The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show

The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show
Genre Children's program
Animated
Directed by William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voices of Bud Abbott
Stan Irwin
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 39 (List of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time 22–24 minutes
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera
Broadcast
Original channel Syndication
Audio format Monaural
Original run September 9, 1967 (1967-09-09) – June 1, 1968 (1968-06-01)

The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show is an American half-hour animated series that aired in syndication from September 9, 1967 to June 1, 1968. Each of the 39 individual episodes consisted of four five-minute cartoons. [1] The cartoons were created jointly by Hanna-Barbera, RKO and Jomar Productions between 1965 and 1967. The series was syndicated by Gold Key Entertainment and King World Productions.

The primary feature of this cartoon series was the fact that Bud Abbott supplied the voice for his own character. Stan Irwin provided the voice of Lou Costello, who had died in 1959.

Contents

Voices

Episodes

Main article: List of The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show episodes

Comic book series

A comic book based on the TV show was produced by Charlton Comics. Starting in February 1968, it ran for 22 issues, ending in August 1971. [2]

References

  1. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.
  2. ^ http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?seriesid=11342

External links

Films
One Night in the Tropics • Buck Privates • In the Navy • Hold That Ghost • Keep 'Em Flying • Ride 'Em Cowboy • Rio Rita • Pardon My Sarong • Who Done It? • It Ain't Hay • Hit the Ice • In Society • Lost in a Harem • Here Come the Co-Eds • The Naughty Nineties • Abbott and Costello in Hollywood • Little Giant • The Time of Their Lives • Buck Privates Come Home • The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap • The Noose Hangs High • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein • Mexican Hayride • 10,000 Kids and a Cop • Africa Screams • Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff • Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion • Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man • Comin' Round the Mountain • Jack and the Beanstalk • Lost in Alaska • Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd • Abbott and Costello Go to Mars • Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy • Dance with Me, Henry • The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (Costello only) • The World of Abbott and Costello
Television
The Abbott and Costello Show • The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show (Abbott only)
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