His Mouse Friday - Censorship and Bans

Censorship and Bans

• Because of the short's racial stereotyping, His Mouse Friday was placed under unofficial ban from broadcast or video distribution by MGM and other rights-holders (such as Turner Broadcasting and TimeWarner).
• There are two edited versions of this cartoon that have aired on television prior to being banned and that have been released on video one being the voice track of Paul Frees was eliminated showing Jerry and the Cannibal speaking but with no sound coming out of their mouths:
  • MGM/UA Home Video versions (including the VHS tape compilation entitled Tom and Jerry On Parade and the laser disc set compilation entitled The Art of Tom and Jerry) mute out all the stereotypical black savage dialogue.
  • Warner Home Video versions (which was also part of the Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Volume 3 DVD set compilation) retains the dialogue, but edits the part where Jerry meets a real black savage by using pan and zoom to crop out the real black savage's appearance. This was despite the fact that the Tom & Jerry Spotlight Collections were meant for adult collectors, and the notice at the beginning of the Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 DVDs state that "all of the shorts will be shown in their original form".