The NBC-TV 1970-71 Rankin Bass series, Tomfoolery, was based upon the nonsensical verse and whimsical characters of authors such as Edward Lear, Ogden Nash, Frank Gelett Burgess, and Lewis Carroll. It was billed as a mixture of "Riddles, Jokes and Silly Things".
The Funny Company,originally commissioned by Mattel Toys, featured mini educational films, cleverly sandwiched within each animated story, to help illustrate the theme of the cartoon. This innovative 1963 series was developed by producer Ken Snyder (Roger Ramjet, Skyhawks, Hot Wheels) in response to a 1961 speech by the FCC chairman urging more cultural and educational children's programming.
"Tiger Trouble", from the 1960 syndicated cartoon series, The Nutty Squirrels Present. The series was based on the Nutty Squirrels, a musical novelty act (similar to Alvin and the Chipmunks) created in the late 1950's by Don Elliott and Sascha Burland.
Episode two, the pilot of Jay Ward's Hoppity Hooper series, produced in 1960 (four years before the actual series aired) and featuring Alan Reed as the original voice of Fillmore (recorded before he became Fred Flintstone's voice).
From 1966: Depatie-Freleng's the Brothers Matzoriley in "Heau Beau Jest", along with the Super 6 opening and closing (with the catchy tune by Gary Lewis) and two Super 6 interstitials.
From September through December in 1965, Jay Ward's Hoppity Hooper episodes were re-aired as part of Cartoon Fun, a thirteen episode Sunday afternoon series on ABC-TV. Topper Toys, one of the big toy suppliers of the day, sponsored this installment from December 19, 1965 featuring Hoppity Hooper's Christmas episode.
Q. T. Hush was a private eye who solved crimes and mysteries with the help of his cigar smoking shadow named Quincy and a bloodhound named Shamus. Q. T. Hush originally aired in 1960 and were produced by M. and A. Alexander for Animation Associates.
From the 1966 Hanna-Barbera TV special, Alice in Wonderland, Sammy Davis, Jr.as the Cheshire Cat singing "What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?" to Alice (Janet Waldo).
From 1960, an episode of the first series from Rankin-Bass (then known as Videocraft Productions). This was done using their "Animagic" stop-motion technique.
Total TV's The Beagles first appeared on CBS-TV in 1966 and was later rerun on ABC-TV. This is the first part of "Foreign Legion Flops". For more info see http://www.toontrack er.com/beagles/beagl es.htm
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