He came up with it based on the popular drink Tom and Jerry, which is eggnog with brandy and rum, usually served around ...

In June 1937, 26-year-old animator and scriptwriter ... Tom is executed in a guillotine. Neither Tom nor Jerry speaks much in their Hanna Barbera cartoon career, with a few notable exceptions.

These cartoons featured a similar rivalry between the titular characters, but took things further than "Tom and Jerry," featuring more vicious slapstick escapades than MGM's original. Poor old ...