Tom & Jerry - which DVD's?

[md99]

Could any of you folks help me?

Is the entire unedited Tom & Jerry library of short cartoons available on DVD?

I see Spotlight Collections, Classic Collections, Collectors Editions, etc but don't know which to get?

Obviously I'm after the shorts dating from the 1940's to the late 60's (Hanna Barbera, Gene Deitch, Chuck Jones) and not the modern rubbish sold to todays youngsters.

A little help?

[md99]

BTTT

Anyone?

[Teabaggins]

is there any way to see more details for each DVD? can you go by episode titles or dates?

in general my experience with such things has been that they never do them to my liking and scatter the episodes all over the dvds.

[md99]

Just been doing a bit of detective work..

There have been several Tom and Jerry DVDs released in Region 1 (the United States and Canada), including a series of two-disc sets known as the Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection. There have been negative responses to Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, due to some of the cartoons included on each having cuts and redubbed Mammy Two-Shoes dialogue. A replacement program offering uncut versions of the shorts on DVD was later announced. There are also negative responses to Vol. 3, due to Mouse Cleaning and Casanova Cat being excluded from these sets and His Mouse Friday having an extreme zooming-in towards the end, no replacement program for Vol. 3 is announced.

There have been two Tom and Jerry DVD sets in Region 2. In Western Europe, most of the Tom and Jerry shorts have been released (only two, namely The Million Dollar Cat and Busy Buddies, were not included, for unknown reasons) under the name Tom and Jerry - The Classic Collection. Almost all of the shorts contain re-dubbed Mammy Two-Shoes tracks. Despite these cuts, His Mouse Friday, the only Tom and Jerry cartoon to be completely taken off the airwaves in some countries due to racism, is included, unedited with the exception of extreme zooming-in towards the end to avoid showing a particularly racist caricature. One must note, though, that these are regular TV prints sent from the U.S. in the 1990s. Shorts produced in CinemaScope are presented in pan and scan. Fortunately Mouse Cleaning and Casanova Cat are presented uncut on as part of these sets. Tom and Jerry - The Classic Collection is available in 6 double-sided dvds (issued in the United Kingdom) and 12 single-layer dvds (issued in whole Western Europe, including the United Kingdom).

The other Tom and Jerry Region 2 DVD set is available in Japan. Same as Tom and Jerry - The Classic Collection in Western Europe, Almost all of the shorts (including His Mouse Friday) contain cuts. Slicked-up Pup, Tom's Photo Finish, Busy Buddies, The Egg and Jerry, Tops with Pops and Feedin' the Kiddie are excluded from these sets. Shorts produced in CinemaScope are presented in pan and scan.

Looks like I won't be getting any versions in that case. Too many cuts

[J. J. Hunsecker]

Originally Posted by md99

Just been doing a bit of detective work..



Looks like I won't be getting any versions in that case. Too many cuts

I have the first two sets. I got the replacement discs, so the censorship issues have been resolved for me. However, a few of the cartoons suffer from the effects of DVNR.

I didn't get the third set because it didn't include one of my favorite Tom & Jerry cartoons, Mouse Cleaning. Maybe if it gets severely discounted -- like around $5 -- I will pick it up. After all, this is the only to get the cartoons.

Also keep in mind that the original negatives for the cartoons burned years ago in a warehouse fire, so all of the DVDs had to be mastered from existing old prints. A few of the cartoons were mastered from nice looking 35mm nitrate prints, though, and they look good.