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I can totally understand why some people hate this short series by Gene Deitch. My guess is they are older folks who were around to see the (more than/less than) twenty year run by Hanna-Barbera. The switch in style and content probably felt counter to everything they had come to like and expect from a Tom & Jerry cartoon.
But I was born in 1973 and by the time I was an avid cartoon watcher, all the major eras of production were being shown at once on weekday and Saturday mornings. I never got used to one era because my earliest experiences were watching the Hanna-Barbera, Gene Deitch, Chuck Jones, second Hanna-Barbera era, and Filmation era (creeping in unnoticed by me from 1980-82) versions all mixed in together in no order, so I was never able to become set in my ways to feel insulted by future changes (except for the Tom and Jerry Kids in 1990, but I was too old by then to really care [I did think it was lame though, just not rage-worthy]).
Which brings us to the Gene Deitch collection. They were made before I was born. I remember as a child noticing the distinct differences in appearance, movement, sound and content. While I am no connoisseur of art I noticed that these were very stylistically different than the others in a very intentional and playful way. Some of them ranked as my all time favorite Tom and Jerry cartoons between the ages of 6-10 yrs old. They were so "out there" in thematic content - not just the usual chase and smash at the same old house and yard. Granted, the animation was much more hectic and choppy, but it added a certain energy to the feel of it.
I had no idea this DVD even existed, and it was a few weeks before writing this review that I was out walking the dog at the age of 42, when for no apparent reason I suddenly thought "I wonder if I could find out who did those handful of cool Tom and Jerry cartoons - maybe they're posted on YouTube." I got on my phone looked up Tom and Jerry on Wikipedia, and went through the history of production eras. Lo and behold I found Gene Deitch, saw a DVD had been made and new Amazon would have it.
My point is that while some folks hate this series, I love it, and without having even thought about Tom and Jerry for over 20 years, one day I suddenly - out of the blue, remembered my appreciation for the few far out groovy versions from childhood, and immediately/impulsively searched for these very episodes contained on this DVD. It is with the most direct and intentional effort that I specifically sought out - before I even knew his name - the Gene Deitch collection of cartoons. These are amongst my very favorite.
It is rather odd to see such vehement denunciation of these episodes though, especially considering that there were only 13 of them in this short-lived era; after 18 years and over 100 classic episodes you would think those folks would have a better sense of proportion and perspective.
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