Tom & Jerry Halloween Special is a 1987 animated/live action television special that aired in primetime on TBS. This holiday special was a spin-off of a programming block entitled "Tom and Jerry's Funhouse on TBS

Tom and Jerry's Funhouse on TBS

Tom and Jerry's Funhouse on TBS was a weekday morning/afternoon programming block on TBS that aired from 1986 to 1995. TBS Log It contained classic animated cartoons and live-action shorts including: Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes and The Three Stooges.-External links:* *...

". The Halloween Special's wraparounds were live action segments hosted by Josh Jarboe and Audra Lee, two youths dressed in various Halloween costumes.

The hosts appeared in a haunted house where they would introduce the show's animated shorts, tell Halloween

Halloween

Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...

-related jokes, scare each other, give trick-or-treating

Trick-or-treating

Trick-or-treating or "Guising", is a customary practice for children on Halloween in many countries. Children in costumes travel from house to house in order to ask for treats such as candy with the question "Trick or treat?"...

 safety tips, and tell stories related to the history of All Hallow's Eve. The animated segments included shorts starring Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry are the cat and mouse cartoon characters that were evolved starting in 1939.Tom and Jerry also may refer to:Cartoon works featuring the cat and mouse so named:* The Tom and Jerry Show...

, a spirit resembling Casper the Friendly Ghost

Casper the Friendly Ghost

Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. As his name indicates, he is a ghost, but is quite personable...

, Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...

 and Popeye

Popeye

Popeye the Sailor is a cartoon fictional character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, who has appeared in comic strips and animated cartoons in the cinema as well as on television. He first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929...

. The primetime special originally aired at 6:00 e/c on Saturday, October 24, 1987, and at least once more at 4:30 e/c on Sunday, October 28, 1990. Remaining air dates are unknown.

Segments

1. "The Flying Sorceress

The Flying Sorceress

The Flying Sorceress is the 98th one reel animated Tom and Jerry short, created in 1955, directed and produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Irven Spence and Lewis Marshall, with backgrounds by Robert Gentle and...

" (1956) (Starring Tom & Jerry

Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry are the cat and mouse cartoon characters that were evolved starting in 1939.Tom and Jerry also may refer to:Cartoon works featuring the cat and mouse so named:* The Tom and Jerry Show...

)

• In this segment, Tom answers a want ad for a witch and uses her magic broom to get even with Jerry.

2. "Ghost Wanted

Ghost Wanted

Ghost Wanted is Merrie Melodies animated short released in 1940. It features a little ghost who is inexperienced at haunting houses & whose "suit/sheets" resemble the typical footy pajamas with the "trap door" that were popular in the era...

" (1940) (Merrie Melodies

Merrie Melodies

Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969.Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Merrie Melodies were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944,...

)

• A young ghost (bearing resemblance to Casper the Friendly Ghost
  Casper the Friendly Ghost
  Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. As his name indicates, he is a ghost, but is quite personable...
  
  ) answers a ghost wanted ad, but is constantly terrified by his ghostly employer upon arrival.

3. "Haunted Mouse

Haunted Mouse

Haunted Mouse is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones. The cartoon's title is a play on words of haunted house.-Plot:...

" (1965) (Starring Tom & Jerry

Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry are the cat and mouse cartoon characters that were evolved starting in 1939.Tom and Jerry also may refer to:Cartoon works featuring the cat and mouse so named:* The Tom and Jerry Show...

)

• When Jerry's magician/hypnotist cousin comes to visit, they use his magic tricks to get the better of Tom.

4. "Hair-Raising Hare

Hair-Raising Hare

Hair-Raising Hare is a 1946 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, released in 1946. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce...

" (1946) (Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...

) (Starring Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...

 and Gossamer

Gossamer (Looney Tunes)

Gossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The character is a hairy, red monster. His rectangular body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his heart-shaped face is composed of only two oval eyes and a wide mouth, with...

)

• After Bugs Bunny is lured to a creepy castle, a mad scientist sicks a red, hairy monster named Gossamer after Bugs.

5. "Ghosks is the Bunk

Ghosks is the Bunk

Ghosks is the Bunk is a 1939 animated short starring Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto. Olive reads a ghost story to Popeye and Brutis. Bluto leaves and rigs a haunted house and lures them to it. But they quickly discover him and, even better, a can of invisible paint, and they get the better of him....

" (1939) (Re-Colored Short Starring Popeye

Popeye

Popeye the Sailor is a cartoon fictional character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, who has appeared in comic strips and animated cartoons in the cinema as well as on television. He first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929...

, Olive Oyl

Olive Oyl

Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1919 for his comic strip Thimble Theatre. The strip was later renamed Popeye after the sailor character that became the most popular member of the cast; however Olive Oyl was a main character for 10 years before Popeye's 1929...

 and Bluto

Bluto

Bluto is a cartoon and comics character created in 1932 by Elzie Crisler Segar as a one-time character, named "Bluto the Terrible", in his Thimble Theatre comic strip . Bluto made his first appearance September 12 of that year...

)

• Bluto lures Popeye and Olive Oyl to an abandoned hotel where he tries to scare them with elaborate ghost effects.

6. "Fraidy Cat" (1942) (Starring Tom & Jerry

Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry are the cat and mouse cartoon characters that were evolved starting in 1939.Tom and Jerry also may refer to:Cartoon works featuring the cat and mouse so named:* The Tom and Jerry Show...

)

• After Tom gets frightened by a ghostly radio drama, Jerry decides to take advantage of Tom's fears with elaborate ghostly pranks.

Cast & Crew

Hosts: Josh Jarboe & Audra Lee
Produced By: Marilyn Ringo, Bud Wendling
Directed By: Bud Wendling
Videographer: Rafael Ortiz-Guzman
Field Audio: Dennis Bassarab
Lighting Director: Bob Wheeler
Field Crew: Hal Kickliter, Tim Smith
Production Assistant: Cydny Cecil
Location Shooting: Rhodes Hall

Rhodes Hall

Rhodes Memorial Hall, commonly known as Rhodes Hall, is a historic house museum located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was built as the home of furniture magnate Amos Giles Rhodes, proprietor of Atlanta-based Rhodes Furniture...

, Atlanta
Special Thanks: Tommy Jones and the Staff of "The Haunted Castle," Rhodes Hall

Rhodes Hall

Rhodes Memorial Hall, commonly known as Rhodes Hall, is a historic house museum located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was built as the home of furniture magnate Amos Giles Rhodes, proprietor of Atlanta-based Rhodes Furniture...

Electronic Artist: Bill Chapman
Graphic Artists: Jeffrey Archer, Chuck Brock, Amy Davis, Scott Linder
CMX: David Winston
Audio Production: Charles R. Humbard, Rob Mason
Post Production Audio: Patrick Thorton
Electronic Graphics: Alice Airth
Copyright: 1987 Turner Broadcasting System