Tom And Jerry Turn 70 This Year

A series of animated theatrical shorts Tom and Jerry created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera have turned 70 this year.
The never-ending fight between the house cat Tom and the mouse, Jerry is the comic trademark of the series. The chases and battles between Tom and Jerry that often involved comic violence reaches to multiple generations beyond language and nationality. Even today the Tom and Jerry series is able to bring smiles on the faces of its millions of viewers. It is remembered as the one show that the parents of the current target audience would watch along with their kids. Even though various producers carried forward their story in varying styles of animation, it was best remembered for those produced by Fred Quimby. The slapstick animated short stories of Tom and Jerry were created by William Hannah and Joseph Barbera in 1940. Produced by Fred Quimby, TJ took many forms including the latest one, which instead of the silent comedy of errors take, has conversations.