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*On "Switchin' Kitten" and "Down and Outing", the | *On "Switchin' Kitten" and "Down and Outing", the 1957 MGM movie logo would play (without "CARTOON" at the bottom, and without the theme song accompanying it) followed by a screen saying "A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER CARTOON", whose font and background vary depending on the cartoon. The theme song would then start whenever this screen came up. While the standard movie logo also appeared on "Buddies Thicker Than Water" and "Carmen Get It!", the second screen was not shown and the opening music played over it. | ||
*On the short "The Dot and the Line", the movie logo is used instead (surrounded by a red border on unrestored Turner prints) and is accompanied by a majestic horn fanfare composed and conducted by Eugene Poddany. | *On the short "The Dot and the Line", the movie logo is used instead (surrounded by a red border on unrestored Turner prints) and is accompanied by a majestic horn fanfare composed and conducted by Eugene Poddany. | ||
*On Chuck Jones' ''Tom & Jerry'' cartoons, as well as the short "The Bear That Wasn't", the logo was modified, and Tanner replaced Leo in the circle. The text "METROCOLOR" is also shown below the logo. | *On Chuck Jones' ''Tom & Jerry'' cartoons, as well as the short "The Bear That Wasn't", the logo was modified, and Tanner replaced Leo in the circle. The text "METROCOLOR" is also shown below the logo. | ||
* ''Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry'' Variant: After showing Tanner roaring, it later fades out to reveal none other than Tom in the circle, who meows pretty angrily in an attempt to imitate a lion's roaring, and hisses. Then, the ribboning fades into a simple blue circle and moves upwards as the black background changes to orange, Tom "roaring" all the while. "T" and "M" appear besides it, and "and" appears below. "JERRY" appears letter-by-letter below all t hat as Jerry drops into the "Y," smiling pleasantly, and waves his hand. Tom notices this and hisses. | *''Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry'' Variant: After showing Tanner roaring, it later fades out to reveal none other than Tom in the circle, who meows pretty angrily in an attempt to imitate a lion's roaring, and hisses. Then, the ribboning fades into a simple blue circle and moves upwards as the black background changes to orange, Tom "roaring" all the while. "T" and "M" appear besides it, and "and" appears below. "JERRY" appears letter-by-letter below all t hat as Jerry drops into the "Y," smiling pleasantly, and waves his hand. Tom notices this and hisses. | ||
*Closing Title Variant: On 1963's "Pent-House Mouse" (Chuck Jones's first T&J short), "The End" is in a completely different font. It also cuts to the "MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon" screen instead of fading. | *Closing Title Variant: On 1963's "Pent-House Mouse" (Chuck Jones's first T&J short), "The End" is in a completely different font. It also cuts to the "MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon" screen instead of fading. | ||
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* 1960-1962: The updated 1st logo fanfare, plus, with the lion roar, it had three roar tracks: the 1960 roar, another which sounded like a yawning roar, and on "Calypso Cat" a fierce-sounding roar. Both roars were made by Tod Dockstader. | *1960-1962: The updated 1st logo fanfare, plus, with the lion roar, it had three roar tracks: the 1960 roar, another which sounded like a yawning roar, and on "Calypso Cat" a fierce-sounding roar. Both roars were made by Tod Dockstader. | ||
*1963-1967: The updated 1st logo fanfare leading into the trademark ''Tom and Jerry'' music with the 1960 roaring soundtrack. For non-Tom and Jerry cartoons, a different fanfare is used. | *1963-1967: The updated 1st logo fanfare leading into the trademark ''Tom and Jerry'' music with the 1960 roaring soundtrack. For non-Tom and Jerry cartoons, a different fanfare is used. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. | '''Availability:''' Rare. | ||
*The Leo version was seen on ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons (and others) produced by Gene Deitch and William Snyder in the former Czechoslovakia, which are still rerun on Boomerang on a semi-regular basis and on MeTV as part of its ''Toon In with Me'' and ''Saturday Morning Cartoons'' blocks (all of them have also been released on DVD.) | *The Leo version was seen on ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons (and others) produced by Gene Deitch and William Snyder in the former Czechoslovakia, which are still rerun on Boomerang on a semi-regular basis and on MeTV as part of its ''Toon In with Me'' and ''Saturday Morning Cartoons'' blocks (all of them have also been released on DVD.) | ||
* | *The Leo version was also seen on old television prints of some ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts (such as "Puss n' Toots" (appears on the Spotlight Collection DVD with that short), "The Bowling Alley-Cat", "Sufferin' Cats!", "The Lonesome Mouse", "The Zoot Cat", "Quiet Please!", "The Invisible Mouse" and "Saturday Evening Puss"), old prints of "Rock-a-Bye Bear" on Boomerang, and the Boomerang Germany print of the ''Barney Bear'' cartoon "Half-Pint Palomino". | ||
* Like with the 3rd logo, Sci-Fi Theater-edited airings of "Mouse Into Space" cut off the opening logo, but keep the ending logo. | *Like with the 3rd logo, Sci-Fi Theater-edited airings of "Mouse Into Space" cut off the opening logo, but keep the ending logo. | ||
*The Tanner version was seen on the Chuck Jones-produced ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons, which are still rerun on Boomerang on a semi-regular basis and on MeTV as part of its ''Toon In with Me'' and ''Saturday Morning Cartoons'' blocks, and all are available on DVD. | *The Tanner version was seen on the Chuck Jones-produced ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons, which are still rerun on Boomerang on a semi-regular basis and on MeTV as part of its ''Toon In with Me'' and ''Saturday Morning Cartoons'' blocks, and all are available on DVD. | ||
*The version that doesn't fade to Tom is featured on non-Tom and Jerry cartoons, such as "The Bear That Wasn't". | *The version that doesn't fade to Tom is featured on non-Tom and Jerry cartoons, such as "The Bear That Wasn't". | ||