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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's just slapstick humor, something all cartoons back then had.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

We know Tom and Jerry because it holds up and is funny now. Look at the other cartoons and see the quality difference. They are unfunny by today's standards and probably not great when they were released.