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, all of whom were animators. 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 Warner Bros.' theatrical '' Road Runner'' series as well as three '' Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales'' shorts, and produced '' The Lone Ranger'' animated series for CBS in 1966. Format Productions also created title sequences for several TV series, including '' I Spy'', '' Honey West'', the animated characters on the television variety show '' Hee Haw'', animated various TV commercials, and created film title designs for '' The Glory Guys'' and '' Clambake''.

TV series

*'' Popeye the Sailor'' (

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/1960) *'' The Alvin Show'' (Bagdasarian Film Corporation/1961–1962) *'' The Lone Ranger'' (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) ( Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film nominee) *''

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

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

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