Overview of 'The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show' Season 1

The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980)

The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show is an animated television program produced by Filmation for MGM Television in 1980, on CBS for Saturday mornings. The show lasted one season and the individual episodes were eventually added to syndicated Tom and Jerry packages, and also occasionally appeared on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Most voices were done by Frank Welker and Lou Scheimer.

Writing:

Joseph Barbera
William Hanna

Stars:

Release Date: 1980-09-01
Seasons: 1

7.5/10

Country: US
Language: English
Runtime: 7

Season 1 Episode List

Episode 1 - Farewell, Sweet Mouse
Release Date: 1980-09-01
On a rainy night, while being disrupted by Jerry, Tom throws him out. Believing him to be dead, Tom is tricked into thinking Jerry is a ghost.
Episode 2 - Droopy's Restless Night
Release Date: 1980-09-02
Slick Wolf is the construction foreman on a building. Droopy and Spike are his workers. Droopy keeps getting Spike in trouble with the boss all day. Droopy falls asleep, and as he sleeps, Spike has him finish the building. Slick comes in the next day and congratulates Droopy, while Spike is behind a brick wall.
Episode 3 - New Mouse in the House
Release Date: 1980-09-02
Tom uses a remote control female mouse to lure and trap Jerry, but his plans backfire and his owner kicks him out.
Episode 4 - Heavy Booking
Release Date: 1980-09-02
Tom chases Jerry in a library where Jerry tries to make noise to wake the enormous sleeping librarian and her baby, whom the Librarian "forces" Tom to babysit.
Episode 5 - Matterhorn Droopy
Release Date: 1980-09-09
Droopy wants to be a rescue dog. Pretending to own the rescue school, Slick Wolf takes his money and tries to do him in.
Episode 6 - The Puppy Sitter
Release Date: 1980-09-09
While Tom is left with Spike's little Tyke, trying to keep him amused, Jerry tries to make Tom's job difficult.
Episode 7 - Most Wanted Cat
Release Date: 1980-09-09
Tired of Jerry toying with him, Tom leaves the house. Jerry tries hard to get Tom back before his owner calls pest control.
Episode 8 - Pest in the West
Release Date: 1980-09-09
Droopy is a stagecoach driver. Slick Wolf and Spike make several attempts to rob the coach (Spike frequently dressing in drag to stop the coach), but they are not successful, and they eventually land in jail.
Episode 9 - Cat in the Fiddle
Release Date: 1980-09-09
Tom plays a violin, but Jerry tries to stop Tom due to his cacophonic tunes and they trash the orchestra.
Episode 10 - Invasion of the Mouse Snatchers
Release Date: 1980-09-09
Tom tricks Jerry into thinking he's an alien that's going to blow up the earth. Jerry gets revenge by activating his secret weapon.
Episode 11 - The Incredible Droop
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An oriental mad scientist has invented a mystery ray gun. He tells Droopy and Barney Bear to guard it from people. Droopy must protect it from falling into the wrong hands by using a rather unusual method: a Jekyll and Hyde formula. Slick Wolf tries to steal it, but Droopy keeps turning into a large monster, who then beats him up. Droopy frees himself and Barney from Slick's trap, and chases Slick away.
Episode 12 - The Plaid Baron Strikes Again
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Tom chases Jerry as he flies in a model airplane, destroying Spike's big plane model in the process.
Episode 13 - Incredible Shrinking Cat
Release Date: 1980-09-16
Jerry gets hold of a mad scientist's size modifier in order to shrink Tom and enlarge himself.
Episode 14 - Scared Bear
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Droopy and Barney Bear explore an old house looking for treasure. Slick Wolf decides to scare them off by disguising himself as a ghost.
Episode 15 - When the Rooster Crows
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Jerry uses a stranded circus rooster to rudely awaken Tom, but it gives itself away with an intensified crowing.
Episode 16 - School for Cats
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Tom is sent to a military school for cats, coached by Spike. Jerry makes Tom's rigorous training a torment.
Episode 17 - Disco Droopy
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Droopy enters a disco contest at The Slipped Disco nightclub. His opponent is a conceited Slick Wolf, and the master of ceremonies is Spike. Despite Slick's many attempts to beat Droopy, he loses the contest, and Droopy wins.
Episode 18 - Pied Piper Puss
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Tom is sent to catch Jerry and Tuffy using a flute to lure them, until Tuffy gets a hold of it.
Episode 19 - Under the Big Top
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Jerry gets Tom involved in a circus act and proceeds to make his act a dangerous and humiliating performance.
Episode 20 - Lumber Jerks
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Droopy and Slick Wolf are competing against each other in a series of lumber-related games.
Episode 21 - Gopher It, Tom
