Which Tom and Jerry collection?

[John G]

Looking to replace my old VHS tapes at last. Could someone please advise on which is the definitive Tom and Jerry collection (Fred Quimby produced). There seems to be certain DVD's that have had some cartoons censored. Any help much appreciated.
Cheers, John

[mikegambit]

The best ones to get are the US Spotlight Collection.
There are 3 sets to buy and although they are US dvd's they are coded for R2 aswell.

When first released sets 1 and 2 had censored toons included by mistake and it took a couple of years to get corrected ones sorted.

IIRC a corrected version of set 1 was also censored.

By now corrected versions should be obtained if buying new but you never know.

Personally I think set 3 was screwed up aswell because 2 toons are missing.
But Warner released a statement saying their absense was intentional because of racism - but when you look at what was included in the first 2 sets that excuse does not sound genuine .
My guess is that they simply did not want to have to replace set 3 aswell.

I dont recall the 2 missing titles offhand but they are both included on the UK R2 discs and as sods law dictates they are both on different discs.

If you get all the UK discs you will find that there is at least one toon missing from those aswell which seems to be simply an oversight rather than censorship.
Typical for Warner in the UK I dont think any effort has been made to reissue a complete version.

"Mouse Cleaning" is one of the toons missing from the third US set

If quality is an issue forget the Asian import bootlegs often listed on ebay . They are awful quality.

[John G]

Mike,
Thanks very much for your detailed reply. I have ordered the Spotlight collection from Amazon US.
All the best, John

[mikegambit]

Don't forget to check out the UK discs too.
"Mouse Cleaning" is one you don't want to have missing.

Why Warner US missed it is a mystery because its uncut on the UK dvd and its even been shown on The Cartoon Network completely uncut and its one of the few in circulation on TCN that still has (had?) the original Mammy voice from the time of its making.

I believe Mammy has been revoiced twice over the years and in the case of Saturday Evening Puss even redrawn to be a white woman. That version was on UK VHS tapes but UK and US dvd's have the correct black woman although the UK dvd has the revoiced soundtrack
The same UK dvd with that also carries the censored version of The Little Orphan

[BjRay]

US Spotlight Collection is a good one

[mikegambit]

Originally Posted by chengk5

real classic where to find them?

Amazon.co.uk: tom and jerry spotlight collection