The Tom & Jerry Show (1975 TV series)

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For the 2014 TV series, see The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series).
The Tom & Jerry Show
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On-screen title card.
Network ABC
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Original release September 6December 13, 1975
Run time 22–24 minutes
Starring John Stephenson
Don Messick
Joe E. Ross
Executive producer(s) Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
Producer(s) Iwao Takamoto
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Bill Ackerman
Larz Bourne
Tom Dagenais
Alan Dinehart
Don Jurwich
Joel Kane
Dick Kinney
Frank Ridgeway
Director(s) Charles A. Nichols
Alex Lovy (voices)
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The Tom & Jerry Show is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for ABC's Saturday morning children's programming. It was also featured as a segment of The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show. It ran in 1975 airing 16 episodes that spanned one season. It was the first television series based on the MGM theatrical shorts of Tom and Jerry from 1940 to 1967. The shorts from 1940 to 1957 were directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who left in 1957 to form their own studio in Hanna-Barbera.

Due to the TV parental group pressure of the time, Tom and Jerry no longer menace each other with violence, being depicted as friends, instead, who face adversaries together. Occasionally, Tom will slip back into his nefarious ways, but only to cheat Jerry out of some contest.

Production

Development

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte. A lot of the music was heavily burrowed from The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.

Episodes

Episode Original air date
1x01 September 6, 1975
1x02 September 13, 1975
1x03 September 20, 1975
1x04 September 27, 1975
1x05 October 4, 1975
1x06 October 11, 1975
1x07 October 18, 1975
1x08 October 25, 1975
1x09 November 1, 1975
1x10 November 8, 1975
1x11 November 15, 1975
1x12 November 22, 1975
1x13 November 27, 1975
1x14 November 29, 1975
1x15 December 6, 1975
1x16 December 13, 1975

Cast

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