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Terrytoon
Terrytoons, Inc. was an American animation studio headquartered in New Rochelle, New York, which was active from 1929 until its closure in December 1972 (and briefly returned between 1987 and 1996 for television in-name only). Founded by Paul Terry, Frank Moser, and Joseph Coffman, it operated out of the "K" Building in downtown New Rochelle. The studio created many cartoon characters including Fanny Zilch, Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Gandy Goose, Sourpuss, Dinky Duck, Little Roquefort, the Terry Bears, Dimwit, and Luno; Terry's pre-existing character Farmer Al Falfa was also featured often in the series. The "New Terrytoons" period of the late 1950s through the mid-1960s produced such characters as Clint Clobber, Tom Terrific, Deputy Dawg, Hector Heathcote, Hashimoto-san, Sidney the Elephant, Possible Possum, James Hound, Astronut, Sad Cat, The Mighty Heroes, and Sally Sargent. Also during that time, Ralph Bakshi got his start as an animator, and eventually as a direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heckle And Jeckle
Heckle and Jeckle are postwar animated cartoon characters created by Paul Terry, originally produced at his own Terrytoons animation studio and released through 20th Century Fox. The characters are a pair of identical anthropomorphic yellow-billed magpies who usually cause problems to others and for themselves with their bizarre antics. Heckle speaks in a tough New York style manner, while Jeckle has a more polite British accent. They were voiced at different times by Dayton Allen (1946–66), Sid Raymond (1947), Roy Halee (1950–1955, 1959–1961), and Frank Welker (1979). Production history ''The Talking Magpies'', released January 4, 1946, was the first Terrytoons cartoon to feature a pair of wisecracking magpies. This was a husband-and-wife pair, not the pair of identical birds that they would become. Terry was taken with the idea of a pair of identical characters, and followed up with ''The Uninvited Pests'' (November 29, 1946), which established the pair as new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mighty Mouse
Mighty Mouse is an American animated character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. He is an anthropomorphic superhero mouse, originally called Super Mouse, and made his debut in the 1942 short ''The Mouse of Tomorrow''. The name was changed to Mighty Mouse in his eighth film, 1944's ''The Wreck of the Hesperus'', and the character went on to star in 80 theatrical shorts, concluding in 1961 with ''Cat Alarm''. In 1955, '' Mighty Mouse Playhouse'' debuted as a Saturday morning cartoon show on the CBS television network, which popularized the character far more than the original theatrical run. The show lasted until 1967. Filmation revived the character in '' The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle'', which ran from 1979 to 1980, and animation director Ralph Bakshi revived the concept again in '' Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'', from 1987 to 1988. Mighty Mouse also appeared in comic books by several publishers, including his own series, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Terry (cartoonist)
Paul Houlton Terry (February 19, 1887 – October 25, 1971) was an American cartoonist, screenwriter, film director and producer. He produced over 1,300 cartoons between 1915 and 1955 including the many Terrytoons cartoons. His studio's most famous character is Mighty Mouse, and also created Heckle and Jeckle, Gandy Goose and Dinky Duck. Early life Born in California to Joseph and Minnie Perron, Terry's parents moved to San Francisco where he spent most of his early life. In 1904 he began working as a news photographer and drawing cartoons for newspapers such as the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', ''San Francisco Call'', and the ''San Francisco Examiner''. He contributed to a weekly comic strip about a dog titled "Alonzo" for the ''San Francisco Call'' in 1909, before it was taken over by his brother John a year later. He later transferred to the ''New York Press'' in 1910, a newspaper in New York City. In 1914, Terry became interested in animation after seeing Winsor Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandy Goose
Gandy Goose is a Terrytoons cartoon character who first appeared in the 1938 short ''Gandy the Goose''. He is frequently paired with Sourpuss, a cat, beginning in the 1939 short ''Hook Line and Sinker''. Sourpuss' first appearance was in the 1939 short '' The Owl and the Pussycat,'' and had appearances without Gandy in the shorts ''How Wet Was My Ocean'' (1940), ''Fishing Made Easy'' (1941), and ''A Torrid Toreador'' (1942). Originally voiced by composer and orchestral arranger Arthur Kay from 1939 to 1941, Gandy spoke in a lyrical vocal parody of radio comedian Ed Wynn while Sourpuss vocally impersonated an impatient Jimmy Durante. Their surreal adventures often showcase extended dreams, bookended by coarse bedroom arguments. Gandy was used to promote the U.S. war effort during World War II. In the cartoons, Gandy Goose joined the US Army in 1941 in the cartoon "Flying Fever" and also in "The Home Guard". Gandy Goose appeared in a total of 54 cartoons between 1938 and 1955. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi (; born October 29, 1938) is a Mandatory Palestine-born American retired animator and filmmaker, known for his fantastical animated films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent animation, independent and adult animation, adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1994, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, predominantly urban fiction, urban drama film, dramas and fantasy films, five of which he wrote. He has also been involved in numerous television projects as director, writer, producer and animator. Beginning his career at the Terrytoons television cartoon studio as a cel polisher, Bakshi was eventually promoted to animator and then director. He moved to Famous Studios, the animation division of Paramount Pictures in 1967 and started his own studio, Bakshi Productions, in 1968. Through producer Steve Krantz, Bakshi made his debut feature film, ''Fritz the Cat (film), Fritz the Cat'', released in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy Dawg
