When MGM asked for more cat-and-mouse shorts, Hanna and Barbera held an in-house contest to rename the characters. Animator John Carr won $50 for his suggestion of Tom and Jerry. At one point in ...

Stanchfield added, "Somehow at MGM, Jerry Mouse ... when The Simpsons were on The Tracey Ullman Show. People say it's like an insane Tom and Jerry, but it's really more of an insane Herman ...