Tom and Jerry

An early morning on a weekend is rare. Its only 7.30 AM and I am awake enjoying some early morning rays with a cup of hot piping tea. These days I catch up on news and other events on facebook, it filters the popular ones in several newsfeeds. After a few random posts, I come across this video that takes me back to a time when TV meant cartoon shows, especially on weekends.

Tom and Jerry have been a significant part of my childhood and when I come across their shows now, it makes me nostalgic of the carefree days. This one especially refreshes some memories of watching a marathon show of Tom and Jerry with friends and cousins. Every episode was accompanied with endless laughter. Ah, Good times!

PC: youtube. This is not my video. Just sharing it to work with my theme. 

Enjoying this as an adult, I notice the creativity in using forks and spoons as weapons of destruction, spaghetti as a ladder and using texture in food items to fight back( jelly for slingshot.) The creativity and humor takes our mind away from the violence, making it an enjoyable affair.

The second episode in the above video probably has more violence than the first though I think its adorably executed. Tom and Jerry give us a glimpse of a kind of true friendship.  Friends can drive each other crazy with arrogance and ego but what makes it more fun is the sense of togetherness and concern they have for each other. They enjoy getting in each others business, and come together to make the show so enjoyable. I cannot imagine Tom without Jerry and vice-versa; I also cannot imagine my childhood without the awesome twosome.

Thank you, Tom and Jerry, for the lovely times then and now.