Poll: Do people even know who created Tom & Jerry anymore?

[Madhog]

A recent article about the re-discovery of a long lost "Hobbit" animated feature left me appalled and confused - but mostly angered beyond reason (sorry, I couldn't help it). Apparently, the author of said piece, Mr. Kayatta (if I'm not mistaking), made a huge (and I do mean, huge) mistake in quoting Gene Deitch as the "Man behind the Tom & Jerry cartoons." Now, I'm willing to give Mr. Kayatta the benefit of the doubt here. Perhaps what he really meant was "Man behind the early 1960's Tom & Jerry cartoons" and not "Man who created Tom & Jerry two decades before that." Because such a statement would be laughable. I always thought it was common knowledge that everyone's favourite animated cat and mouse were made by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (under the executive production of Fred Quimby, I might add) and witnessing such an (insisted)slip-up did cause my guts to explode in a fiery manner.
Now, I already left a (respectable) comment on Mr. Kayatta's article trying to sound as polite as possible... but there's a thing that still bothers me here. Does anyone else out there NOT know who created Tom & Jerry?
What do you think of all this?

 

[Psykoma]

I never know who created tv shows.

Well, the only tv show that I do know was yogi bear made by hannah barbera, but that was just because moviebob did an episode on it, even then I don't know if they created it or just popularized it.

 

[Madhog]

I see... *sigh* Oh well, the Interent is a large place.
Come on nerds, don't be shy!

 

[gigastrike]

Tom and Jerry was made by Hanna-Barbara? The people who made Scooby-Doo and Jabber-Jaw? I always thought it was made by Warner Bros.

 

[uneek]

First, If you're going to make a poll, don't give the answer away.

Second, I don't know what you're worried about. I assume you believe this would mean if someone where to read this article not knowing who the real creators are, they would be given mistaken information. I assume this because anyone who already knows who created them would recognize the mistake. I believe that in the age where any kind of media trivia can be found with one quick Wikipedia search, no one has an excuse for taking the word of some article.
As for why the author of the article got it wrong, may I ask, how much of Tom and Jerry is actually mentioned? Because I'm not sure making a passing reference to this man's work on the show would require him to be more specific and detailed. Meaning that yes, by "Man behind the Tom & Jerry cartoons" he probably did mean "Man behind the early 1960's Tom & Jerry cartoons". He just wasn't more specific. Now if he kept referring to him that way throughout the whole article, it'd be more wrong, but it still wouldn't matter. Those that care enough about Tom and Jerry would dismiss the article for not being accurate. Those that don't would simply not care enough to read the thing anyway.

In other words, some guy in an article made a mistake. Big deal.

 

[GistoftheFist]

I honestly wouldn't care. I don't think i've ever laughed a single time watching Tom & Jerry.

 

[Crazy]

I always forget the creators. Why? They're just more words that separate me from my TV show.

 

[Madhog]

Oh my gosh... "Tom & Jerry" were originally a MGM property. Hanna-Barbera got the rights back years later and THEN WB absorbed Hanna-Barbera in the 90's before creating Cartoon Network and making that GODAWFUL animated movie... that's the story of how Tom & Jerry began to suck under WB.

 

[Madhog]

Well, he kind of insist about Deitch's accomplishments. But I guess what really shocks me is the fact that I truly, honestly believed that that information was common knowledge... I was also taken aback by the fact that nobody in the comments noticed that even though he wrote that twice. That just bothers me personally, I can't help it.

 

[Madhog]

I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.

 

[Madhog]

Well, imagine if you were a hardcore "Star Trek" nerd (just supposing) and people confused it with "Star Wars"... that's how I felt in that case.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

Also, the presence of a poll was meant as ironic.

Woahh, no need to post 5 times.
If you have 5 things to say, do it all in one post.
you can also quote people so they can see you're talking directly to them by pressing the quote button at the bottom right of their post.

Anyways as for your question. I knew Hanna and Barbera created Tom and Jerry, aswell as many other cartoons. I hadn't even heard of Chuck Jones.

 

[Madhog]

Also, the presence of a poll was meant as ironic.

Woahh, no need to post 5 times.
If you have 5 things to say, do it all in one post.
you can also quote people so they can see you're talking directly to them by pressing the quote button at the bottom right of their post.

Anyways as for your question. I knew Hanna and Barbera created Tom and Jerry, aswell as many other cartoons. I hadn't even heard of Chuck Jones.

That's another issue entirely... and those other 5 posts were answers to other comments actually. You're right, I need to quote more.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I guess I should shameful for not knowing who were the creators until now (I was a huge Tom & Jerry fan). Really Hanna and Barbera? (Yes I did check on Wiki just to be sure.)

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I was far more appalled when they gave them voices.

And then when they removed Tom's cigars.

I've said it before: NO modern (1960-) cartoon can contend to this:

 

[Felstaff]

I always thought Fred Quimby was the creator of Tom & Jerry. Of course, I now know that he's not; his name was just the largest (being the producer and all) and seemed attached to the best episodes. As a five-year-old I always knew it was going to be a great episode when I saw that distinctive "Fred Quimby" signature title...

All roiiiight! I know it's not gonna be a duff episode!​

...and a shit episode when I saw the MGM logo change to Tom's face.

Not that it matters; I think the Hanna-Barbera pairing have received enough recognition for their work. Besides, (according to Wikipedia) it was Quimby who set the ball rolling by flying in the face of criticism that the show was 'too basic' and getting Hanna-Barbera to focus solely on it.

Of course, I'm being blasé about the whole thing, because I can't muster the effort to care that some guy (who I also don't care about) got the creator wrong. It was a great show, long before I was born, and it's won its plaudits.

I guess I'm just not the kinda guy who gets heated when someone doesn't know the facts about something I love, you know? Other people's ignorance doesn't taint my enjoyment of something. I guess that's how Kirk must have felt on the bridge of the Millennium Falcon.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

A better question would be "Does anyone under the age of 40 give a crap about Tom and Jerry?"

Seriously, those cartoons were old before most of the people on this site were even born.

 

[VladG]

Does anyone care who created Tom and Jerry? I certainly don't. Does it even matter that much considering how many iterations there have been? Unless there's some unsung genius behind it all, I really don't see the point.

 

[Magnus]

A better question would be "Does anyone under the age of 40 give a crap about Tom and Jerry?"

Seriously, those cartoons were old before most of the people on this site were even born.

You say 'old' like it's a bad thing.