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 ...

TV LEGEND: Itchy and Scratchy weren ... Stanchfield added, "Somehow at MGM, Jerry Mouse, though incredible acts of violence to Tom, never comes off as such a mean character – even if he ...