ClassicTVFan1981
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2007
- Messages
- 55
- Real Name
- Benjamin Edge
Hi,
Before Warner Video conjures up any plans to release the 1975-76 "The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show" on DVD, let's hope that they can seek out the following visuals to the show as it was seen on ABC:
*Original intro (show is identified as THE TOM & JERRY/GRAPE APE SHOW)
*Segment 1/3 (T&J)
*Segment 1/2 (GA)
*Segment 2/3 (T&J)
*Segment 2/2 (GA)
*Segment 3/3 (T&J)
*Closing outro (with 1974 H-B Rainbow and 1973 MGM TV logos)
Original lyrics (these were changed slightly in 1976 when "Mumbly" joined the lineup, parenthesised words used in 1976-77 season):
Set your dial for a while
Have a laugh, wear a smile
The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show! (and Mumbly too)
You'll begin with a grin
When you first tune us in
The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show! (and Mumbly too)
Spoken:
Introducing that famous cat and mouse... TOM & JERRY!
And there it is... it's THE GREAT GRAPE APE! (Grape Ape: "I am, I am, GRAPE APE, GRAPE APE!")
And introducing, that super-duper detective... LT. MUMBLY! (Mumbly laughs) (this last line used in the 1976-77 season)
(Instrumental solo)
Lots of zing, lots to sing
Everything's gonna swing
So get ready, here we go! (Beegle Beagle: "HERE WE GO!")
Big or small, short or tall
You will all have a ball
On The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show! (and Mumbly too)
For the 1976-77 season, the show added "Mumbly" to the lineup ("Grape Ape" would leave the lineup starting December 4, 1976). The lyrics were no different except for the spoken line "... and Mumbly too" dubbed in to identify Mumbly as the newest star character.
As many of you would expect by now, after 1977, the three cartoons were repackaged for syndication under these titles:
TOM & JERRY - THE TOM & JERRY SHOW
GRAPE APE - THE GREAT GRAPE APE SHOW
MUMBLY - THE MUMBLY CARTOON SHOW
Although both T&J and Mumbly would bear the same melody (with revised lyrics, of course) in their respective half-hour incarnations, Grape Ape's segment had an entirely different melody (which would be heard in the episode of "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo" about some platypus) and lyrics for his half-hour version.
I would be much happier if the Warners would release the series with Mumbly as well (it is not complete without him, even though the block originally began w/o him).
~Ben (ClassicTVFan1981)
Before Warner Video conjures up any plans to release the 1975-76 "The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show" on DVD, let's hope that they can seek out the following visuals to the show as it was seen on ABC:
*Original intro (show is identified as THE TOM & JERRY/GRAPE APE SHOW)
*Segment 1/3 (T&J)
*Segment 1/2 (GA)
*Segment 2/3 (T&J)
*Segment 2/2 (GA)
*Segment 3/3 (T&J)
*Closing outro (with 1974 H-B Rainbow and 1973 MGM TV logos)
Original lyrics (these were changed slightly in 1976 when "Mumbly" joined the lineup, parenthesised words used in 1976-77 season):
Set your dial for a while
Have a laugh, wear a smile
The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show! (and Mumbly too)
You'll begin with a grin
When you first tune us in
The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show! (and Mumbly too)
Spoken:
Introducing that famous cat and mouse... TOM & JERRY!
And there it is... it's THE GREAT GRAPE APE! (Grape Ape: "I am, I am, GRAPE APE, GRAPE APE!")
And introducing, that super-duper detective... LT. MUMBLY! (Mumbly laughs) (this last line used in the 1976-77 season)
(Instrumental solo)
Lots of zing, lots to sing
Everything's gonna swing
So get ready, here we go! (Beegle Beagle: "HERE WE GO!")
Big or small, short or tall
You will all have a ball
On The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show! (and Mumbly too)
For the 1976-77 season, the show added "Mumbly" to the lineup ("Grape Ape" would leave the lineup starting December 4, 1976). The lyrics were no different except for the spoken line "... and Mumbly too" dubbed in to identify Mumbly as the newest star character.
As many of you would expect by now, after 1977, the three cartoons were repackaged for syndication under these titles:
TOM & JERRY - THE TOM & JERRY SHOW
GRAPE APE - THE GREAT GRAPE APE SHOW
MUMBLY - THE MUMBLY CARTOON SHOW
Although both T&J and Mumbly would bear the same melody (with revised lyrics, of course) in their respective half-hour incarnations, Grape Ape's segment had an entirely different melody (which would be heard in the episode of "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo" about some platypus) and lyrics for his half-hour version.
I would be much happier if the Warners would release the series with Mumbly as well (it is not complete without him, even though the block originally began w/o him).
~Ben (ClassicTVFan1981)