I never quite got all the love people have for the TOM & JERRY franchise.
Most of the other classic cartoon theatrical shorts I tend to love and respect for their role in cinema’s history. Most of the Looney Tunes shorts or any of Tex Avery’s work with MGM still hold up today as funny short films with humor that is sometimes absurdist and sometimes poignant.
But I never quite felt this way towards TOM & JERRY. I mean they aired the…