Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection (1946)

Five stars for the cartoons, minus infinity for the DVD

We all know how great Tom and Jerry can be, so I won't waste anyone's time praising them with sentences that have no doubt been written many times on this website already.

What I WILL say is that Warner ought to be ashamed for putting out such a shoddy product. The cartoons are in a terrible condition, with muck, filth, dust and cigarette burns flickering around in every frame. They have also been censored to appease the PC brigade and narrow-minded, ignorant parents who want to airbrush history to make it seem like the world has always been at peace.

Mammy-Two-Shoes, a stereotypical black character for the 1940s, has been dubbed over to sound less 'racist' (yeah right) in most of her appearances. And all jokes in which Tom or Jerry are blown up and appear in 'blackface' have been rudely cut out. A couple of Native American references have been cut off also.

If we accept this, then what's the next stop for these PC nut-jobs? Editing Gone with the Wind to give it a happier ending? Equal rights for zombies? I am not a liberal loon, and I am not the type who would let rapists live in women's changing rooms, but to think that some people somewhere are ACTUALLY offended by a harmless cartoon older than my grandmother frightens me.

Buy if it is very, very cheap. Otherwise, don't bother. After the extensive restoration we've seen of other cartoons, especially the Disney Treasure box sets, there's no reason why something as popular as Tom and Jerry should be released in such shocking condition. October 14, 2008

Decided not to buy based on reviews

After reading the reviews here I've decided not to buy this disk and just keep watching them on youtube where they are mostly unedited.

Which is a shame because it would be nice to sit on the couch and see them on the big screen.

I'm generally not so picky about things, but think it's crazy that these cartoons are being edited, and really underestimates the intelligence of most viewers.

These are works are art, only we tend not to view them that way because they are cartoons and most of us adults watched them on TV on Saturday mornings. But when you consider not only the animation--which is as good as it gets--but the music, the cultural references, they really do stand out as important works of art.

We don't edit offensive things in art museums, or important novels because it would be like altering history. Please stop editing the old classic cartoons. October 1, 2008

Great entertainer

I bought this for my granddaughter to watch on a road trip. She loves Tom and Jerry...they're her favorite! Great entertainment! July 31, 2008

So much fun!

Just like how i remembered these cartoons to be! I love them! Too bad, that there is only 2 spotlight collection and not more... July 25, 2008

Re-living my childhood

Looney Tunes, Droopy and Tom & Jerry were some of my favorite cartoons when I was growing up and it's great to see that they're finally getting released on DVD sets since they're not shown on TV anymore. None of these newer cartoons even compare to these and probably none ever will. These classics are definately worth picking up and definately have alot of replay value. March 9, 2008

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