"Beetle Bailey" (1963) TV series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

26 August 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Adventure | Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Beetle Bailey | Soldier | Based On Comic Strip | Laziness | Sergeant

Cast

Howard Morris	...	Beetle Bailey / ... (8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Allan Melvin	...	Sgt. Snorkle / ... (6 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Directed by
Seymour Kneitel		(25 episodes, 1963-1964)
Geoff Pike		(18 episodes, 1963)

Series Writing credits
Mort Walker		(45 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bruce Howard		(7 episodes, 1963)
Paul Mason		(7 episodes, 1963)
Howard Post		(6 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bill Angelos		(5 episodes, 1963-1964)
Les Colodny		(5 episodes, 1963-1964)
Buz Kohan		(5 episodes, 1963-1964)
Sidney Reznick		(4 episodes, 1963)
Gerald Ray		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jack Mendelsohn		(3 episodes, 1963)
Allan Melvin		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Howard Morris		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
John O'Toole		(2 episodes, 1963)

Series Produced by
Al Brodax	....	executive producer (45 episodes, 1963-1964)
Gerald Ray	....	producer (18 episodes, 1963)

Series Original Music by
Winston Sharples		(25 episodes, 1963-1964)
George Bruns		(19 episodes, 1963)
Ray Evans		(18 episodes, 1963)
Jay Livingston		(18 episodes, 1963)

Series Film Editing by
Les Callaway		(18 episodes, 1963)

Series Production Management
Graham Sharpe	....	unit manager (15 episodes, 1963)

Series Art Department
Robert Little	....	scenic artist (11 episodes, 1963-1964)
Anton Loeb	....	scenic artist (10 episodes, 1963-1964)
Robert Owen	....	scenic artist (4 episodes, 1963)

Series Sound Department
Ron Moore	....	sound mixer (5 episodes, 1963)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Tom Wheater	....	camera operator (14 episodes, 1963)
Graham Sharpe	....	camera director (4 episodes, 1963)

Series Animation Department
Aub Stapleton	....	background artist (18 episodes, 1963)
Morey Reden	....	animator (9 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ray Bartle	....	animator (6 episodes, 1963)
Cam Ford	....	animator (6 episodes, 1963)
Peter Gardiner	....	animator (6 episodes, 1963)
Leif Gram	....	animator (6 episodes, 1963)
Laurie Sharpe	....	animator (6 episodes, 1963)
John Taylor	....	animator (5 episodes, 1963)
Wm. B. Pattengill	....	animator (4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Martin Taras	....	animator (4 episodes, 1963)
Irving Dressler	....	animator (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Nick Tafuri	....	animator (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Chuck Harriton	....	animator (2 episodes, 1963)

Production Companies

• King Features Syndicate
• Artransa Park Studios
• Famous Studios

Distributors

• Famous Studios
• Paramount Pictures

Also Known As:

Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

6 min (50 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

King Features Syndicate

Movie Connections:

Followed by Beetle Bailey (1989) (TV)

The Best Part of this Cartoon Series Was The Theme Song

Painfully unfunny entry from King Features Syndicate. The same kind of very funny and striking observations from the Mort Walker strip we see everyday, at this writing from the newspaper, is greatly lacking in this blistering, shrieking and boring cartoon.

Beetle is portrayed as a moron, not a rebellious soul. Sergeant Snorkel as a fascist tyrant, not an upholder of the proud traditions of the army. The characters Killer, Plato and Zero are neither fleshed out, or even bothered with. Captain Scabbard, Lieutenant Fuzz or even the beloved Chaplain are simply just nonentities to be recognized here.

The cartoon artwork seems to come from some sweatshop in Shri Lanka, not from anywhere the near the type of "Termite Terrace," that's for sure. Pretty embarrassing stuff for those those involved.

It's terribly ironic that for a theme song that boasts: "...From the General, Colonel, Major and the Captain; The Lieutenant, Sergeant and the Corporal...they would tell you with a shout, they would gladly live without, a certain Private by the name of Beetle Bailey..." They would all take a break and go to the mess hall.

And, dear reader, a "mess" is what this cartoon series is.