Cattanooga Cats

Cattanooga Cats
GenreComedy
Written byNeal Barbera
Larz Bourne
Mike Maltese
Directed byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voices ofJim Begg
Julie Bennett
Daws Butler
William Callaway
Dick Curtis
Marty Ingels
Casey Kasem
Paul Lynde
Allan Melvin
Don Messick
Janet Waldo
Bruce Watson
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes17
Production
ProducersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time60 minutes (1969–1970)
30 minutes (1970–1971)
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 6, 1969 (1969-09-06) –
September 5, 1971 (1971-09-05)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)

Cattanooga Cats is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired on ABC from September 6, 1969, to September 4, 1971.[1]

The show was a package program similar to the Hanna-Barbera/NBC show The Banana Splits, except that it contained no live-action segments. During the 1969–1970 season, Cattanooga Cats ran for one hour and contained four segments: Cattanooga Cats, Around the World in 79 Days, It's the Wolf! and Motormouse and Autocat.[2] During the 1970–1971 season, It's the Wolf! and Motormouse and Autocat were spun off into a half-hour show.[3] Around the World in 79 Days remained as part of Cattanooga Cats, which was reduced to a half-hour. Motormouse and Autocat ran concurrently with Cattanooga Cats until both met their demise at the end of the 1970–1971 season.[4]

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 192–193. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 299–300. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved March 19, 2020.