Format Films was an

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which was founded by Herbert Klynn in 1959 with

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as vice president, Bob McIntosh and Joseph Mugnaini, all of whom were animators.

History

It was most active during the 1960s, producing episodes of '' The Alvin Show'' and '' Popeye the Sailor''. Klynn shut his studio in 1962 but reopened it by 1965 as Format Productions when Engels left for Europe. The studio made eleven sub-contracted shorts in

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' theatrical '' Road Runner'' series as well as three ''

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and Speedy Gonzales'' shorts, and produced ''

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'' animated series for CBS in 1966. Format Productions also created

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s for several TV series, including '' I Spy'', '' Honey West'', the animated characters on the television variety show ''

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'', animated various TV commercials, and created

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s for '' The Glory Guys'' and '' Clambake''.

TV series

*'' Popeye the Sailor'' (

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, Jack Kinney Productions/1960) *'' The Alvin Show'' (Bagdasarian Film Corporation/1961–1962) *''

'' (Jack Wrather Corporation, Lone Ranger Productions/1966–1969) (as Format Productions)

TV Pilot

*'' The Shrimp'' (1961)

Theatrical shorts

*''Tale of Old Wiff'' (1960) *''Icarus Montgolfier Wright'' (1962) (

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nominee)"Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1962 -"
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'' and ''

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'' (

, DePatie–Freleng Enterprises/1965–1967) (as Format Productions) **'' Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner'' (1965) (subcontracted-DFE) **''Tired and Feathered'' (1965) (subcontracted-DFE) **''Boulder Wham!'' (1965) (subcontracted-DFE) **''Just Plane Beep'' (1965) (subcontracted-DFE) **''Hairied and Hurried'' (1965) (subcontracted-DFE) **''Highway Runnery'' (1965) (subcontracted-DFE) **'' Chaser on the Rocks'' (1965) (subcontracted-DFE) **''Shot and Bothered'' (1966) (subcontracted-DFE) **''Out and Out Rout'' (1966) (subcontracted-DFE) **'' The Solid Tin Coyote'' (1966) (subcontracted-DFE) **'' Clippety Clobbered'' (1966) (subcontracted-DFE) **'' Quacker Tracker'' (1967) (subcontracted-WB) **''The Music Mice-Tro'' (1967) (subcontracted-WB) **'' The Spy Swatter'' (1967) (subcontracted-WB)

Film and television titles (as Format Productions unless otherwise noted)

*''Outlaws'' (1960–1962) (TV) (as Format Films) *'' I Spy'' (1965–1968) (TV) *'' The Glory Guys'' (1965) *'' Honey West'' (1965–1966) (TV) *'' Clambake'' (1967) *'' The Mothers-in-Law'' (1967–1969) (TV) *''

'' (1969) (TV) *'' Curiosity Shop'' (1971–1973) (TV)

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