The Tom and Jerry Show
1975 · 1 season · 48 episodes · Kids, Animation, Family
Created by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
The New Tom & Jerry Show is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television in 1975 for ABC based on the theatrical shorts and characters Tom and Jerry.
Why it's worth watching
The Tom and Jerry Show is a classic, beloved series that teaches valuable lessons about friendship, perseverance, and the consequences of greed. Its humor and animation are timeless, making it a delightful watch for all ages.
What it praises
The show emphasizes virtues such as kindness, respect, and the importance of working together to overcome challenges. It also subtly reinforces moral values through its characters' interactions and outcomes.
For discernment
This is the tamed, mid-'70s Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry, and the single most useful thing to know is that it is not the classic: broadcast rules of the era stripped out the trademark cat-and-mouse slapstick, so the two are now friends and the anarchic violence fans remember is gone. What's left is gentle, harmless, and largely forgettable, with no meaningful content concerns, though also little of the wit that made the originals great. There's genuinely nothing here for a Christian to guard against; the only honest caution is managing expectations, since the prior praise of 'timeless humor' oversells a fairly flat, declawed product. Fine, safe background viewing for young children.
- ViolenceOnly very mild cartoon antics; the trademark slapstick violence was removed for this 1975 version.
Cast
John Stephenson
Tom (voice)
Don Messick
(voice)
Joe E. Ross
(voice)
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