On Feb. 10, 1940 — 85 years ago Monday — the first Tom & Jerry cartoon short and the first cartoon directed by the soon-to-be- famous team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera was released in ...
TV LEGEND: Itchy and Scratchy weren't based on Tom and Jerry, but on the more violent KNOCKOFF of Tom and Jerry, Herman and Katnip. This one is tricky, because the presence of Tom and Jerry is SO ...