Customer Reviews
value for money... - By: susanjayne, 27 Nov 2008 
We have certainly had our money's worth from this DVD. My 3 year old has watched this over & over & its still his favourite. Many a visiting adult has been caught laughing along as well...
Pretty Good DVD - By: Kirsty Mendis, 22 Jul 2007 
I must say that I have always been a Tom & Jerry fan, so it was long overdue for me to start owning the collection. I bought Volumes 2 & 3 at the same time as getting this one, & despite any editing & overdubbing, I still enjoy settling down to a couple of hours fun entertainment from these timeless characters. My little toddler son also enjoys the Tom & Jerry cartoons - & it takes a lot to get him to sit still for a few minutes - he really seems to like the mouse character as he squeals with delight & claps his hands. Good DVD, would recommend this to all fans, old & young alike.
Great collection, marred by some censorship - By: tws45, 24 Jun 2007 This is a near-complete collection of the early cartoons, which remain timeless classics, with plenty of slapstick humour on offer.
I grew up with the original, unedited, T & J cartoons that were broadcastin the UK until 2000, & released on VHSin the '80s & '90s, so it's highly disappointing to see that you can't get some of the originals any more. This otherwise top-notch collection is marred by many PC cuts, most notably the frequent use of the overdubbed version of Mammy Two-Shoes (though at least she appearsin the cartoons rather than being edited out altogether).
Okay, by all means they should release edited versions of the cartoons for people who find the originals too racially offensive, but no way should we have phased out the distribution of the original unedited versions- most people weren't offended by them, & many find the edited versions inferior to the originals.
The above said, the Classic Collection is the best collection of Tom & Jerry cartoons available- other versions are either more heavily edited, or are lower quality. Hopefullyin future someone will release a set of unedited Tom & Jerry cartoons on DVDin the UK, of similar quality to this release, but for now, if you want a set of T & J cartoons, this is the set to get.
I also own Volumes 2, 3 & 4; the same assessment applies to those volumes.
Fast paced and excellent!! - By: J. Page, 06 Feb 2007 In an era of pristine CGI animated movies it is great to see something that has aged so well as Tom & Jerry. Now that I have kids of my own I am getting to enjoy these cartoons all over again. They make me laugh out loud & the action makes me cringe at times but it is great fun & a nice contrast to the sanitised plots of modern children's entertainment. My kids adore them & it is nice to see something that maintains its appeal across several generations. I have this DVD as well as volume 2 & volume 3 all of which cover the classic era of the duo. I would recommend all three without hesitation.
Tom & Jerry, not exclusivly Hanna & Barbera "stuff" - By: allx, 09 Mar 2006 In the period between 1941 & 1955 there where at least 2 separate teams at MGM under Quimbys supervision, namely Hanna & Barbera & Tex Avery. It was a steady flow of ideas & cartoonist excahange between the 2 teams. It's quite obvious that Tex Avery had a strong influence on the early Hanna Barbera's use of typical wild Tex Avery gags, giving the early Tom& Jerry a certain Daffy & Elmer or Bugs & Daffy "feel" to them.
As can be seenin the later Hanna Barbera movies, they left this crazy influence & became more apropriate & Disney-family-likein story & style.
What a loss to us all !