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Tom is sent by his master to catch a gopher eating the garden vegetables, but Jerry thwarts his efforts.
Episode 22 - Snowbrawl
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Tom and Jerry outsmart each other to get one locked outside the house.
Episode 23 - Getting the Foot
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Droopy and Slick Wolf are photographers for the Daily Bugle. They are assigned to get a picture of Bigfoot (kind of a purple Tazmanian Devil), and Slick tries various schemes to sabotage Droopy's pictures, including dressing in drag as a female Bigfoot. Droopy ends up getting his pictures, and Bigfoot throws Slick in the newspaper press.
Episode 24 - Kitty Hawk Kitty
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In 1908, Tom was chosen to be test pilot of the Wright Brothers airplanes, but Jerry was credited for a successful flight.
Episode 25 - Get Along, Little Jerry
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Tom chases Jerry on a Texas ranch, where he causes inconvenience for Spike and gets tangled in Cowboy events.
Episode 26 - Star-Crossed Wolf
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Slick Wolf tries to get in a Hollywood movie studio, only to be foiled by security guard Droopy.
Episode 27 - Spike's Birthday
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Jerry takes advantage of Tom, who is left to guard Spike's party grub, and Tom barely escapes his predicament.
Episode 28 - No Museum Peace
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Tom chases after Jerry and Tuffy around a museum to get his fish back, but Spike keeps kicking him out.
Episode 29 - A Day at the Bakery
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Droopy and Spike work at Barney's Bakery, where there seems to be trouble making bread.
Episode 30 - Mouse Over Miami
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Spike restricts Tom from catching Jerry, but Tom tries to anyway and Spike sends Tom back to his house in the middle of winter.
Episode 31 - The Trojan Dog
Release Date: 1980-09-23
Jerry uses a robot dog to scare off Tom and access the fridge. Tom tries to use a Trojan dog to get at Jerry, but the plan backfires.
Episode 32 - Foreign Legion Droopy
Release Date: 1980-09-30
Droopy is sent out on a dangerous assignment. He must track down the wolf in sheik's clothing!
Episode 33 - Pie in the Sky
Release Date: 1980-09-30
A peckish Tom chases Jerry around a construction site, getting pinned down by Spike.
Episode 34 - Save That Mouse
Release Date: 1980-09-30
Tom's owner's sister mistakes Jerry for a hamster and won't let Tom touch him.
Episode 35 - Old Mother Hubbard
Release Date: 1980-09-30
Droopy is in Storybook Land. Red Riding Hood is delivering food to Grandma's house, and Slick Wolf tries to steal the food. Droopy foils Slick, and he goes to visit Goldilocks. She lives with three gorillas (subletted from the Three Bears), and while Slick looks for food to steal, the gorillas return and chase him away.
Episode 36 - Say What?
Release Date: 1980-10-07
Tom's owner has received a parrot. When Tom rounds on him, the parrot and Jerry work together to make Tom's chase double trouble.
Episode 37 - Superstocker
Release Date: 1980-09-30
Tom chases Jerry in a supermarket in order to protect the food products. They both end up trashing the place.
Episode 38 - Droopy's Good Luck Charm
Release Date: 1980-10-07
Slick Wolf sells Droopy a good-luck charm for $5. Spike tells him that it was really a good-luck charm, and the two try various ways of getting it back, with their attempts backfiring each time. Spike offers to buy it back for $10, and Droopy sells it back to him. Slick and Spike see a sidewalk salesman selling about 30 of them, and Slick chases Spike for wasting their money.
Episode 39 - The Great Mousini
Release Date: 1980-10-14
Jerry joins a circus as the escape artist Mousini with Tom as his co-star. They lose their jobs after their latest performance.
Episode 40 - Jerry's Country Cousin
Release Date: 1980-10-21
Jerry's identical, yet strong cousin comes to visit. Tom retreats after Jerry's cousin ruins his mistress' daughter's wedding buffet with a sounder of pigs.
Episode 41 - The Great Diamond Heist
Release Date: 1980-10-28
Inspector Droopy searches for a stolen diamond.
Episode 42 - Mechanical Failure
Release Date: 1980-11-04
Tom's owner has brought a robot maid, which Tom and Jerry use against each other until it goes out of control.
Episode 43 - A Connecticut Mouse in King Arthur's Cork
Release Date: 1980-11-11
Tom dreams his chase with Jerry as a medieval quest scenario.
Episode 44 - The Great Train Rubbery
Release Date: 1980-11-18
Droopy is the mail clerk on a train out West, and receives a package to deliver to a bank. Slick Wolf hears this, and he proceeds to try and steal it, figuring that it must be money. After a number of attempts, he succeeds, but is arrested by the sheriff. The package contains not cash, but "Wanted" posters for Slick Wolf. Droopy receives the reward for his capture. This is the last Droopy short.
Episode 45 - Stage Struck
Release Date: 1980-11-25
Jealous of Spike's appreciation for Jerry's dance talent, Tom tries to interfere, but they go along with their performance.