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Tom and Jerry are two of
the most popular cartoon {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(character)
in the world. In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying {#blank#}2{#/blank#}catch Jerry, but he never has any {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (succeed). Almost every cartoon ends with Tom
in trouble and Jerry laughing at him. The{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (story) are full of fun and
have a long history.
William Hanna and Joseph
Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s. Their boss told {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to make funny cartoons for cinemas. Together
they thought of the idea of a cat trying to catch a mouse. They thought it
would be {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(fun) to make the mouse clever and
always get the cat into trouble.
The first Tom and Jerry
cartoon {#blank#}7{#/blank#} shown
in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success, so their boss told Hanna and
Barbera to make more. Over the next seventeen years, Hanna and Barbera made a
huge number of Tom and Jerry cartoons. Most of the cartoons are about seven {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(minute)
long.
In total, Hanna and
Barbera made 114 Tomand Jerry cartoons. The cartoons were so {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (well) that they won {#blank#}10{#/blank#} number of awards. The famous cat and mouse are
still popular today. The cartoons are still shown on TV now.
