Tom and Jerry is a 1939 animated film produced by MGM Pictures, written by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quinby.
The cartoon features a farce about a pair of intolerable rivals: a war between Tom and Jerry, with Tom often using cunning tricks against Jerry, while Jerry often uses loopholes in Tom's schemes to escape his persecution and retaliate.
The first series premiered in the United States on February 10, 1940. Note that at this time, when the world was in the middle of World War II, it is not difficult to explain many scenes in the animation, such as Tom's appearance of Jerry being teased in the picture below
In addition, the streets of New York and the various furniture and appliances depicted at that time can be said to be in the 40s, and the development of the United States was absolutely world-class.
Among them, "Christmas Eve" is an episode worth savoring. In this episode, Cat and Mouse sets aside the original victory and defeat (the first two episodes both end with MTS cleaning up the cat and mouse victory) and a happy ending to create a warm Christmas, however, reality makes a satirical joke for it, and the pearl harbor incident broke out the day after the release. It also became the day when the United States ceased to be a spectator of World War II and truly joined the battle.
There is also an episode called "Lonely Mouse", the story is vivid and funny, and after watching it, it is thought-provoking, and even the thought of it makes people feel afraid. The earth does not revolve around you alone, and since you are not the protagonist of the story, no one will simply put a broken friendship back together seamlessly. In real life, some friends, you take him away, he really can't come back, or rather, can no longer find the original intimate feeling. So it always reminds me to cherish every friendship around me.
Look at comedy up close, see tragedy from a distance. Even though the show has been released for more than 80 years, it still affects generations of people. It can be seen that the author's skills at that time were so deep that whenever I look back at this animation, I am very grateful to the late author. The animation is witty and funny, and the philosophy of life conveyed is thought-provoking. Hopefully, there will be more and better works for our next generation.