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DISCS 1-5
- Audio Commentaries - "Puss Gets the Boot", "The Night Before Christmas", "The Yankee Doodle Mouse", "The Zoot Cat", "Mouse Trouble", "Quiet Please!", "The Cat Concerto", "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse", and other classic shorts (20 in all) are presented with optional DVD-era commentaries featuring author Michael Mallory, animator Mark Kausler, animation historians Jerry Beck and Earl Kress, comedienne Nicole Parker, and others.
DISC SIX
- NEW! Lady of the House: The Story of Mammy Two Shoes (27:41) - Originally intended for inclusion on the cancelled Golden Collection, Volume 2 but left unfinished, this now-completed retrospective featurette pays tribute to one of Tom and Jerry's most memorable supporting characters and her history. Featured participants include animation historian Jerry Beck, critic/author Charles Solomon, author Michael Mallory, writer/producer Rodney Barnes, animator/writer Floyd Norman, film historian/author Dr. Donald Bogle, animator/director Mark Kausler, voice actors June Foray and Keith Scott, and more; all of them discuss her importance to the franchise and, of course, the vocal contributions of radio and film actress Lillian Randolph.
- NEW! Animal Hijinks: The Friends and Foes of Tom (30:58) - This like-minded short features new and returning participants including Jerry Beck, Eric Goldberg, Michael Mallory, cartoon producer John R. Dilworth, animation historians David Gerstein and Will Friedwald, and others. The obvious topic of discussion here is Tom and Jerry's roster of supporting animal characters such as Spike and Tyke, Nibbles, Butch, Quacker, Muscles, Toots, Toodles, and how their inclusion added more flavor and occasional exposition through vocals that Tom and Jerry (usually) didn't provide. Oddly, a small handful of a supportive cartoon clips show signs of jagged edges and aliasing, perhaps due to their respective restorations not being complete at the time.
- The Midnight Snack Pencil Test - Side by Side (9:01)
- Cat and Mouse: The Tale of Tom and Jerry (31:39)
- Tom and Jerry: Behind the Tunes (17:09)
- Animators as Actors (7:15)
- 1953 Excerpt from "Dangerous When Wet" (7:50) - Now sourced from WAC's 2023 Blu-ray.
- How Bill and Joe Met Tom and Jerry (27:12)
- Vaudeville, Slapstick and Tom and Jerry (22:47)
- The Comedy Stylings of Tom and Jerry (5:30)
- "The Worry Song" from "Anchors Aweigh" (9:08) - Now sourced from WB's 2015 Blu-ray.
- Good Will to Men (8:30) - An Oscar-nominated short that's essentially a remake of "Peace on Earth" (1939), updating the subject matter of this cautionary church-mouse tale with destructive post-WWII warfare.
- Give and Tyke (6:39) - The first of only two proposed spin-off Spike and Tyke cartoons, this one sees the poor little pup in deep doo-doo after a stray dog steals his license to avoid a trip to the local pound.
- Scat Cats (6:30) - "When the owners are away, the cats will play." This second Spike and Tyke short finds them in charge of the house... that is, until Butch the cat calls his friends over for a big party.
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