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Terrytoons
Terrytoons was an American animation studio in New Rochelle, New York, that produced animated cartoons for theatrical release from 1929 to 1973 (and briefly returned between 1987 and 1996 for television in name only). Terrytoons was founded by Paul Terry, Frank Moser, and Joseph Coffman, and 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. Ralph Bakshi got his start as an animator, and eventually as a director, at Terrytoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heckle And Jeckle
Heckle and Jeckle are postwar animated cartoon Character (arts), characters created by Paul Terry (cartoonist), 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; they were voiced at different times by Sid Raymond (1947), Ned Sparks (1947–51), Roy Halee (1951–61), Dayton Allen (1956–66) 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 characters. Terrytoons made 52 ''Heckle and Jeckle'' theatrical cartoons between 1946 and 1966. The early cartoons paired the duo with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mighty Mouse
Mighty Mouse is an American animated Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. The character was 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, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American animator and filmmaker. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote. He has 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 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'', released in 1972. It was based on the comic strip by Robert Crumb and was the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and is the most successful independent animated feature of all time. Ove ... [...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 there. In 1904 he began working as a news photographer and began to draw 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 (historical), New York Press'' in 1910, a newspaper in New York City. In 1914, Terry became intereste ... [...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 minute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Moser (artist)
Frank Moser (1886–1964) was an American artist, illustrator and film director who co-founded Terrytoons, the animation studio. Between 1916 and 1937 he directed 202 films. He died in Dobbs Ferry Hospital at the age of 78. Life Moser was born at Oketo, Kansas, and studied art at the Art Students League and National Academy of Design there. He was a cartoonist for the Des Moines Register and Leader where he drew editorial cartoons, and a regular feature called "In the Short Pants League" before going to New York City in 1916. In 1929 he and Paul Terry (cartoonist), Paul Terry established 'Moser & Terry' to create Terrytoons Terrytoons was an American animation studio in New Rochelle, New York, that produced animated cartoons for theatrical release from 1929 to 1973 (and briefly returned between 1987 and 1996 for television in name only). Terrytoons was founded by P .... Moser was Terrytoons' most prolific animator, often responsible for nearly half of footage on each cartoon. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mighty Heroes
''The Mighty Heroes'' is a 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 20 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 |
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 tins cans and string, then is inspired by Winston to make use of electrical currents to upgrade such a device to travel long distances, thus inventing telecommunication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Terrific
''Tom Terrific'' is a 1957–1959 animated series on American television, presented as part of the ''Captain Kangaroo'' children's television show. 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''. Drawn in a simple black-and white style reminiscent of children's drawings, the show features a gee-whiz boy hero, Tom Terrific, who lives in a treehouse and can transform himself into anything he wants, thanks to his magical funnel-shaped "thinking cap", which also enhances his intelligence. He ... [...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 Link and Sinker''. Sourpuss' first appearance was in the 1939 ''The Owl and the Pussycat''. Originally voiced by composer and orchestral arranger Arthur Kay from 1939–1941, 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 also made two appearances in '' Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' (1987–1988) voiced by Patrick Pinney. Gandy Goose (along with Sourpuss) is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Eye Animation Productions
CBS Eye Animation Productions is an American 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 2019. 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 the management of UPA's Gene Deitch (which they'd 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 closure in 1972 after the corporate spin-off of the original Viacom International. Despite the change of op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Zilch
Fanny Zilch is an animated cartoon character, part of the ''Terrytoons'' series. She made her debut in 1933. Her cartoons were musical spoofs of melodrama serials like '' The Perils of Pauline'', in which blonde sweetheart Fanny -- "the Banker's Daughter" -- was pursued by the villainous Oil Can Harry, and protected by the heroic J. Leffingwell Strongheart. Terrytoons later used the melodrama spoof as a running theme in the ''Mighty Mouse'' cartoons, beginning with ''A Fight to the Finish'' in 1947. The endangered heroine was renamed Pearl Pureheart in ''Mighty Mouse'', and Oil Can Harry became Mighty Mouse's cat archvillain. Fanny Zilch also inspired a series of Betty Boop melodrama spoofs, beginning in 1934 with ''She Wronged Him Right''. Development Fanny's character design originated in the 1933 cartoon ''King Zilch'', as a dancing girl who made romantic gestures toward the King. Her first starring role was in 1933's ''The Banker's Daughter'', which begins with an opening c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
