Linus the Lionhearted

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Linus the Lionhearted
Genre Animated television series
Voices of Sheldon Leonard
Ed Graham
Sterling Holloway
Carl Reiner
Ruth Buzzi
Bob McFadden
Jesse White
Jonathan Winters
Gerry Matthews
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Language(s) English
Broadcast
Original channel CBS, ABC
Picture format Black-and-white
Audio format Monaural
Original run September 26, 1964September 7, 1969
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Linus the Lionhearted was an animated cartoon featuring a main character of the same name. The character was created by the Ed Graham advertising agency, originally as a series of ads for Post Cereals, particularly the brand Crispy Critters. The ads were so popular that a television series was created in 1964 and ran on the CBS network until 1966, then reruns aired on ABC from 1966, until it was cancelled three years later.

In addition to Linus, a rather good-natured "King of the Beasts" voiced by Sheldon Leonard, there were other features as well, all based on a popular Post cereal. The best-known of these was Sugar Bear, who was voiced by actor Gerry Matthews. There was also a postman named Lovable Truly, a young Asian boy named So Hi, and Rory Raccoon.

The show was perhaps best noted for its abundance of well-known vocal talent. In addition to Leonard, Carl Reiner voiced several characters, most notably Linus' friend Billy Bird; Ruth Buzzi voiced an old woman who'd befriended Lovable Truly, as well as Sugar Bear's sometime nemesis, Granny Goodwitch; and veteran Bob McFadden voiced So Hi, Rory and Lovable Truly. Jonathan Winters also made a guest appearance, as did Jerry Stiller and his wife Anne Meara.

The FCC made a ruling in 1969 that forbade children's show characters from appearing in advertisements on the same program and this meant that ABC was forced to cancel the program.

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[edit] Season 1

  • Supervising Director: Irv Spector
  • Production Supervision: Lew Irwin
  • Character Models: George Cannata, Jr.
  • Head Writer: Bill Schnurr
  • Associate Producer: Rick Herland
  • Produced and Directed by Ed Graham, Jr.
  • Animation Directors: John Freeman, Clyde Geronimi, Rube Grossman, Ed Rehberg, George Singer, Marvin Woodward
  • Layouts: Corny Cole, Bob Dranko, Burt Freund, Dave Hanan, Homer Jonas, Tony Rivera, Sam Weiss, Bob Singer
  • Storyboards: Tom Dagenais, Art Diamond, Bob Givins, Cal Howard, Bob Kurtz, Mike Smollim
  • Backgrounds: Bill Butler, Boris Gorelick, Erv Kaplan, Bob McIntosh, Lorraine Morgan, Curt Perkins
  • Editors: Hank Gotzenberg, Jerry MacDonald, George Marana
  • Sound Engineer: Gil Arion
  • Ink and Paint by Connie Crawley, Dea Shirley
  • Character Layouts: Stan Green
  • Special Music Arrangements: Johnny Mann
  • Production Assistants: Ruth Kennedy, Armand Shaw
  • Animators: Ray Abrams, Frank Andrina, Tom Baron, Warren Batchelder, Bob Bentley, Dan Bessie, Frank Braxton, Brad Case, Jim Davis, Ed Friedman, Bob Goe, Frank Gonzales, Manny Gould, Bill Hajee, Ken Hultgren, Tom McDonald, Dan Mills, Chic Otterstrom, Amby Paliwooda, Manny Perez, Virgil Ross, Ed Soloman, Russ von Neida, Ray Young, Rudy Zamora

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