Question: When did the cartoon tom and jerry first come out?

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context: A number of spin-offs have been made, including the television series "The Tom and Jerry Show" (1975), "The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show" (1980–82), "Tom & Jerry Kids" (1990–93), "Tom and Jerry Tales" (2006–08), and "The Tom and Jerry Show" (2014–present). The first feature-length film based on the series, "", was released in 1992, and 13 direct-to-video films have been produced since 2002, with an upcoming live-action film to be released in 2020. A musical adaptation of the series, titled "Tom and Jerry: Purr-Chance to Dream", debuted in Japan in 2019 in advance of "Tom and Jerry"s upcoming 80th anniversary.
question: When did the cartoon tom and jerry first come out as a television show?
short_answers: 1975
wikipage: Tom and Jerry

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question: When did the cartoon tom and jerry first come out as a television special?
short_answers: July 17, 1989

context: On October 1, 1992, the first international release of "" arrived when the film was released overseas to theaters in Europe and then domestically by Miramax Films on July 30, 1993, with future video and DVD releases that would be sold under Warner Bros., which, following Disney's acquisition of Miramax and Turner's subsequent merger with Time Warner, had acquired the film's distribution rights. Barbera served as creative consultant for the picture, which was produced and directed by Phil Roman. The film was a musical with a structure similar to MGM's blockbusters, "The Wizard of Oz" and "Singin' in the Rain". In 2001, Warner Bros. (which had, by then, merged with Turner and assumed its properties) released the duo's first direct-to-video movie, "", in which Tom covets a ring that grants mystical powers to the wearer, and has become accidentally stuck on Jerry's head. It would mark the last time Hanna and Barbera co-produced a "Tom and Jerry" cartoon together, as William Hanna died shortly after "The Magic Ring" was released.
question: When did the cartoon tom and jerry first come out as a feature film?
short_answers: July 30, 1993
wikipage: Tom and Jerry

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knowledge: content: The Tom & Jerry Show is a 1975 American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with MGM Television. Based on the Tom and Jerry theatrical cartoon series (which was created by HB co-founders William Hanna and Joseph Barbera), the show originally aired on ABC from September 6 to December 13, 1975 (for a total of 16 episodes) as the first half of The Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show, with The Great Grape Ape Show representing the series' second half and The Mumbly Cartoon Show representing the series' third half.
wikipage: The Tom and Jerry Show (1975 TV series)

content: On October 1, 1992, the first international release of Tom and Jerry: The Movie arrived when the film was released overseas to theaters in Europe[52] and then domestically by Miramax Films on July 30, 1993,[53] with future video and DVD releases that would be sold under Warner Bros., which, following Disney's acquisition of Miramax and Turner's subsequent merger with Time Warner, had acquired the film's distribution rights.
wikipage: Tom and Jerry
long_answer: The cartoon Tom and Jerry first came out on several dates. It first came out as a television show in 1975, the year The Tom & Jerry Show originally aired on ABC, while it first came out as a television special on July 17, 1989. It first came out as a feature film on July 30, 1993, the day Tom and Jerry: The Movie was released domestically.