historyteller on Instagram: "Nothing like the classic Tom & Jerry Tom and Jerry (also known as Tom & Jerry) is an American animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on the rivalry between a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry. Many shorts also feature several recurring characters. Created in 1940 as the MGM cartoon studio struggl

Cartoons on Instagram: "🎬 The First Bad Man is a 1955 American animated short film produced by MGM and directed by the renowned animator Tex Avery. Released on September 30, 1955, the cartoon is a “pre-historic Western” that parodies both frontier life and the history of Texas. The story is set one million years ago in a prehistoric version of Texas. It is presented as a “historical” documentary narrated by the singing cowboy Tex Ritter, who describes the origin of the state’s first jail. Prehi