The Spa's the Limit

The Spa's the Limit
Premiere date	November 8, 2021
Starring	Rick Zieff Stephen Stanton Rachael MacFarlane
Music composed by	Dan Blessinger Jim Covell
Writer(s)	Kevin Fleming Rob Janas
Storyboard artist(s)	TJ House
Director(s)	Darrell Van Citters
Animation director(s)	Patrick Dufresne Kyle Peppler Andy Tougas
Art director(s)	Dean Burke
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"The Spa's the Limit" is the tenth episode (part one) of Tom and Jerry in New York season one. It aired on November 8, 2021 on HBO Max. It was written by Kevin Fleming and Rob Janas, and directed by Darrell Van Citters.

Tom and Spike are treated to a spa day after somehow being voted the best-behaved pets of the hotel.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jerry Mouse	Unavailable
Tuffy	Unavailable
Tom Cat	William Hanna
Spike	Rick Zieff
Armand	Stephen Stanton
Gwennie	Rachael MacFarlane

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • The Royal Gate Hotel

Objects

• None

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2021.

Music

The theme music was performed by Dan Blessinger and Jim Covell, adapted from lyrics written by Scott Bradley, who worked on the original MGM theatrical shorts. Blessinger and Covell also composed the rest of the incidental music.

Crew credits

• Storyboard artist: TJ House
• Producers: Ashley Postlewaite, Darrell Van Citters, Monica S. Moreau
• Line producer: Angela O'Sullivan
• Story editor: Will Finn
• Casting directors: Sarah Noonan, Agnes Kim
• Art director of motion graphics and design: Matthew Girardi
• Graphics and title artists: Brenna Kraus, Adrienne Steinbaum
• Animation services: Renegade Animation
  • Art director: Dean Burke
  • Character designers: Edison Goncalves, Andreas Wessel-Therhorn
  • Prop designer: Matt Mozgiel
  • Background designers: David Chambers, Leon Lee, Patrick Pedroza, Joanna Shim
  • Production manager: Derek Kedell
  • Production coordinator: Mayra Guerrero
  • Production assistants: Paul Aguas, Heidi Ewart
  • Storyboard revisionist: Bret Conner Jr.
  • Editor: Michael D'Ambrosio
  • Assistant editor: Jeff Small
  • Post production coordinator: Matthew Hernandez
  • Animation supervisor: Chris Bailey
  • Technical directors: Austin Doyle, Ramiro Olmos
• Animation services: Slap Happy Cartoons
  • Production supervisor: George Allen
  • Assistant director: Edwin Poon
  • Layout supervisor: Jonathan Gibson
  • Layout artists: Lais D'el Rei, Michael William Harrison, Alexandria Phillip, Gerardo Garcia Soto
  • Scene planners: Alex Cruikshank, Kevin Long, Xinru Tan
  • Production manager: Shawn Hearty
  • Production coordinator: Alyshia Gibson
  • Editorial assistant: Michelle Clement
  • Animation directors: Patrick Dufresne, Kyle Peppler, Andy Tougas
  • Animation revisionists: Alex Brown, Jenisa Carbert, Eric Cheung, Mauriene Good, Tom Lewis, Mitchel Matthews, Dino Pai, Randy Santa-Ana, Katelyn Stetson
  • Builders: Jared Bennett, Priyanka Pradhan, Dana Smith, Alex Stanciu, Lindsay Walters
  • Additional designers: Jessica Faye, Vivian Hui, Danielle Mainman, Nicole 'Nik' Martel
  • Production accountant: Ben Busa
• Post production executive: Greg Emerson
• Post producer: Kip Brown
• Post production managers: Rebecca Sands Coutts, Marissa Llano
• VFX production manager: Sharon Yvonne Lopez
• VFX senior assistant production manager: Marina Mozée
• VFX assistant production manager: Nick Bannon
• Recording facility: Amalgamated Sound and Picture
• Recording machine operator: Jeff O. Collins
• Post production sound services: Bang Zoom! Studios, DBMix Studios
• Online editor: David Cowles
• Assistant editors: Harrison T. Barth, Michele Beeson, Gabriel Gianola
• Production administrator: Aisha Clarke
• Production support: Natalie Anis, Cher Bentley, Shelly Jacobs, Tamara Miles, Maria Millage, Niko Sumcad, Kira Tirimacco, Rene Toporzysek
• Casting administrator: Liz Carroll
• Production accountants: Yadira Davis, Maral Simonian, Athena Wingate
• Rights and clearances: Katie Ward
• Business and legal affairs: Leslie Chinchilla, Raymond Gonzalez, Shanon Muir, Amy Olmedo, Iman Wilson
• Executive in charge of production for HBO Max: Aaron Davidson, Billy Wee
• Production supervision: Bobbie Page
• Production management: Ed Adams
• Executives in charge of production: Jay Bastian, Daphne Fei
• Executive producer: Sam Register

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 8, 2021 on HBO Max
• United Kingdom and Ireland: March 1, 2023 at 6:30 pm on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on the saying, "The sky's the limit."
• HBO Max lists this as a season two episode.
• Jerry and Tuffy only laugh once.
• Tom's screams are by William Hanna, but the actor who provided his other sound effects is uncredited.

Home availability

• Not available. 😢