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Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases (Full Screen)

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Tom and Jerry, a wonderful childhood memory and a wonderfully entertaining comedic duo, have been butchered for DVD release. "The Little Orphan" contains an edit which is so idiotic that I cannot recommend this DVD. I would not even buy this at a bargain price. I don't care if everything else is uncut, one edit is all it takes. It is sad that some of the greatest animated characters have to be butchered just to be politically correct. One scene is cut while modern cartoons, full of innuendos and violence, recieve no such censoring. Do not support censorship and avoid this DVD.

My kids get a real kick out of the Cat Concerto (Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody). That never gets out of style. Wouldn't it be nice if there really was a six step program to learn the piano (Johann Mouse). They don't make cartoons like this anymore.

These cartoons have not aged well. The jokes are not funny, the music stinks, and the chases were done a lot better by Willie E. Coyote and Road Runner.

This one was worth the money. My favroite episode is the Cat Concerto where Tom plays the Hungarian Rhapsody on the piano and Jerry runs in and out of the piano, causing Tom to have to play faster and faster to keep up. There 14 cartoons and a special bonus where Jerry dances with Gene Kelly in an excerpt from Anchors Aweigh. The Cartoons included are: Yankee Doodle Mouse, Salt Water Tabby, Tee for Two, Mice Follies, The Cat Concerto, Solid Serenade, Zoot Cat, Johann Mouse, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse, Mouse in Manhattan, Jerry and the Lion, The Little Orphan, Kitty Foiled, and Jerry's Diary. The entire DVD lasts about 90 minutes and is well worth the money. We'll be taking it in our minivan this summer when we travel.

...this DVD presents them in an incorrect aspect ratio. The cartoons are unique in the fact that they have aspect ratios between 2.35:1 and 2.55:1 with some serious thought put into compositions. This DVD is just plain, old fashioned 1.33:1 (pan and scan) with half the picture hacked of the sides of each short. If Cartoon Network pay money to redub sound effects on present airings (some of which are in their OAR) then I would have assumed that Warner would also produced an anamorphic widescreen DVD with a 5.1 track.

Stick to the TV airings. At least they are sporadically in the correct aspect ratio.

Talk about animated antics! The fine folk at Tuner have been mousing around, and they came up with the cat's meow! (Groan here.) This collectible collection features 14 classic cartoons from the Oscar-winning duo, including bonus footage of Jerry hoofing with MGM maven Gene Kelly from the big-screen classic "Anchors Aweigh."

The DVD is great. Sharp colors, good sound.
But watching the episode in which Jerry goes to Manhattan I couldn't help notice there is a 5-8 seconds sequence that you won't find in today's Cartoon Network version.

Jerry is dipped down, as if its head was a shoe brush, into a jar of black cleaning solution and when its finally pulled out he looks the way they used to portrait black people in the 50's. ( Of course, the cartoon was made then ).

Just as the title suggests, this is Tom and Jerry as I remembered them when I was a kid.
When I saw that the Cat Concerto was on it, I just had to buy it as it was my all time favorite of Tom and Jerry.

All are as I remember them.. uncut.. except one cartoon where Tom gets burned, otherwise the video and audio quality are very very good.

A nice bonus in the DVD is Jerry dancing with Gene Kelly.

For cartoon collectors, this one is a must.

If you are into modern cartoons where they must be politically correct, non-violent, and have to teach you something, don't buy it.

originally, i bought this for my niece and nephew. yet, upon viewing the entire dvd, i just love it. watching it, in reality, brings torrents of memories of my childhood, resurrecting the child in me once more. just wish that more of these old tom and jerry cartoon can be produced in dvd format, since this format is more convenient than the vhs one. and if they indeed produce the old tom and jerry cartoons in the dvd format, then i guess i've got to start collecting them.

While I certainly can't comment on the editing/non-editing of these classic cartoons, I can wholeheartedly recommend this collection for pure enjoyment. My almost-three-year-old chooses this movie each and every day for his "TV time" - the other tapes and DVD's sitting idle on the shelf. This is a lengthy tape, and manages to keep his interest (and ours) from beginning to end. It's nice to see that the cartoons that entertained my parents are now entertaining my son. Just sit down together and enjoy!