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It's interesting to see how some of these cartoons prefigure the later work of Hanna and Barbera: the underwater antics in "The Cat and the Mermouse" anticipate Tom and Jerry's frolic with Esther Williams in Dangerous When Wet (1953); Yakky Doodle on The Yogi Bear Show (1961) was copied from Little Quacker. In several cartoons, Mammy Two-Shoes' voice has been redubbed, and the subtitles offer cleaned-up versions of her dialogue. In "Old Rockin' Chair Tom," she declares, "If you is a mouser, I is Lana Turner, which I ain't!" The subtitles read, "If you're a mouser…I'm Lana Turner, which I'm not." Whoopi Goldberg discusses the use of stereotypes in the introduction, and these later reworkings falsify history. (Unrated, suitable for ages 7 and older: cartoon violence, ethnic stereotypes) --Charles Solomon
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Rudolf Ising |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 29 June, 1946 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Cartoons & Animation, Children's Video, Gift Set, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 2 |
| UPC: | 012569673243 |
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Customer Reviews of Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection, Volume 2
Classics Remastered And In Original Form Tom & Jerry Volume 2 has 2 hours of the classic era MGM cartoons in the bright oroginal vivid color and beautifully restored sound. The cartoons are all uncut and unedited, and thusly, politically incorrect, as intended, in places. The humor is timeless. The selection of tunes is excellent. Some items may not be suitable for the wee ones, but the box clearly states that fact. <
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>These are the great toons I grew up with.
Senseless Brutality and Random Acts of Violence!
Just like with Volume 1 of this DVD series, we're witnessing unnecessarily histrionic reviews from crybabies who can't see the forest for the trees. It's a miracle to have these classic T&J shorts on DVD at all, and even the crybabies can't deny the episodes while they scream self-righteously about geek minutiae. Granted, there is one major problem with this second Spotlight collection. When you start the DVDs, the first thing to play is a poorly considered and badly written introduction presented by Whoopi Goldberg. The issue is the politically incorrect Mammy Two Shoes character, who was completely absent from Volume 1. Here Goldberg explains that Mammy appears in this volume, apologizes for the fact that the character is a racist stereotype, and then apologizes again that she is included here. This type of bleeding heart over-sensitivity may be necessary for beginners who both refuse to face the flaws of human nature, and can't appreciate classic animation, but it's useless and uninformative for hardcore fans. Fortunately, this annoying feature can be bypassed in half a second by hitting the Menu button, allowing you to do what you gotta do - watch the episodes already.
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>Once you get past that roadblock, you're rewarded with another 38 incredibly valuable and hysterical T&J shorts. All appearances of Mammy Two Shoes are in this volume, and while she's certainly an exaggerated racial caricature, open-minded fans will see that she's not THAT offensive. Of course Tom & Jerry are immortally hilarious because of their random acts of violence and senseless brutality! (T&J have been my faves since early childhood, and I don't drop anvils on people's heads and place dynamite sticks in their eyes. Modern worries about impressionable kids being brainwashed by cartoon violence are either paranoid, or today's kids are real dopes.) As with all the classic T&J, we find stupendous musical accompaniment by Scott Bradley, and astonishing animation by the Hanna & Barbera team, both of which are jampacked with action and details. The artwork is remarkable overall - for example, see the beautiful Spanish backgrounds in "Mucho Mouse" or the madcap construction hijinks in "Tot Watchers." Here is the final proof that animation has rarely, if ever, exceeded the artistry of the 1940s and 50s.
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>Now that we have these two collections of classic Tom & Jerry shorts, more is needed. So far we have nothing definitive for the other characters that were produced in separate cartoons by the same team, notably Barney Bear and (especially) Droopy. We want Droopy!!! And we also need a Tom & Jerry DVD set collecting all the shorts from the later Chuck Jones years, which are nearly as classic. While we wait endlessly for those goodies, we have been blessed with these collections of the immortal originals, as Tom and Jerry still reign as the funniest and most lovable cartoon stars of all time. [~doomsdayer520~]
"i want tom and jerry for my birthday"
santa brought boys the first collection of tom and jerry and for his birthday my six year old wanted the second set so we bought it. he and we love it,the onlt thing that we didn't like was the cartoon "coboy tom" was on the last collection also,but other than that this is a very nice , very clean transfer that is a family movie night must. enjoy