The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980-1982)

The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (also known as The New Adventures of Tom and Jerry in other countries or referred as Tom and Jerry in the intro and title cards) is an animated television program produced by Filmation for MGM Television in 1980, on the CBS Network for Saturday mornings.

This is the list of episodes from the 1980's Filmation series The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show. Awhile the first season ran in (1980) awhile the second season ran between (1981).

Description
This was the fifth incarnation of the popular Tom and Jerry cartoon franchise, and the second made-for-television production. The series was notable in being the first attempt since the closing of the MGM studio in the 1950s to restore the original format of the cat and mouse team as well as several other MGM characters. After the original 114 theatrical shorts run of the Hanna-Barbera directed Tom and Jerry series, the creators left for other television shows while Tom and Jerry stayed at MGM. The characters were leased to other animation studios who changed the designs, and eliminated all of the supporting characters. The previous made for TV Tom and Jerry Show for the ABC Network in 1975 was produced by Hanna and Barbera, but had made the cat and mouse friends in most of the episodes, due to the reaction against violence in cartoons.

The version by Filmation (Hanna-Barbera's leading competitor for TV animation at the time) was able to restore the familiar slapstick chase format, and reintroduced not only Spike, Tyke, and Nibbles, but also some of the other MGM stars. Half-hour shows would consist of two 7 minute Tom & Jerry episodes, plus one Droopy Dog cartoon in the middle, featuring some other characters such as Barney Bear. Spike from Tom and Jerry was used in many of these Droopy episodes as well, filling in for the other "Spike" bulldog created by Tex Avery for the old Droopy films, who was not used as a separate character here. (Also known as Butch the bulldog, not to be confused with Butch the cat, who is not included either.) The villainous wolf from the classic series was also included, and named "Slick Wolf". Still missing was the "Red Hot Riding Hood" character, who would not reappear due to her sensual aspects, until the following made for TV series, Tom & Jerry Kids, in 1990 as, instead, her lookalike is used. The real "Red" character was yet to require until Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes in 2010.

The show's opening begins with Tom chasing Jerry through a yellow curtain (similar to Chuck Jones opening title). But this curtain collapses as Droopy says "Hi, Folks!". Tom and Jerry continue chasing, with Jerry eating a banana and throwing it in Tom's path. The other stars build a giant "Tom & Jerry" sign. (Similar to the second opening of Tom & Jerry Kids). Droopy is unharmed, Slick has paint toppled on him and is tripped, Spike is knocked off his ladder, and Barney Bear is also tripped with a bucket of blue paint falls on his head. The familiar rotating executive producer credit of Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott briefly runs as Barney slips on wet paint. All except Droopy are chasing Jerry as the sign is ruined. After this time Tyke and Nibbles play on the ladder, which causes a bucket of red paint to fall on Tom's head. Tyke and Nibbles leave, Jerry whistles at the four that are chasing him, and Droopy gets up and leaves. The four arm themselves with paint and finish the sign but they continue to miss Jerry. The sign is mostly yellow, resembling the same yellow curtain seen earlier, but instead of the letters "O" from Tom, "and", and "J" from Jerry be Blue with otherwise red letters. The entire words are solid red. Tom and Jerry smile, as if they were in the 1975 series, but now Jerry winks at the end. The title only says Tom and Jerry but a narrator announces "The Tom And Jerry Comedy Show!".

Voice cast

 * Frank Welker – Spike and Tyke (episodes 1–6), Tuffy (episode 8), Slick Wolf (episodes 1–6, episode 12, episode 14), additional voices (episodes 1–5, episode 8, episodes 13–14)
 * Lou Scheimer – Tom, Jerry, Spike (wraparound segments, episodes 4–15), Tuffy, Droopy, Slick Wolf (wraparound segments, episodes 7–15), Barney Bear, Bertram, additional voices

Additional Voices

 * Jay Scheimer – Additional voices (episode 2, episode 6, episode 12)
 * Erika Scheimer – Female Characters, Additional voices (episodes 1–2, episode 6)
 * Linda Gary – Female Characters (episode 6, episode 10, episode 12, episode 14)

Trivia

 * This second season has a better quality than the previous season.
 * Fans rumored that the second season was reruns.