Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection

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The Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection is a series of two-disc DVD sets, released by Warner Home Video in the same style as the Looney Tunes Golden Collection. Originally planned as an uncut chronological set, the issued Spotlight Collection sets include selected Tom and Jerry shorts produced from 1940 to 1957 included on each volume. Volume one was released on October 26, 2004, and volume two on October 25, 2005.

Volume one does not include any cartoons where the Mammy Two-Shoes character speaks; she is briefly seen, though not heard, in The Little Orphan.By contrast, Mammy appears in several cartoons on volume 2, although production errors led to a mixing of audio tracks so that some cartoons include the original Lillian Randolph dialogue, while others include a more "politically correct" redubbed dialogue track by an unknown actress.

Contents

[edit] Spotlight Collection, Vol. 1

A superscripted one ( 1 ) denotes cartoons presented in the CinemaScope aspect ratio using a new anamorphic widescreen transfer.

[edit] Disc 1

[edit] Disc 2

[edit] Bonus Features

  • Commentary by Jerry Beck on: The Zoot Cat, Kitty Foiled, Heavenly Puss
  • "Behind the Tunes: The MGM Orchestra" {documentary on the music of Tom and Jerry)
  • "How Bill and Joe Met Tom and Jerry" {documentary on the origin of the series}
  • Jerry Dances with Gene Kelly {excerpt from Anchors Aweigh}
  • Tom and Jerry Swim with Esther Williams {excerpt from Dangerous When Wet}

[edit] Spotlight Collection, Vol. 2

A superscripted one ( 1 ) denotes cartoons in the standard Academy ratio presented in newly remastered versions. A superscripted two ( 2 ) denotes cartoons presented in the CinemaScope aspect ratio using a new anamorphic widescreen transfer.

[edit] Disc 1

[edit] Disc 2

[edit] Bonus features

  • Audio Commentaries: Commentary on Saturday Evening Puss, Puss 'n' Toots, The Night Before Christmas, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse by MADtv's Nicole Parker and Animation Historian Earl Kress
  • Documentary: Animators as Actors: Actor's workshop of where the inspiration for character personalities come from
  • Featurette: The Comedy Stylings of Tom and Jerry
  • Introduction: Tom and Jerry Introduction by Whoopi Goldberg
  • Production Sketches: 1941 Pencil Sketch: The Midnight Snack

[edit] Spotlight Collection, Vol. 3

There are currently no announced plans to release a third volume, due to the low sales of Vol 2. If released, it would mean all the original Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry shorts would be available on DVD.

[edit] Negative reactions to edited cartoons

The Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection sets have received negative consumer reaction, due to the edits in certain cartoons on each set. The first set contained three edited shorts (The Little Orphan, The Truce Hurts and The Milky Waif), which Warner stated was a mistake (with the wrong prints being used). Despite promises to quickly set up a replacement program, the program was begun at the end of 2006 (two years after the set's intimal release).

Despite claims that the edits were a mistake, the second volume contained four more edited shorts (The Lonesome Mouse, Polka-Dot Puss, Saturday Evening Puss and Nit-Witty Kitty). While all of the cartoons were uncut, these four shorts contained the censored Mammy Two-Shoes audio track, instead of the original.

Consumers have also expressed displeasure at the fact that, although advertised as being "restored adn remastered", none of the cartoons on the first volume are restored, save for those presented in widescreen. The first six cartoons on volume two were remastered for the set, as were the widescreen cartoons. However, all other cartoons on both discs use prints prepared in the 1990s for television broadcast.

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