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Total TeleVision productions was an American animation studio founded in 1959 by Buck Biggers, Chester "Chet" Stover, Joe Harris, and Treadwell D. Covington. They were executives in the advertising agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample who had the account for the General Mills food corporation. Total was formed to create cartoon characters encouraging children to buy General Mills breakfast cereals and other products. The company mostly created cartoons for television networks such as NBC. ''Underdog'', '' King Leonardo and His Short Subjects'', and '' Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'' were among the most popular series made by the studio. Production and Shows Animation for Total Television was originally sourced from TV Spots, but would switch to being produced by Gamma Productions as '' King Leonardo and His Short Subjects'' entered its second season (around 1961). Notable works under the Total Television banner include: *'' Cocoa Puffs'' commercials (1960–1969) *'' King Leona ...
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Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ...
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The King & Odie
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DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio, owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal as part of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios, Inc, Universal Studios. The studio has produced List of DreamWorks Animation productions#Feature films, 51 feature films. Its first film, ''Antz'', was released on October 2, 1998, and its latest film, How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film), the live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon'', was released on June 13, 2025. Their upcoming slate of films includes ''The Bad Guys 2'' on August 1, 2025, ''Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie'' on September 26, 2025, ''Forgotten Island'' on September 25, 2026, ''Shrek 5'' on December 23, 2026, the How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)#Sequel, live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'' on June 11, 2027, ''Cocomelon: The Movie'' in 2027, and an untitled film on September 22, 2028. Formed as a division of DreamWor ...
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The Program Exchange
The Program Exchange, Inc. was a syndicator of television programs. It was founded as DFS Program Exchange, Inc. in 1979, which became elongated to the DFS-Dorland Program Exchange, Inc. from 1986 to 1987. From 1986 to 2008, it was a division of Saatchi & Saatchi, an advertising agency (which acquired Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, the original owners), while merging with Dorland Advertising in 1986, and would later be acquired by Publicis in 2000. In January 2008, Publicis transferred The Program Exchange from the Saatchi & Saatchi subsidiary to its ZenithOptimedia subsidiary, the logo was then changed to reflect this move. In 2016, the programexchange.com web domain was discontinued; the shutdown coincided with NBCUniversal's purchase of one of its most prominent clients, DreamWorks Classics. The distribution rights to Jay Ward Productions content were assumed by Canada-based WildBrain in 2022. The Program Exchange was a "barter syndicator," distributing programming on behalf of the ...
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The Colossal Show
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Cauliflower Cabby
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Gene Hattree
In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed to produce a functional RNA. There are two types of molecular genes: protein-coding genes and non-coding genes. During gene expression (the synthesis of RNA or protein from a gene), DNA is first copied into RNA. RNA can be directly functional or be the intermediate template for the synthesis of a protein. The transmission of genes to an organism's offspring, is the basis of the inheritance of phenotypic traits from one generation to the next. These genes make up different DNA sequences, together called a genotype, that is specific to every given individual, within the gene pool of the population of a given species. The genotype, along with environmental and developmental factors, ultimately determines the phenotype of the individual. Most biological traits occur under the combined influence of polygenes (a se ...
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Klondike Kat
''Klondike Kat'' is a cartoon produced by Total Television and originally aired as part of '' The Beagles'' on CBS-TV in 1966, and later found in the U.S. syndicated ''Underdog'' and '' Tennessee Tuxedo'' cartoon series, in between episodes as an animated short. Plot Klondike Kat (voiced by Mort Marshall) is an anthropomorphic wildcat Mountie. Klondike is always in pursuit of Savoie-Faire (voiced by Sandy Becker), a French-Canadian mouse who constantly steals food and is known for his catchphrase, "Savoie-Faire eez everywhere!" Savoie-Faire is accompanied by his sled dog Malamutt, who at times, plays the violin as well as the piano, is strong enough to bend steel bars (to break his boss out of jail), and has ears that can detect trouble outside, when Klondike Kat is in its presence. Malamutt's only sounds are a whimper or a growl. Klondike Kat lives in Fort Frazzle and answers to the British-Canadian commanding officer Major Minor (modeled after Terry-Thomas), and voiced ...
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The Beagles (TV Series)
''The Beagles'' was a Saturday morning animated television series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1966, to January 7, 1967, with reruns continuing until September 2, 1967. The show was produced by Total Television, which created ''King Leonardo and His Short Subjects'', ''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'', and ''Underdog''. The show was cancelled by CBS after one season, despite finishing in the top 10 for Saturday mornings. It then went into reruns on ABC from September 9, 1967, to September 2, 1968 before it quickly disappeared. It was also the last animated series produced by Total Television before it was dissolved in 1969. Inspiration It is widely assumed that the show drew inspiration from the rock band the Beatles, based on the similarity of the show's name. The two characters in the band, Stringer and Tubby, were spoofs of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. However, the music they played bore no resemblance to anything Martin & Lewis performed, and was clearly derived from ...
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Go Go Gophers
''Go Go Gophers'' is an animated series set in the Old West that appears as a 4-5 minute long segment within 48 episodes of the ''Underdog'' TV series. The cartoon segments were produced in 1962 but were released several years later. It was then spun off as a separate series on CBS that aired from September 14, 1968 to September 6, 1969. However, the episodes were just repeats of the 48 segments that aired on the ''Underdog'' series. The show also shared with '' Space Kidettes'' on Saturday morning television in 1967. The show was produced by Total Television. The show was unusual for Old West-themed series, in that the Native American characters always beat the cowboys. Plot The series is set in the late 19th century, as well as the early 20th century, in the American West. There the coyote leaders of a local United States Army fort, one Colonel Kit Coyote (voiced by Kenny Delmar impersonating Theodore Roosevelt) whose name is an obvious parody of Kit Carson, and his right-h ...
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Commander McBragg
Commander McBragg is a cartoon character who appeared in short segments (usually 90 seconds) produced by Total Television Productions and animated by Gamma Productions. These segments first appeared in 1963 on the animated series ''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'',Markstein, Don"Commander McBragg."Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Accessed July 17, 2008.
on Toontracker.com. Accessed July 17, 2008. then on the ''Underdog (TV series), Underdog'' animated television show from 1964 to 1973, and have appeared in some syndicated prints of ''The Bullwinkle Show'', ''Hoppity Hooper'' and ''Uncle Waldo's Cartoon Show''.


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The segments opened with an image of a revolving globe and the title "The World of Commander McBragg." The Commander, a retired British officer, would buttonhole a ...
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The Sing A Long Family
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