{"id":427,"date":"2010-04-23T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/04\/tom-jerry-not-suitable-for-children-really.html"},"modified":"2010-04-23T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T15:02:00","slug":"tom-jerry-not-suitable-for-children-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/04\/tom-jerry-not-suitable-for-children-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom &amp; Jerry: Not Suitable for Children&#8230;.Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe align=\"left\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=grocontomaj0c-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=bpl&amp;asins=B000ADS61M&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;\"><\/iframe>So&#8230;over here on the left is a DVD box set that I bought for my boys this week. &nbsp;38 episodes of Tom and Jerry! &nbsp;It was $14.99 at our local Baker&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kroger.com\/Pages\/default.aspx\">(read: Kroger<\/a>) grocery store. <\/p>\n<p>My boys LOVE <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_and_Jerry\">Tom and Jerry<\/a>! &nbsp;I loved Tom and Jerry cartoons when I was little. &nbsp;I fondly recall watching the shorts on <a href=\"http:\/\/cw27.com\/\">Channel 27<\/a> back in the early 80s in Norfolk.<\/p>\n<p>This particular box set is special because it has the short <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puss_Gets_the_Boot\">&#8220;Puss Gets the Boot&#8221;<\/a>, which was the <i>very first<\/i>&nbsp;Tom and Jerry short&#8230;so old that Tom isn&#8217;t even called &#8220;Tom&#8221;. &nbsp;He&#8217;s &#8220;Jasper&#8221; here. &nbsp;In fact, &#8220;Puss Gets the Boot&#8221; is the very first time William Hanna and Joseph Barbera worked together in 1939.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking at the back of the box, which typically has the description of the DVD, playing time (320 minutes!), MPAA rating, etc. &nbsp;There&#8217;s also this line:<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;TOM AND JERRY SPOTLIGHT COLLECTION VOLUME 2 is Intended for the Adult Collector and May Not Be Suitable for Children.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>WHAT? &nbsp;Are they serious? &nbsp;Because of the violence? &nbsp;The perceived racism of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mammy_Two_Shoes\">Mammy Two Shoes<\/a>&nbsp;(a character inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hattie_McDaniel\">Hattie McDaniel&#8217;s<\/a> Mammy from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gone-Wind-Two-Disc-70th-Anniversary\/dp\/B002M2Z3BA?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=grocontomaj01-20&amp;link_code=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969\" target=\"_blank\">Gone with the Wind<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=grocontomaj01-20&amp;l=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002M2Z3BA\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/><\/i>)? &nbsp;What&#8217;s it doing on Cartoon Network and Boomerang if children shouldn&#8217;t be watching it?<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of the first DVD in this set has an introduction by Whoopi Goldberg, who discusses the racist themes and violence and emphasizes that while it&#8217;s funny to see the characters perform in such ways, it doesn&#8217;t mean such behavior is advocated. &nbsp;At least Whoopi is supportive of allowing viewers to see the cartoons the way they were originally drawn&#8230;many of the Mammy Two Shoes episodes had her edited out and replaced by a seemingly white woman.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I found that rather interesting, that disclaimer about Tom and Jerry not being for children. &nbsp;My kids love it, and I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re going to become criminals or juvenile delinquents because of what they watch on these DVDs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230;over here on the left is a DVD box set that I bought for my boys this week. &nbsp;38 episodes of Tom and Jerry! &nbsp;It was $14.99 at our local Baker&#8217;s (read: Kroger) grocery store. 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