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''Jolly Frolics'' is a UPA
animated cartoon Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anima ...
series. Thirty-eight films were produced in the series, theatrically released from 1948 to 1959, pioneering the use of limited animation. Due to their mature themes, they weren't considered animation appropriate for younger audiences, and as a result have never aired on television (with some exceptions, like the cartoons with '' The Fox and the Crow'', ''
Mr. Magoo Mr. Magoo (known by his full name: J. Quincy Magoo) is a fictional cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus, Mr. Magoo is an elderly, wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of comical ...
'' and '' Gerald McBoing-Boing'' plus some others which were more family-friendly in tone, as they were aired in the package TV series ''
Totally Tooned In ''Totally Tooned In'' is an American syndicated television animated cartoon compilation series consisting of theatrical cartoons from the Columbia Pictures and UPA animation studios. The series was produced in 1999 until 2000 by Columbia TriStar ...
''). They were released on DVD by TCM in 2012 with a MOD re-release in 2014.


Filmography

*''Robin Hoodlum'' 12/23/48 fc *''The Magic Fluke'' 3/27/49 fc *'' The Ragtime Bear'' 9/8/49 m *''Punchy De Leon'' 1/12/50 fc *''Spellbound Hound'' 3/16/50 m *''The Miner's Daughter'' 5/25/50 *''Giddyap'' 7/27/50 *'' Gerald McBoing-Boing'' 11/2/50 g *''The Popcorn Story'' 11/30/50 *''The Family Circus'' 1/25/51 *''Late Registration'' 8/3/51 *''Georgie and the Dragon'' 9/27/51 *''The Wonder Gloves'' 11/29/51 *''The Oompahs'' 1/24/52 *''
Rooty Toot Toot ''Rooty Toot Toot'' is a 1951 American black comedy musical film noir cartoon directed by John Hubley. It was released by Columbia Pictures and produced by UPA. Annette Warren provides the voices of both Frankie and Nelly Bly. Thurl Ravenscroft ...
'' 3/27/52 *''Willie the Kid'' 6/26/52 *''Pete Hothead'' 9/25/52 *'' Madeline'' 11/27/52 *''Little Boy With a Big Horn'' 3/26/53 *'' The Emperor's New Clothes'' 4/30/53 *''Christopher Crumpet'' 6/25/53 *'' Gerald McBoing-Boing's Symphony'' 7/5/53 g Sparky *''
The Unicorn in the Garden "The Unicorn in the Garden" is a short story written by James Thurber. One of the most famous of Thurber's humorous modern fables, it first appeared in ''The New Yorker'' on October 21, 1939; and was first collected in his book ''Fables for Our Ti ...
'' 9/24/53 *'' The Tell Tale Heart'' 12/27/53 *''Bringing Up Mother'' 1/14/54 *''Ballet-Oop'' 2/11/54 *''The Man on the Flying Trapeze'' 4/8/54 *''Fudget's Budget'' 6/17/54 *'' How Now Boing Boing'' 9/9/54 g *''Spare the Child'' 1/27/55 *''Four Wheels No Brakes'' 3/24/55 *''Baby Boogie'' 5/19/55 *''Christopher Crumpet's Playmate'' 9/8/55 *''The Rise of Duton Lang'' 12/1/55 *'' Gerald McBoing! Boing! On Planet Moo'' 2/9/56 g *''The Jaywalker'' 5/31/56 *''Trees and Jamaica Daddy'' 1/30/58 hh *''Sailing and Village Band'' 2/27/58 hh *''Spring and Saganaki'' 10/16/58 hh *''Picnics Are Fun and Dino's Serenade'' 1/16/59 hh


See also

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List of UPA cartoons The following is a listing of every United Productions of America (UPA) short released through Columbia Pictures from 1948 to 1959, as well as a complete feature film list and an incomplete list of TV series, industrial films and training films. ...
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Color Rhapsodies ''Color Rhapsody'' is a series of usually one-shot animated cartoon shorts produced by Charles Mintz's studio Screen Gems for Columbia Pictures. They were launched in 1934, following the phenomenal success of Walt Disney's Technicolor ''Silly Symp ...
'' *'' Phantasies'' *'' Silly Symphony'' *'' Color Classics'' *'' Happy Harmonies'' *''
Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series ''Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation.
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Merrie Melodies ''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animation, animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ending in 1969. Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 197 ...
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