It includes the 1940 pilot Puss Gets the Boot and remains famous for featuring shorts that were later heavily censored or pulled from circulation, such as Mouse Cleaning and Casanova Cat .
One section of the archive was dedicated to the Laserdisc releases themselves. Emily had managed to acquire a near-complete set of the Tom and Jerry Laserdisc series, including hard-to-find titles like "Tom and Jerry's Golden Collection" and "The Complete Tom and Jerry Collection." Each disc was painstakingly preserved, with custom-designed artwork and liner notes detailing the production history of each cartoon. the art of tom and jerry laserdisc archive
The archive was released in three massive volumes, each acting as a definitive chapter in the cat-and-mouse saga: It includes the 1940 pilot Puss Gets the
Today, these sets are considered extremely scarce. While the recent Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection has finally provided modern, high-definition replacements for much of this content, the "Art of Tom & Jerry" LaserDiscs remain a symbol of a time when physical media was the only safeguard for animation history. The Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume II The archive was released in three massive volumes,
To understand why this LaserDisc is sacred, we must first understand the catastrophe of the 1970s and 80s. Unlike Disney, which meticulously preserved its animation cels and negatives, MGM viewed its back catalog of Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry shorts (1940–1958) as liabilities. For decades, the original Technicolor negatives were neglected. By the time Ted Turner bought the MGM library in 1986, the 114 original shorts had suffered immense degradation.