Tom and Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash

Tom and Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
Details
Country	United States
Language	American English
Channels	TBS RCTI TPI Cartoon Network (Türkiye) (via SAP)
Services	Amazon Prime Video Boomerang (App) (formerly) HBO GO (formerly) Max
Release	November 30, 1990

Tom and Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash is a 1990 American television special produced by TBS and Lynch Entertainment. The special celebrates the then-50th anniversary of the Tom and Jerry franchise, taking a look back in the show's history hosted by John Goodman, with the creators of the duo, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, making a guest appearance towards the end.

The special first aired on November 30, 1990, a day that wasn't the anniversary of any of the original shorts, but was close to the anniversaries of some. Entertainment Weekly gave it a C-, saying that "Tom & Jerry’s 50th Birthday Bash's low-quality salute befits, therefore, the cartoon makers who went on pretty much to ruin modern cartoons. Roseanne's John Goodman hosts a choppy series of clips and, near the end, Hanna and Barbera come on to congratulate themselves. At the very least, in true Tom-and-Jerry spirit, Goodman should have thrown pies in the cartoonists’ faces."

International versions

	Language	Title
	Cantonese	unknown
	French (subtitled)	Tom and Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
	Malay	unknown
	Mandarin (Taiwan)	unknown
	Spanish (Latin America)	Tom y Jerry en su 50 aniversario
	Thai	unknown
	Turkish	Tom ve Jerry'nin 50. Yaşgünü Kutlaması

References

v - e - d (franchise) Series Tom and Jerry (1940) • The Tom and Jerry Show (1975) • The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980) • Tom and Jerry Kids (1990) • Tom and Jerry Tales (2006) • The Tom and Jerry Show (2014) • Tom and Jerry in New York (2021) Spin-offs Spike and Tyke (1957) • Droopy, Master Detective (1993) Specials Tom and Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash (1990) • Santa's Little Helpers (2014) Movies Anchors Aweigh (1945) • Dangerous When Wet (1953) • Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) • Tom & Jerry (2021) Direct-to-video films The Magic Ring (2002) • Blast Off to Mars (2005) • The Fast and the Furry (2005) • Shiver Me Whiskers (2006) • A Nutcracker Tale (2007) • Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010) • Tom and Jerry and The Wizard of Oz (2011) • Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012) • Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013) • The Lost Dragon (2014) • Spy Quest (2015) • Back to Oz (2016) • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017) • Cowboy Up! (2021) • Snowman's Land (2022) Video Games War of the Whiskers (2002) • MultiVersus (2022/2024)