When MGM asked for more cat-and-mouse shorts, Hanna and Barbera held an in-house contest to rename the characters. Animator John Carr won $50 for his suggestion of Tom and Jerry. At one point in ...

The cat and mouse duo, always trying to best each ... Not only is the cartoon beloved but award-winning. The Hanna-Barbera ...

Animation pioneer William Hanna ... Barbera Productions in 1957 and produced more than 300 cartoons. The two began working together at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where they created cat and mouse pals ...

TV LEGEND: Itchy and Scratchy weren't based on Tom ... Jerry. Originally, William Hanna and Joe Barbera worked together on a cartoon for MGM in 1940 called “Puss Gets the Boot,” about a cat ...

Tom and Jerry, the cat and mouse cartoon characters with a taste ... who is too infirm to work, he formed the Hanna-Barbera team which, with producer Fred Quimby, was responsible for many of ...