"Fabulous Funnies" (1978) TV series 1978-1979

Writers:

Ernie Bushmiller (comic strip "Nancy")
Rudolph Dirks (comic strip "Captain and the Kids")
(more)

Release Date:

9 September 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

An anthology of animated adaptions of various classic newspaper comic strips.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic | Based On Comic Strip

Cast

June Foray	...	Broom Hilda / Oola / Hans / Fritz / Sluggo (voice)
Bob Holt	...	Alley Oop / Foozy / King Guzzle (voice)
Alan Oppenheimer	...	The Captain / Gaylord / Irwin / Grelber / Tumbleweeds (voice)
Jayne Hamil	...	Nancy / Emmy Lou (voice)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ernie Bushmiller		comic strip "Nancy"
Rudolph Dirks		comic strip "Captain and the Kids"
Gary Greenfield		1978
V.T. Hamlin		comic strip "Alley Oop"
Russell Myers		comic strip "Broom Hilda"
Marc Richards		1978
Tom K. Ryan		comic strip "Tumbleweeds"

Produced by
Don Christensen	....	producer (1978)
Norm Prescott	....	executive producer (1978)
Lou Scheimer	....	executive producer (1978)

Original Music by
Ray Ellis		(1978) (as Mark Jeffrey)
Lou Scheimer		(1978) (as David Jeffrey)

Film Editing by
Jim Blodgett		(1978)
Ann Hagerman		(1978)

Art Direction by
Alberto De Mello		(1978)

Production Management
Joseph Simon	....	production manager (1978)

Art Department
Paul Fennell	....	storyboard artist (1978)
Eddie Fitzgerald	....	storyboard artist (1978)
Karl Geurs	....	storyboard artist (1978)
Mike Joens	....	storyboard artist (1978) (as Michael Joens)
Bob Kline	....	storyboard director (1978)
Tom Minton	....	storyboard artist (1978)
Wendell Washer	....	storyboard artist (1978)

Sound Department
George Mahana	....	sound effects supervisor (1978)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Aardal	....	camera operator (1978)
Don Dinehart	....	camera operator (1978)
David J. Link	....	camera operator (1978)
R.W. Pope	....	camera supervisor (1978)
Dean G. Teves	....	camera operator (1978) (as Dean Teves)
F.T. Ziegler	....	camera operator (1978)

Animation Department
Tom Baron	....	animator (1978)
Barbara Benedetto	....	background artist (1978)
Sheila Brown	....	background artist (1978)
Jim Brummett	....	animator (1978)
Bill Carney	....	animator (1978) (as William Carney)
Kurt Conner	....	layout artist (1978) (as Kurt Connor)
Franco Cristofani	....	animator (1978)
Zeon Davush	....	animator (1978) (as Zion Davush)
Ed Friedman	....	animation director (1978)
Kennetha Gaebler	....	animator (1978)
Rene Garcia	....	layout artist (1978)
John Garling	....	animator (1978)
Milton Gray	....	animator (1978) (as Milt Gray)
Ed Haney	....	layout artist (1978)
Mike Hazy	....	layout key assistant (1978)
Wes Herschensohn	....	layout artist (1978)
David Hoover	....	layout artist (1978) (as Dave Hoover)
Richard Hoover	....	layout artist (1978) (as Rich Hoover)
Lew Irwin	....	assistant animation supervisor (1978)
Lou Kachivas	....	animator (1978)
Les Kaluza	....	layout artist (1978)
Ervin L. Kaplan	....	color director (1978) (as Ervin Kaplan)
Pat Keppler	....	background artist (1978)
Marsh Lamore	....	animation director (1978)
Lonnie Lloyd	....	layout artist (1978)
Carol Lundberg	....	key layout artist (1978)
Darrell McNeil	....	layout artist (1978)
Larry Miller	....	animator (1978)
Michael Mitchell	....	layout artist (1978)
Fred Myers	....	animator (1978)
Ron Myrick	....	animator (1978) (as Emory Myrick)
Greg Nocon	....	layout artist (1978)
Bill Nunes	....	animator (1978)
Tom O'Loughlin	....	background artist (1978) (as Tom O'Laughlin)
Rolando Oliva	....	background artist (1978) (as Rolly Oliva)
Jack Ozark	....	animator (1978)
Tony Pabian	....	animator (1978)
John Paice	....	animator (1978)
Curt Perkins	....	background artist (1978) (as Curtiss Perkins)
John Perry	....	layout artist (1978)
Don Peters	....	background artist (1978)
Karen Peterson	....	animator (1978)
John Remmel	....	xerography supervisor (1978)
Len Rogers	....	animator (1978)
Mitch Schauer	....	layout artist (1978)
Don Schloat	....	animator (1978)
Ernie Schmidt	....	animator (1978)
Don Schweikert	....	background artist (1978)
Larry Silverman	....	animator (1978)
Hank Smith	....	animator (1978)
Leo Swenson	....	layout artist (1978)
Reuben Timmins	....	animator (1978)
Marion Turk	....	checking supervisor (1978)
Dardo Velez	....	animator (1978)
Val Vreeland	....	paint supervisor (1978)
Curt Walstead	....	layout artist (1978)
Don Watson	....	background artist (1978)
David West	....	layout artist (1978)
Gwen Wetzler	....	animation director (1978)
Sherry Wheeler	....	layout artist (1978)
Kay Wright	....	animation director (1978)
Woody Yocum	....	animator (1978)
Lou Zukor	....	animation director (1978)

Music Department
Sam Horta	....	music editor (1978)
Dean Andre	....	composer: theme music (1978) (uncredited)
Norm Prescott	....	composer: theme music (1978) (uncredited)

Other crew
Toni Christiansen	....	film coordinator (1978)
June Gilham	....	film coordinator (1978)

Production Companies

• Filmation Associates

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1978-1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Other Companies

• Technicolor  color by
• Filmation Music Publishing Co.  music publisher

Runtime:

30 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L

Company:

Filmation Associates

Trivia:

Originally, Tom K. Ryan's comic strip "Tumbleweeds" was going to be a regular segment on this show and was included in promotional materials and the premier episode. However, after the first episode aired, it was learned that Filmation lacked the rights to use the property and the segment was quickly removed from future episodes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Bay City Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars (1978) (TV)

A Smorgasboard!

This cartoon featured several other short cartoons within it. It was hosted by Foozy and featured marginally beloved characters like Broom Hilda, The Katzenjammer Kids, Nancy and Sluggo. Oddly, Foozy's own Alley-Oop cartoon was seen less often. The cartoons usually featured a moral of some kind: things like being kind to animals, being responsible in school and in one case, using the Broom Hilda characters, alcoholism (seriously!)It was very tame and easy to take. Even as a kid, I was able to tell that the same voice actor was doing different characters in the same show, sometimes even in the same scene. Those who recall the Katzenjammer kids were probably surprised at how much tamer the pranks of the boys were and how little the Captain and the Inspector had to suffer when compared to earlier versions of the comic. In fact, it was probably a combination of the moral-themed storylines and the tameness which kept the kiddie viewers away. Unlike other 70s cartoon, it didn't have any real central figures to create a lasting impression and was quickly forgotten before the end of the same season in which it began.