Leo Enticknap notes: "This is surely a bit of a generalisation. On the BBC children's programme yesterday there was a 1947 Tom & Jerry in which T (i) sets a snare trap, (ii) tries to gas J in an oven is subsequently blown up, (iii) is decapitated by a falling anvil, (iv) inadvertently shoots himself, and (v) is last seen sporting wings and a harp astride a nuclear mushroom cloud, which he had perpetrated (by lighting a fuse, how else?) in yet another bungled attempt to exterminate J..." All of this, of course, is a model for the "Itchy and Scratchy" cartoons that Bart and Lisa watch on THE SIMPSONS. Now, considering the personalities of these two characters--*there's* a bit of anecdotal evidence! ;-) Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN) ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite