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'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. | ||
* Although Turner Entertainment Co. was | * Although Turner Entertainment Co. was bad at colorization, they are quite good at logo preservation, and you can see these when cartoons from the period are rerun on TCM (mainly ''The Captain and the Kids''). | ||
* You might also see this logo on some tapes. | * You might also see this logo on some tapes. | ||
* The WWII end variant appeared on "The Hungry Wolf", "The Bear and the Beavers", "Dog Trouble", "Little Gravel Voice", "Puss n' Toots", "Bats in the Belfry" and "The Bowling Alley-Cat" (all released in 1942). | * The WWII end variant appeared on "The Hungry Wolf", "The Bear and the Beavers", "Dog Trouble", "Little Gravel Voice", "Puss n' Toots", "Bats in the Belfry" and "The Bowling Alley-Cat" (all released in 1942). | ||
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'''Availability:''' Rare. | '''Availability:''' Rare. | ||
* Seen on a few Tex Avery cartoons on TCM and MeTV. | * Seen on a few Tex Avery cartoons on TCM and MeTV. | ||
* | * MGM was good with their logo editing and reissues, that many people can't even tell that the logo was changed. | ||
* The WWII end variant appeared on "The Early Bird Dood It!", "Chips Off the Old Block" and "Fine Feathered Friend" (all released in 1942). | * The WWII end variant appeared on "The Early Bird Dood It!", "Chips Off the Old Block" and "Fine Feathered Friend" (all released in 1942). | ||
* It premiered on "Blitz Wolf", released on August 22, 1942 and made its final appearance on "Northwest Hounded Police", released on August 3, 1946. | * It premiered on "Blitz Wolf", released on August 22, 1942 and made its final appearance on "Northwest Hounded Police", released on August 3, 1946. | ||
* This logo was also used on many ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons, but the much more common reissue prints use the 3rd, 4th, and 5th logos. | * This logo was also used on many ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons, but the much more common reissue prints use the 3rd, 4th, and 5th logos. | ||
===3rd Logo (August 31, 1946-May 17, 1952)=== | ===3rd Logo (August 31, 1946-May 17, 1952)=== | ||
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* Edited appearances of "The Cat That Hated People" in Hollywood Studios' Sci-Fi Theater in Walt Disney World have the opening logo cut off (likely to avoid any mention of another film company in a Disney Park, even though Hollywood Studios was formerly known as Disney-MGM Studios) but retain the closing logo. | * Edited appearances of "The Cat That Hated People" in Hollywood Studios' Sci-Fi Theater in Walt Disney World have the opening logo cut off (likely to avoid any mention of another film company in a Disney Park, even though Hollywood Studios was formerly known as Disney-MGM Studios) but retain the closing logo. | ||
* The John Sutherland variant was extremely rare. | * The John Sutherland variant was extremely rare. | ||
===4th Logo (March 15, 1952, June 14, 1952-September 18, 1954)=== | ===4th Logo (March 15, 1952, June 14, 1952-September 18, 1954)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Rare. | '''Availability:''' Rare. | ||
* It premiered on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon "The Two Mouseketeers", released on March 15, 1952 (although the next three cartoons released, "Smitten Kitten", "Triplet Trouble" and "One Cab's Family" still used the previous logo, so that the logo officially premiered on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon "Little Runaway", released on June 14, 1952) and made its final appearance on "The Farm of Tomorrow", released on September 18, 1954. | * It premiered on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon "The Two Mouseketeers", released on March 15, 1952 (although the next three cartoons released, "Smitten Kitten", "Triplet Trouble" and "One Cab's Family" still used the previous logo, so that the logo officially premiered on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon "Little Runaway", released on June 14, 1952) and made its final appearance on "The Farm of Tomorrow", released on September 18, 1954. | ||
===5th Logo (1953-August 1, 1958)=== | ===5th Logo (1953-August 1, 1958)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Common, can easily be seen on various cartoons as well as plastering previous logos on older cartoons on TCM, Boomerang, and MeTV (as Cartoon Network no longer airs classic ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons as of January 2016). | '''Availability:''' Common, can easily be seen on various cartoons as well as plastering previous logos on older cartoons on TCM, Boomerang, and MeTV (as Cartoon Network no longer airs classic ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons as of January 2016). | ||
* It premiered on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon "Neapolitan Mouse", released on October 2, 1954 and, as told above, made its final appearance on the last ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera "Tot Watchers", released on August 1, 1958. | * It premiered on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon "Neapolitan Mouse", released on October 2, 1954 and, as told above, made its final appearance on the last ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera "Tot Watchers", released on August 1, 1958. | ||
===6th Logo (1960-December 1, 1962, 1965)=== | ===6th Logo (1960-December 1, 1962, 1965)=== | ||