Fabulous Funnies

For the 1968 primetime special, see The Fabulous Funnies.
Fabulous Funnies
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producersLou Scheimer
Norm Prescott
ProducerDon Christensen
Running time30 min.
Production companyFilmation
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 9, 1978 (1978-09-09) –
September 1, 1979 (1979-09-01)[1]
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Fabulous Funnies is a 1978–79 American Saturday morning animated TV series produced by Filmation.[2] The show aired for one season from September 9, 1978, to December 1, 1978, on NBC, airing 13 episodes.

The show is an anthology of stories based on American comic strips, including Broom Hilda, Alley Oop, The Captain and the Kids, Nancy, Emmy Lou and (for one episode) Tumbleweeds.[3] The character designs closely mimic the comic strips, so the animators had to animate in several different styles for the program.

It was noted by critics that the show's comic potential was blunted by NBC's demand that the show promote pro-social messages for the child audience. This was especially noticeable when rowdy characters like The Captain and the Kids were obliged to spread messages of politeness and restraint. The Los Angeles Times called the show's moralizing "heavy-handed".[4]

  1. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 310–311. ISBN 07864-2255-6.
  2. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 186. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  3. ^ Scheimer, Lou (2015). Creating the Filmation Generation (2nd ed.). TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 157–158. ISBN 978-1-60549-044-1.
  4. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 310–311. ISBN 978-1476665993.