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Originally Posted by Fozzybear
Had a look at the timeline - those are the Gene Deitch ones I think... better than the later Chuck Jones ones but I still find them pretty poor in comparison to the originals, which were superbly drawn and wonderfully conceived. Maybe I'm a bit biased though! 
Have got a bit of a classic cartoon collection here, have also got some of the Disney Treasures limited edition tins of early Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck and Silly Symphonies... though I've not actually watched much of those dvds yet. |
I've always thought of the Gene Deitch "Tom & Jerry" cartoons as "The European Tom & Jerry" because seem similar to the European cartoons of that era. Based on my reading, part of the reason for the difference is due to Deitch and his crew having very little information on Tom & Jerry when they were making the cartoons. I still consider them among my favorites, there's something about they just works for me.
I tend to go for the more unusual cartoons that interest me. One of the cartoons that I greatly enjoy is Fraidy Cat (produced by Filmation), about a cat on the last of his nine lives who often has the ghosts of his previous lives appear to try and "help" him...usually with very bad results.