Tom & Jerry vs. Nu Pagodi!

Every once in a while you just need to appreciate old school cartoons.

In this post I'll give you a little blast from the past and possibly culture shock. Below are two cartoons that are very similar in their plot and concept of survival of the fittest so to speak. One may be more familiar to the majority of readers, the other to some more than others. I've provided a little background before each clip (thanks wiki).

Note the slight, yet ever present differences in the American vs. Russian cartoon.

Enjoy.

Tom and Jerry is an American series of theatrical animated cartoon films created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, centering on a never-ending rivalry between a cat (Tom) and a mouse (Jerry) whose chases and battles often involved comic violence. Hanna and Barbera ultimately wrote and directed one hundred and fourteen Tom and Jerry shorts at the MGM cartoon studio in Hollywood, California between 1940 and 1957.

Nu, pogodi! [Ну, погоди!] which translates to "Well, Just You Wait!" is a Soviet/Russian animated series produced by Soyuzmultfilm. The series was created in 1969 and became a popular cartoon of the Soviet Union. The series follows the comical adventures of a mischievous yet artistic wolf trying to catch (and presumably eat) a hare.