Modern Madcaps
Animated short film series
- Paramount Cartoon Studios (1958–1967)
- Rembrandt Films (1962)
- Hal Seeger Productions (1963)
Release date
Running time
Modern Madcaps is an animated film series produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios animation division between the years 1958 and 1967.[1] The series featured assorted characters that later became part of the Harvey Comics library. A total of 56 shorts were produced and released.
List of shorts
Title | Release date | Direction | Animation | Story | Scenics | Characters | Notes |
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Right Off the Bat | November 17, 1958 | Seymour Kneitel | Tom Johnson Frank Endres | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Little | ||
Fit to be Toyed | February 16, 1959 | Seymour Kneitel | Tom Johnson Wm.B.Pattengill | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | ||
La Petite Parade | March 16, 1959 | Seymour Kneitel | Tom Johnson Nick Tafuri | Irving Spector | Robert Little | Renoir | |
Spooking of Ghosts | June 1, 1959 | Seymour Kneitel | Tom Johnson Nick Tafuri | Sam Dann Irving Spector | Robert Owen | ||
Talking Horse Sense | September 14, 1959 | Seymour Kneitel | Frank Endres Wm.B.Pattengill | Sam Dann Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | Oscar Gullible | |
T.V. Fuddlehead | October 26, 1959 | Seymour Kneitel | Tom Johnson William Henning | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | Submitted and screened at the 32nd Academy Awards for an Oscar consideration, but wasn't nominated.[2] | |
Mike the Masquerader | January 1, 1960 | Seymour Kneitel | Wm.B.Pattengill Nick Tafuri | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | ||
Fiddle Faddle | February 26, 1960 | Seymour Kneitel | Tom Johnson Irving Dressler | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | ||
From Dime to Dime | March 25, 1960 | Seymour Kneitel | Tom Johnson Irving Dressler | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | ||
Trigger Treat | April 1, 1960 | Seymour Kneitel | Tom Johnson William Henning | Irving Dressler | Robert Owen | ||
The Shoe Must Go On | June 1, 1960 | Seymour Kneitel | Irving Spector Morey Reden | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | ||
Electronica | July 1, 1960 | Seymour Kneitel | Nick Tafuri Morey Reden | Irving Dressler | Robert Owen | ||
Shootin' Stars | August 1, 1960 | Seymour Kneitel | Tom Johnson Morey Reden | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | ||
Disguise the Limit | September 1, 1960 | Seymour Kneitel | Tom Johnson Morey Reden | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Little | ||
Galaxia | October 1, 1960 | Seymour Kneitel | Irving Spector Wm.B.Pattengil Morey Reden | Irving Dressler | Robert Owen | ||
Bouncing Benny | November 1, 1960 | Seymour Kneitel | Graham Place Otto Feuer | Robert Little | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Instead of painting the film on cels, animators Place and Feuer created paper cutouts of the characters to create shadow effects. | |
Terry the Terror | December 1, 1960 | Seymour Kneitel | Tom Johnson Tom Golden | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | Professor Schmaltz | |
The Phantom Moustacher | January 1, 1961 | Seymour Kneitel | Myron Waldman | I. Klein | Robert Little | Sir Percival Prunepit | |
The Kid from Mars | February 1, 1961 | Seymour Kneitel | Nick Tafuri William Henning | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Little | Kosmo | |
The Mighty Termite | April 1, 1961 | Seymour Kneitel | Nick Tafuri Dante Barbetta | Irving Dressler | Robert Owen | Professor Schmaltz | |
In the Nicotine | June 1, 1961 | Seymour Kneitel | Irving Spector Sam Stimson | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | Charlie Butts | |
The Inquisit Visit | July 1, 1961 | Seymour Kneitel | Irving Spector Gerry Dvorak | Irving Spector | Robert Little | ||
The Plot Sickens | December 1, 1961 | Seymour Kneitel | Irving Spector John Gentiella Larry Silverman | Irving Spector | Robert Owen | ||
Crumley Cogwheel | January 1, 1962 | Seymour Kneitel | Irving Spector Jack Ehret Larry Silverman | Irving Spector | Robert Little | ||
Popcorn and Politics | February 1, 1962 | Seymour Kneitel | Martin Taras John Gentiella Larry Silverman | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Little | Specs | |
Giddy Gadgets | March 1, 1962 | Seymour Kneitel | Nick Tafuri Jack Ehret Larry Silverman | Carl Meyer Jack Mercer | Robert Little | Professor Schmaltz | |
Hi-Fi Jinx | March 1, 1962 | Seymour Kneitel | Martin Taras Jack Ehret Wm.B.Pattengil | Burton Goodman Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | Ralph and Percy | |
