After the last of the Deitch cartoons were released, Chuck Jones, who had been fired from his thirty-plus year tenure at Warner Bros. Cartoons, started his own animation studio, Sib Tower 12 Productions (later renamed MGM Animation/Visual Arts), with partner Les Goldman.
Jones had trouble adapting his style to Tom and Jerrys brand of humor, and a number of the cartoons favored full animation, personality and style over storyline.