Modern Madcaps

Modern Madcaps is an animated film series produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios animation division between the years 1958 and 1967. The series featured assorted characters that later became part of the Harvey Comics library.

List of shorts

1950s

1958

  • Right Off the Bat (November 17, 1958) (Series premiere; first cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel)

1959

  • Fit to Be Toyed (February 16, 1959)
  • La Petite Parade (March 16, 1959)
  • Spooking of Ghosts (June 1, 1959)
  • Talking Horse Sense (September 14, 1959)
  • T.V. Fuddlehead (October 26, 1959) (Submitted and screened at the 32nd Academy Awards for an Oscar consideration, but wasn't nominated[1])

1960s

1960

  • Mike the Masquerader (1960)
  • Fiddle-Faddle (1960)
  • From Dime to Dime (1960)
  • Trigger Treat (1960)
  • The Shoe Must Go On (1960)
  • Electronica (1960)
  • Shootin' Stars (1960)
  • Disguise the Limit (1960)
  • Galaxia (1960)
  • Bouncing Benny (1960) (Instead of painting the film on cels, animators Place and Feuer created paper cutouts of the characters to create shadow effects)
  • Terry the Terror (1960)

1961

  • The Phantom Moustacher (1961)
  • The Kid from Mars (1961)
  • The Mighty Termite (1961)
  • In the Nicotine (1961)
  • The Inquisit Visit (1961)
  • The Plot Sickens (1961)

1962

  • Crumley Cogwheel (1962)
  • Popcorn and Politics (1962)
  • Giddy Gadgets (1962)
  • Hi-Fi Jinx (1962)
  • Funderful Suburbia (1962)
  • Samson Scrap (1962) (Co-production with Rembrandt Films; only cartoon directed by Gene Deitch)
  • Penny Pals (1962)
  • The Robot Ringer (1962)
  • One of the Family (1962)

1963

  • The Ringading Kid (1963) (Submitted and screened at the 36th Academy Awards for an Oscar consideration, but wasn't nominated[2])
  • Drum Up a Tenant (1963)
  • One Weak Vacation (1963)
  • Trash Program (1963)
  • Harry Happy (1963)
  • Tell Me a Badtime Story featuring Goodie the Gremlin (1963)
  • The Pigs' Feat (1963)
  • Sour Gripes (1963)
  • Goodie's Good Deed featuring Goodie the Gremlin (1963) (Final cartoon released in Seymour Kneitel's lifetime)
  • Muggy-Doo Boycat: Boy Pest with Osh (1963) (Co-production with Hal Seeger Productions; only cartoon directed by Hal Seeger)

1964

  • Robot Rival (1964)
  • An So Tibet (1964)
  • Reading, Writhing and Rithmetic (1964)
  • Near Sighted and Far Out (1964) (Final cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel due to his death in this year)

1965

  • Cagey Business (1965) (First cartoon directed by Howard Post)
  • Poor Little Witch Girl (1965) (Honey Halfwitch's first appearance)
  • The Itch (1965) (Submitted and screened at the 38th Academy Awards for an Oscar consideration, but wasn't nominated[3])
  • Solitary Refinement (1965)
  • The Outside Dope (1965)

1966

  • I Want My Mummy (1966) (First cartoon directed by Shamus Culhane)
  • A Balmy Knight (1966)
  • A Wedding Knight (1966)
  • Two by Two (1966) (Final cartoon directed by Howard Post)

1967

  • The Blacksheep Blacksmith (1967) (Series finale; final cartoon directed by Shamus Culhane)

References

  1. ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1959 | Cartoon Research". cartoonresearch.com.
  2. ↑ "Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963 | Cartoon Research". cartoonresearch.com.
  3. ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1965 | Cartoon Research". cartoonresearch.com.
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