Tom and Jerry: Paws For a Holiday

Starring:Tom & Jerry
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Description

Join Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse for the thrill of the chase with a few winter chills tossed in, as they dash through the snow - headed straight for laughs. Skate through the classic battle of wits in these classics filled with purrfect comic timing and side-splitting sight gags! TRT: 50:00

Customer Reviews:

A Bumper Collection.......2005-05-06

Never mind what the other reviews say,some episodes on this DVD don't feature any snow because it's that it's supposed to be a collection of 7 seasonal episodes. The episodes on this disc are...
1.)Mice Follies(This episode doesn't exactly take place in winter but it does feature ice skating.)
2.)Desings On Jerry
3.)The Tom And Jerry Cartoon Kit(My favorite cartoon by William L. Snyder because usually the rest of his cartoons are bad.)
4.)Snowbody Loves Me(Oh,yeah...the DVD continues with my favorite producer,Chuck Jones!)
5.)I'm Just Wild About Jerry
6.)The A-Tom-Inable Snowman
7.)Advance And Be Mechinized
But if you like Mice Follies but don't want it on this DVD,then buy Tom And Jerry's Greatest Chases(another DVD including the same episode.) But if you love Chuck Joones and your favorite Tom And Jerry cartoon from the Gene Deitch years is "The Tom And Jerry Cartoon Kit",than than this the disc just for you. So good-luck.

Mixed Bag.......2004-06-21

In terms of a Christmas DVD, this is completely useless. It doesn't even contain the 1941 classic "The Night Before Christmas." I can't think of any other reason why it was not included other than the cartoon containing traditional Christian Christmas carols, which is a terrible reason to withhold a cartoon from a Christmas-themed DVD. The cartoons that are included also don't have much to do with Christmas either; only two of the seven cartoons included have snow, ice, or winter themes.

However, this DVD is useful for a different reason. This is the first DVD of classic Tom and Jerry cartoons that is totally uncut and in original aspect ratio. And it also contains some less popular but still classic Gene Deitch and Chuck Jones produced shorts from the 1960s. The Hanna-Barbera cartoons, of which there are two on this collection, are all being released eventually in big collector's edition sets in the future. Warner Brothers does not have any publicly-known plans to release the 1961-1967 cartoons, though, and this may be the only way to see a few of them logo-free on a completely uncut collection.

This DVD is also significant because it is the first time a Gene Deitch produced cartoon (in this case, "The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit") has been released on home video in the USA. The Gene Deitch cartoons (made 1961-1962) are rather hard to find logo-free, unless you have easy access to Japanese laserdiscs.

As a Christmas DVD, it's almost completely useless, but if you have a different interest (like seeing a Gene Deitch cartoon logo-free), this DVD isn't totally worthless. I would, however, only recommend it if you can find it at a very cheap price.

DO NOT BUY THIS DVD.......2003-12-31

If I could give it a negative star I would. This DVD has absoulutely NOTHING to do with Christmas and is blatant false advertising. Even the Tom & Jerry classic "Night Before Chirstmas" is not included which should have been an obvious choice for a "Christmas" DVD. Obviously, this is another example of MGM ripping their customers off. I am amazed that they can get away with this stuff. Luckily I was able to return mine to Walmart and get my money back. Save yourself the time and don't even bother getting it in the first place.

A Waste of Money.......2003-11-04

I wish I coud give this DVD the rating of no stars that it richly deserves. What a waste of money! With all of the quality cartoons from the 1940's and 1950's that are available in the studio archives, I do not understand why the cynical empty suits at Warner Brothers would choose a collection from a period when the animation and story lines were at their absolute lowest point in terms of quality.

The only semi-quality offering on this DVD is Mice Follies from 1954, which was duplicated on another recent DVD titled Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases.

A major ripoff. Don't buy it!!.......2003-10-18

This is flat-out false advertising on part of the producers of this DVD. It has NOTHING to do with Christmas or the holiday season at all, despite the cover graphics showing Christmas tree lights, holly, etc. Some idiot who obviously feels that a few cartoons which partly include skating or snow in them makes this a "Christmas" cartoon ought to be fired. Most of the cartoons on the DVD don't even have that.
I got ripped off purchasing this DVD believing what the cover represented would be the content of the material. Don't make the same mistake and avoid this DVD or video!!