Jerry is unnamed in this short, but is officially known as Jinx. These channels only air the pan-and-scan prints of the CinemaScope shorts, which are considered unwatchable to most audiences (namely adults) due to most of the important fragments are cropped out. On both Cartoon Network and Boomerang, several shorts are edited for the targeting audiences (namely children), including the removal of heavy racial stereotyping. Because of the 1967 MGM Vault fire, only the backup prints of pre-1951 MGM cartoons exist (usually the altered reissue prints). MGM also reissued its cartoons before the introduction of Perspecta Sound. Many pre-1951 cartoons were reissued with Perspecta Sound, which was introduced in 1954.
Like any other studio, MGM reissued and edited its cartoons when re-released to theaters.
Finally, 19 cartoons were produced in widescreen CinemaScope format only. Four cartoons were produced for both Academy Ratio and CinemaScope formats (2.55:1, later 2.35:1). Most of these cartoons were produced in the standard Academy ratio (1.37:1). Quimby retired in 1955 and from 1956 to 1958, Hanna and Barbera produced the shorts until MGM closed the cartoon studio in 1957, and the last cartoon was released in 1958. Rudolf Ising was the producer of Puss Gets the Boot subsequent shorts were produced by Fred Quimby through 1955. All shorts were released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The following 114 shorts were directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in Hollywood, California. 4 2001: Hanna-Barbera Productions/Turner Entertainment cartoon.