Deputy Dawg is a Terrytoons cartoon character, featured on the animated television series of the same name that aired from 1960 to 1964. Background The character of Deputy Dawg originated in 1959 as part of a projected series entitled ''Possible Possum'', intended as a component of the '' Captain Kangaroo Show''. Larz Bourne came up with the series concept and drew the first storyboards. Midway through production, the project was overhauled as a standalone series; Deputy Dawg became the star, and "Possible" was rechristened Muskie Muskrat, to avoid comparisons with Walt Kelly's comic strip character Pogo Possum. A later, less Kelly-inspired Terrytoons character would eventually take the Possible Possum name. ''The Deputy Dawg Show'' first ran weekly from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1964. Each episode has a Deputy Dawg cartoon, followed by Sidney the Elephant. The British television debut came on BBC Television on August 31, 1963. The cartoons are between four and six minut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mighty Heroes
''The Mighty Heroes'' is an American Saturday morning animated television series created by Ralph Bakshi for the Terrytoons company. The original show debuted on CBS, on October 29, 1966, and ran for one season with 21 episodes.''The Mighty Heroes'' at Archived from the original on February 23, 2016. The stories took place in Good Haven, a fictitious city that was continually beset by various |
Tom Terrific
''Tom Terrific'' is a 1957–1959 animated series on American television, presented as part of the ''Captain Kangaroo'' children's television show. Production Created by Gene Deitch under the Terrytoons studio (which by that time was a subsidiary of CBS, the network that broadcast ''Captain Kangaroo''), ''Tom Terrific'' was made as twenty-six stories, each split into five episodes, with one five-minute episode broadcast per day. The first thirteen stories were filmed in 1957, with the second set in 1958. ''Captain Kangaroo'' continued to rerun the episodes for many years. Starting in 1962, ''Captain Kangaroo'' broadcast ''Tom Terrific'' every other week, alternating with Terrytoons' ''Lariat Sam''. It was drawn in a simple black-and-white style reminiscent of children's drawings. Some of the dialogue was written by cartoonist Jules Feiffer. Gene Deitch adapted the feature from his earlier newspaper comic strip, "Terr'ble Thompson!" distributed during the 1950s by the United Fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Eye Animation Productions
CBS Eye Animation Productions is the television animation studio division of CBS Studios, owned by Paramount Global. The studio is closely associated with the ''Star Trek'' franchise with its first projects, '' Star Trek: Lower Decks'' and '' Star Trek: Prodigy.'' CBS reinstated it as an animation division in late 2018 before its re-merger with Viacom in late 2019. The company does not have an on-screen logo nor a print logo, it instead uses the parent CBS Studios logo. Background In the 1950s, CBS began to invest further into television programs, creating many live shows as ''I Love Lucy'' and Captain Kangaroo. However, in 1955 CBS purchased Terrytoons from Paul Terry under CBS Films. After the deal's closure in 1956, CBS placed Terrytoons under the management of UPA's Gene Deitch (who had already secured a contract with CBS). Deitch would soon produce animated '' Tom Terrific'' shorts for ''Captain Kangaroo'' in 1957. Terrytoons would continue animation under CBS until its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sad Cat
Sad Cat is an animated cartoon character created by director Ralph Bakshi at the Terrytoons studio in 1965. The character was the subject of 13 theatrical cartoons, which were syndicated to television in the early 1970s as part of '' The Astronut Show''. Eli Bauer and Al Kouzel wrote the cartoons. Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin said that Sad Cat was "perhaps the dreariest character ever created at Terrytoons". Sad Cat was a put-upon feline, originally based on the Cinderella character. He lived in the city of Imagination with his two mean brothers, Latimore and Fenimore, and had a fairy godmouse named Gadmouse. In the first five cartoons directed by Bakshi, Gadmouse attempts to earn his wand and become a full-fledged good fairy by helping Sad Cat achieve his goals. Unfortunately, Gadmouse's schemes always go wrong, leaving Sad Cat still under his siblings' thumb. After Bakshi left the Terrytoons studio in 1967, Arthur Bartsch directed the eight further Sad Cat cartoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Heathcote
Hector Heathcote is a Terrytoons animated cartoon character. Created by Eli Bauer and Ralph Bakshi, he first appeared on July 18, 1959, in ''The Minute and a Half Man''. He was voiced by John Myhers. Terrytoons created the character for television, but the cartoons also received theatrical distribution. Hector is an 18-year-old orange-haired Colonial era patriot who turned up, often as an unsung hero, during various stages of American history. In later cartoons he was accompanied by his faithful red-and-yellow dog Winston who talked with a slight English accent. Heathcote was also antagonized by a big bully named Benedict, who parodied the infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold. While much of the cartoons were historical, occasionally some would focus on science, one example being where Hector talks through two tin cans and a piece of string, then is inspired by Winston to make use of electrical currents to upgrade such a device to travel long distances, thus inventing teleco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luno The White Stallion
''Luno the White Stallion'' is a Terrytoons cartoon character (1963 to 1965). The series of cartoons centered on a little boy, Tim, who had a toy horse of marble white, Luno. Luno would come alive and whisk him off on adventures in far off lands when Tim said the words, "Oh winged horse of marble white, take me on a magic flight". The series was produced by William Weiss, and directed by Connie Rasinski and Arthur Bartsch. Six Luno shorts were released theatrically; eleven further shorts aired as backup segments in the Terrytoons television shows ''The Astronut Show'' and ''Deputy Dawg''. Five of the shorts produced for ''The Astronut Show'' were later released theatrically in the mid-1970s. Cast * Bob McFadden - Luno the White Stallion * Norma MacMillan and Dayton Allen - Tim Episodes Theatrical releases: * The Missing Genie (Apr 1963) * Trouble in Baghdad (June 1963) * Roc-A-Bye Sinbad (Jan 1964) * King Rounder (April 1964) * Adventure By the Sea (July 1964) * The Gold Dust B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
