crew members they sought for suitable suggestions with animator John Carr ’ s idea of Tom & Jerry being adopted .
Carr ’ s didn ’ t come up with those names , they were part of English language since early 1800s and written by Pierce Egan , Life in London the stories of casual labor toughs named , Tom and Jerry . Apparently , the book was such a hit that it inspired a stage play and a popular alcoholic eggnog cocktail by the name Tom & Jerry ( don ’ t say this in the company of people below legal drinking age ).
Tom and Jerry turns 76 today . Thanks for the perfect childhood
The duo has also been the subjects of fulllength movies with one in the past being considered a failure due to mishandling of characters and the most recent one seeing Tom being hired by a planner of the wedding of the century to deal with the mess caused by Jerry which threatens the career defining moment presented by the event .
Over the years of their lifetimes , brands have to take risks , probably make mistakes and pick up quickly from such mistakes . The tolerance for mistakes is an indicator of a positive innovation climate .
Just as the Dog eats Homework , Blame it on Tom & Jerry
School children have been known for years to have blamed the dog for having eaten their homework and it seems that
The violence that we have seen in the world in recent times is unprecedented and as this column has highlighted severally the world is no longer at ease and the economy of anger is going to bring more changes in all corners of the world . Never would I have imagined that Tom & Jerry had anything to do with it . the blame games Olympic go beyond dogs . Tom & Jerry have been blamed for a lot of issues with some of the productions being heavily edited or completely banned by TV networks all over the world . You know the kind of issues associated with Teletubbies and the like , innocent cartoons by face value being viewed from different lenses bringing out completely new perspectives that many parents and watchdogs cannot approve .
One of the notable critics of the Tom & Jerry came from Salah Abdel Sadek , head of State Information Service of Egypt who in 2016 in his speech at Cairo University stated that the cartoons depicted “ violence in a funny manner and ( sent ) the message that yes I can hit him … and I can blow him up with explosives ” which normalizes violence to its viewers . Sadek opines that this is partly responsible for the epidemic level of violence that has swept through the Middle East for decades . Compared to a dog eating homework that ’ s quite a weighty claim on Tom & Jerry .
Some of the original character were also edited out due to racial innuendos as the world became more intolerant to discrimination of any kind . Sadek ’ s claim also have another weight to it due to the place where he delivered the speech at Cairo University , it is the same place where President Obama gave a speech that is viewed by many to have ignited the Arabs Springs .
The violence that we have seen in the world in recent times is unprecedented and as this column has highlighted severally the world is no longer at ease and the economy of anger is going to bring more changes in all corners of the world . Never would I have imagined that Tom & Jerry had anything to do with it .
Boniface Ngahu is a seasoned marketing research expert and runs the Talking Point column in Marketing Africa magazine . He is the Marketing Director of SBO Research . You can commune with him on this or related matters via email at : BNgahu @ sboresearch . co . ke , or follow him on Twitter @ bngahu