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The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show (also The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show and The Tom & Jerry/Mumbly Show), was an animated series that aired on ABC. The Tom and Jerry segments were Hanna-Barbera's revival of their Oscar-winning cartoon cat and mouse.

As it was 1975 and watchdog groups were clamping down on what they deemed needless cartoon violence, Hanna and Barbera watered down the cartoons with some atypical cartoon humor (under their budgets) but with none of the excessive violence. Jerry was curiously given a bow tie and as the episodes went on, his size perspective with Tom had gone off, making him bigger. Early cartoons had them against each other as usual, but as time went on, they became buddies and did everything from side jobs to being involved in fairy stories. Here as before they do not talk, but they did gasp and utter an occasional "Wow!" (noted on the cast list below).

The Great Grape Ape featured a 40-ft. purple ape with a childish nature and his sidekick, a canine named Beegle Beagle. Together, with Grape Ape atop their van and Beegle driving, they traveled hither and yon, seeking their fortune. This segment lasted through November of 1976 and was shelved after ABC expanded The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour to 90 minutes. It returned on its own in the fall of 1977, where it ran Sunday mornings. Grape Ape would also participate on Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics as a member of the Yogi Yahooeys team.

The second season saw the addition of a third segment The Mumbly Show. Mumbly was a blue dog (looking a lot like Wacky Races canine Muttley) in a trenchcoat who, like Peter Falk's detective Columbo, frustrated villains by popping up when they'd least expect it. Mumbly also liked to give his superior, Lt. Schnooker, a hard time. Mumbly would participate in the next season's Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics as the captain of the Really Rottens.

For the final three episodes the Grape Ape segments were dropped when ABC reduced the show to 30 minutes and expanded The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour to 90 minutes.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast
John Stephenson	Tom	1	2
	Jerry	1	2
	Schnooker		2
Bob Holt	Grape Ape	1	2
Marty Ingles	Beegle Beagle	1	2
Don Messick	Mumbly		2

[edit] Seasons

[edit] In-Depth

At a Glance: Additional information about the series

[edit] DVD Releases

[edit] External Sites