Time to rate The Tom and Jerry Show (1975). After this I will rate the movies since episodes of The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show and Tom and Jerry Kids are somewhat hard to find online
The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)- After the original shorts ended, Tom and Jerry got worse. The Tom and Jerry Show is not too bad, but it definitely lacks the humor present in the shorts. Tom and Jerry were now forced to be friends, and most of the slapstick could not be used due to rules on children's TV during this time period. Still, there are some decent shorts in this show that you could watch if you want.
The music, although overused, is also pretty catchy in some parts and the animation is not as bad as most people say it is. Anyway, here are my top and bottom 3 shorts.
Top 3:
3. The Super Bowler (4C) (Even though it's not like The Bowling Alley Cat, here Tom and Jerry are competing in a bowling competition, but Jerry always finds a way to beat Tom. There are some jokes in here that kind of are more "risky" than other shorts, such as Tom being flattened by a chair and getting turned into a bowling pin by the pinsetter.)
2. The Wacky World of Sports (3B) (Another solid short. Tom and Jerry are competing in several sports such as tennis, track and field, and weight lifting. However, Tom tries to cheat in most of the events (and in most cases his cheating backfires and causes him to lose. There are a lot of great jokes and the short is fast-paced which makes it pretty decent.)
1. Watch Out, Watch Dog (9A) (This is one of the best shorts in this show, mostly because it has a classic Tom and Jerry feeling to it. Spike the Bulldog (which has a fatter face than his previous designs) chases Tom and Jerry around a department store while saying "guard guard guard guard guard guard" over and over again. There are some classic jokes used in this short, which are not common in this series. In one scene, a door slams onto Spike's face, in another scene, Spike rips out an escalator, and Spike actually runs like the Tasmanian Devil from the Looney Tunes series. It does get boring at a few points but overall this is a good short.)
Bottom 3:
3. The Hypochondriac Lion (8A) (Boring!)
2. The Castle Wiz (6A) (Boring as well. There were many opportunities for jokes but they were all wasted and replaced with more unfunny jokes.)
1. The Flying Sorceress (6C) (While it tries to reference the classic short of the same name, this is nowhere near as good as that short. The witch's voice is high pitched and pretty annoying considering how many useless lines she has, and there are barely any jokes to even support the short.)
The movies are next! The first movie I will rate is Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005). I'm doing this movie first because it's kinda nostalgic for me since it was one of the first Tom and Jerry stuff I watched and it's a great movie as well. (Also it has some more serious hidden meanings about greed, and one of the characters is even voiced by Tom Kenny, which is interesting!)
