ones are more one-sided.

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By: Stephen Rhodes Treadwell

Stephen Rhodes Treadwell — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:48:15 +0000

The Chuck Jones ones are better no comparison than the Gene Deitch ones. By the way the Chuck Jones ones are necessarily not very funny. The episode Jerry go Round is very funny!

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By: Sávio.

Sávio. — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:07:39 +0000

Well, why the WB don’t release also a collection named “Tom and Jerry: The Gene Deitch Collection”?

But Deitch don’t knew many thing about the Hanna-Barbera original Tom and Jerry, and Jones has used him own style in excess; then both has conditions for make of Best mode the 1060′s shorts of Tom and Jerry.

5 good facts about Deitch era: Tom is a little most explored, Jerry is a little most intelligent, few changes in the Tom and Jerry apparency and personality, a Ancient Greek short, and a musical short.

5 bad facts about Deitch era: Tom don’t is a great menace for Jerry, his new owner is many rigid and severe, Tom don’t finish officially victorious in any short, the format and plot are bizarres and surrealists in excess, and Tom and Jerry never speaks without simple vocal effects.

5 good facts about Jones era: Tom and Jerry are great rivals in most shorts, Jerry don’t defeat Tom in all shorts, and have 2 homages to Hanna and Barbera era, 3 Futuristic Space shorts, and 3 musical shorts.

5 bad facts about Jones era: Tom and Jerry chanced many things in apparency and personality, don’t have a recurrent house owner, the production economize speaks and texts in excess, have many absurds and ridiculous lies in various shorts, and Tom and Jerry never speaks without simple vocal effects.

And finally: see that both productions staffs have various merits and demerits.

Well, that’s it this same!

By: Stephen Rhodes Treadwell

Stephen Rhodes Treadwell — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:31:35 +0000

I definitely prefer the Chuck Jones T&J’s to Road Runner or Tweety and Sylvester, mostly because they’re not as one-sided, but also because they’re cuter & have better music. I enjoy the Chuck Jones T&J’s so much it’s a bit hard for me to believe they’re by the same person who did Looney Tunes because I’m not that big a fan of Looney Tunes.

By: Stephen Rhodes Treadwell

Stephen Rhodes Treadwell — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:21:21 +0000

I’m a fan of Chuck’s T&J’s also. I’m not sure which I prefer, his version or the original, but it probably depends on which cartoon Tom has less bad luck in. That’s usually the case w/ me. For instance my favorite version of T&J is the one where they’re pals &, of course, Tom has the least bad luck in that one because he doesn’t usually get defeated by Jerry in the end, which is the main reason I like that version best. Besides all that my least favorite version is the Gene Deitch one, mostly because it’s the only one where Jerry always triumphs over poor ol’ Tom, no exceptions, although in the Tom & Jerry Comedy Show, which I also could very well live w/out, Jerry pretty much always wins.

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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.