The Art Of Tom And | Jerry Laserdisc Archive

The screen stayed black for thirty seconds. Then a single frame appeared: a hand-drawn cel of Tom and Jerry sitting on a curb, looking up at a star. No text. No action. Just stillness. The cel faded, replaced by a live-action black-and-white video—grainy, handheld. A man in a cardigan sat at a drafting table. He was old, white-haired, smiling. He held up a pencil.

It was Joseph Barbera. The date stamp read 1994—two years before the laserdisc’s supposed manufacturing date. the art of tom and jerry laserdisc archive

But it wasn't the standard print. This was the archive. The screen stayed black for thirty seconds