<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Tom and Jerry </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Tom and Jerry title card (1946--54) for the MGM Hanna - Barbera shorts . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Comedy Slapstick </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created by </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> William Hanna </Li> <Li> Joseph Barbera </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Written by </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> William Hanna (1940--58) </Li> <Li> Joseph Barbera (1940--58) </Li> <Li> Gene Deitch (1961--62) </Li> <Li> Eli Bauer (1961--62) </Li> <Li> Larz Bourne (1961--62) </Li> <Li> Michael Maltese (1963--67) </Li> <Li> Jim Pabian (1965) </Li> <Li> Bob Ogle (1966--67) </Li> <Li> John W. Dunn (1965--67) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> William Hanna (1940--58) </Li> <Li> Joseph Barbera (1940--58) </Li> <Li> Gene Deitch (1961--62) </Li> <Li> Chuck Jones (1963--67) </Li> <Li> Maurice Noble (1964--67) </Li> <Li> Abe Levitow (1965--67) </Li> <Li> Tom Ray (1966--67) </Li> <Li> Ben Washam (1966--67) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Voices of </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Harry E. Lang </Li> <Li> Clarence Nash </Li> <Li> William Hanna </Li> <Li> Red Coffee </Li> <Li> Lillian Randolph </Li> <Li> Billy Bletcher </Li> <Li> Daws Butler </Li> <Li> Mel Blanc </Li> <Li> Allen Swift </Li> <Li> June Foray </Li> <Li> Dick Nelson </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Composer (s) </Th> <Td> Scott Bradley (113 shorts) Edward Plumb (1 short) Steven Konichek (12 shorts) Eugene Poddany (20 shorts) Dean Elliott (8 shorts) Carl Brandt (2 shorts) Hoyt Curtin (16 shorts) Yvette Blais and Jeff Michael (15 shorts) Tom Worrall (39 shorts) Gary Lionelli (26 shorts) J. Eric Schmidt Tom Erba (26 shorts) Vivek Maddala David Ricard John Van Tongeren Henry Mancini (the movie) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country of origin </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original language (s) </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of episodes </Th> <Td> 164 shorts (list of episodes) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Production </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Rudolf Ising (1940) </Li> <Li> Fred Quimby (1940--55) </Li> <Li> William Hanna (1955--58) </Li> <Li> Joseph Barbera (1955--58) </Li> <Li> William L. Snyder (1961--62) </Li> <Li> Chuck Jones (1963--67) </Li> <Li> Walter Bien (1963--65) </Li> <Li> Les Goldman (1963--67) </Li> <Li> Earl Jonas (1965--67) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Running time </Th> <Td> 6--10 minutes (per short) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Distributor </Th> <Td> Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Release </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> Puss Gets the Boot (February 10, 1940 (1940 - 02 - 10)) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Tom and Jerry </Th> </Tr>

When did the cartoon tom and jerry first come out