Funderful Suburbia | March 1, 1962 | Seymour Kneitel | Nick Tafuri Wm.B.Pattengill Larry Silverman | Burton Goodman Jack Mercer | Anton Loeb | ||
Penny Pals | October 1, 1962 | Seymour Kneitel | Morey Reden Jim Logan Sam Stimson | Eddie Lawrence | Robert Owen | Ralph and Percy | |
The Robot Ringer | November 1, 1962 | Seymour Kneitel | Morey Reden Wm.B.Pattengill Larry Silverman | Irving Spector | Anton Loeb | ||
One of the Family | December 1, 1962 | Seymour Kneitel | Martin Taras Wm.B.Pattengill Larry Silverman | Burton Goodman Jack Mercer | Robert Little | ||
The Ringading Kid | January 1, 1963 | Seymour Kneitel | Morey Reden George Germanetti Larry Silverman | Irving Spector | Robert Owen | Submitted and screened at the 36th Academy Awards for an Oscar consideration, but wasn't nominated.[3] | |
Drum Up a Tenant | February 1, 1963 | Seymour Kneitel | Morey Reden George Gemanetti Larry Silverman | Irving Dressler | Robert Owen | Luigi | |
One Weak Vacation | March 1, 1963 | Seymour Kneitel | Martin Taras John Gentilella I. Klein | Jack Mercer | Robert Owen | ||
Trash Program | April 1, 1963 | Seymour Kneitel | Morey Reden Jack Ehret Larry Silverman | Irving Dressler | Robert Little | ||
Harry Happy | September 1, 1963 | Seymour Kneitel | Martin Taras John Gentilella Wm.B.Pattengill | Al Pross I. Klein | Anton Loeb | ||
Tell Me a Badtime Story | October 1, 1963 | Seymour Kneitel | Morey Reden Jack Ehret Larry Silverman | I. Klein Jack Mercer | Anton Loeb | Goodie the Gremlin | |
The Pigs' Feat | October 1, 1963 | Seymour Kneitel | Martin Taras | Jack Mercer Irv Dressler | Robert Little | ||
Sour Gripes | October 1, 1963 | Seymour Kneitel | Morey Reden | Irving Dressler | Robert Little | Luigi | |
Goodie's Good Deed | November 1, 1963 | Seymour Kneitel | Wm.B.Pattengill | Jack Mercer Irv Dressler | Robert Little | Goodie the Gremlin | Final cartoon released in Seymour Kneitel's lifetime. |
Robot Rival | September 1, 1964 | Seymour Kneitel | Morey Reden | Jack Mendelsohn | Anton Loeb | Zippy Zephyr | |
And So Tibet | October 1, 1964 | Seymour Kneitel | Martin Taras | Jack Mendelsohn | Robert Little | ||
Reading, Writhing, and Rithmetic | November 1, 1964 | Seymour Kneitel | Morey Reden | Jack Mendelsohn | Robert Little | Buck and Wingy | |
Near Sighted and Far Out | November 1, 1964 | Seymour Kneitel | I. Klein | Joe Cal Cagno | Robert Little | Squeegee | Final cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel due to his death in this year. |
Cagey Business | February 1, 1965 | Howard Post | I. Klein | I. Klein | Robert Owen | ||
Poor Little Witch Girl | April 1, 1965 | Howard Post | Al Eugster | Howard Post | David Ubinas | Honey Halfwitch | |
The Itch | May 1, 1965 | Howard Post | Martin Taras | Tony Peters | Robert Little | Submitted and screened at the 38th Academy Awards for an Oscar consideration, but wasn't nominated.[4] | |
Solitary Refinement | September 1, 1965 | Howard Post | Morey Reden | Tony Peters | Robert Little | Boobie Baboon | |
The Outside Dope | November 1, 1965 | Howard Post | Nick Tauri | Jack Mendelsohn | Robert Little | Boobie Baboon | |
I Want My Mummy | March 1, 1966 | Shamus Culhane | Chuck Harriton | Bill Dana | Jose Jimenez | ||
A Balmy Knight | June 1, 1966 | Shamus Culhane | Chuck Harriton Al Eugster Nick Tafuri | Heywood Kling | Sir Blur | ||
A Wedding Knight | August 1, 1966 | Shamus Culhane | Chuck Harriton Al Eugster Nick Tafuri | Heywood Kling | Dante Barbetta Howard Beckerman Robert Little | Sir Blur | |
Two by Two | December 1, 1966 | Howard Post | Al Eugster | Howard Post | Wacky Quack | Held back in release due to alleged anti-religious undertones. | |
The Blacksheep Blacksmith | January 1, 1967 | Shamus Culhane | Nick Tafuri Al Eugster | Heywood Kling | Dante Barbetta Howard Beckerman Gil Miret | Sir Blur |
List of outsourced shorts
Title | Produced By | Original release date | Direction | Story |
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Samson Scrap | Rembrandt Films | March 1962 | Gene Deitch | Gene Deitch Allen Swift |
Boy Pest with Osh | Hal Seeger Productions | October 29, 1963 | Myron Waldman |
References
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 112–113. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1959 | Cartoon Research". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ "Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963 | Cartoon Research". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1965 | Cartoon Research". cartoonresearch.com.
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