Tom & Jerry won their 1st Oscar in 1941. They have won 7 Oscars in total.
Tom and Jerry's Animation and Music.
“Puss Gets the boot” was the first Episode & Debuted in Feb 10 1940.
Tom & Jerry Kid Shows were invented in 1990.
One Episode was named “Blue Cat Blue Ending” in which Tom & Jerry Both committed suicide on a train track. Still it is not the last episode.
The studio asked them to discontinue thinking the concept was too common but when it became a huge success winning an Oscar nomination in 1941, they allowed the creators to continue.
Joseph Barbera first began his animation career working on the original Tom and Jerry for Van Bueren studios in 1932. He joined MGM in 1937 where he met colleague William Hanna.
Humble animator John Carr came up with the names of Tom and Jerry, which won him the competition and $50.
You’d think that Tom & Jerry is as American as a cartoon can get, but for a brief period in the 1960s the animated series were actually made in Czechoslovakia.
A traditional Christmas cocktail in the USA was named A Tom and Jerry. It was made from Eggnog and Rum. The cocktail was invented by the author of the book Life in London, Pierce Egan.
Gravity won't work until tom looks down.
Tom can't feel fire untill he see's it.
Tom & Jerry Became friends after 30 years later. i.e By special series.
Nibble was Jerry's nephew which was appeared in some episodes.
Tom & Jerry's names originates from this book.
Tom and Jerry's original names were Jasper and Jhinx.
Tom & Jerry was Created by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera in 1940.
Tom and Jerry was produced by Fred Quimby and 4 others including inventors.
Tom & Jerry are now 78 years old (2018).
Although the cat and mouse duo hardly ever speak. The first time tom spoke was to sing the song, is you is or is you ain’t my baby. In the 1992 feature film ‘Tom and Jerry. The duo speak at length for the first time.
In their first appearance in 1940, Tom was called Jasper and while Jerry was nameless in the cartoon itself, he was referred as Jinx by the animators.
In order to name the characters, there was a studio-wide competition to come up with permanent names for the cat and mouse.