Wrecking Ball

Wrecking Ball
Premiere date	July 1, 2021
Music composed by	Dan Blessinger Jim Covell
Writer(s)	Will Finn
Storyboard artist(s)	TJ House Bret Conner Jr. (revisionist)
Director(s)	Darrell Van Citters Edwin Poon (assistant)
Animation director(s)	Patrick Dufresne Andy Tougas
Art director(s)	Dean Burke
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"Wrecking Ball" is the fifth episode (part four) of Tom and Jerry in New York season one. It aired on July 1, 2021 on HBO Max. It was written by Will Finn, and directed by Darrell Van Citters.

Tom and Jerry try to outsmart each other at a demolition zone.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jerry Mouse	William Hanna
Tom Cat	Unavailable
Hot dog vendor	N/A
Dog owner	N/A
Demolition guy	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Demolition zone

Objects

• Wrecking ball

Vehicles

• Crane

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. The music was composed by Blessinger and Covell.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: July 1, 2021 on HBO Max
• Canada: October 16, 2021 on Teletoon
• United Kingdom and Ireland: February 10, 2022 at 4:30 pm on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

• The scream of Jerry was by William Hanna, although someone else did the coughing and laughing.
• The hot dog vendor is now selling pretzels.
• There is a cameo of the dog owner from "Scents and Sensibility," only he is without the dog and not wearing his glasses.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