The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
Series Title Card
Genre	Animation Series Comedy Fantasy Surreal
Created by	Pat Sullivan Otto Messmer Joe Oriolo (characters)
Directed by	Lynne Naylor Milton Knight Doug Lawrence
Creative director(s)	Timothy Björklund
Voices of	Thom Adcox-Hernandez (Season 1) Charlie Adler
Theme music composer	Don Oriolo Nathan Wang
Composer(s)	Club Foot Orchestra
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Executive producer(s)	Don Oriolo Phil Roman
Producer(s)	Timothy Björklund
Running time	25 min.
Production company(s)	Felix the Cat Productions Film Roman
Release
Original network	CBS (U.S.) YTV (Canada) CITV and TCC (UK) ABC (Australia) Clan TVE, Cartoon Network (Spain) and M6 (France)
Picture format	4:3
Audio format	CBS Stereosound Dolby Surround
Original release	September 16, 1995 – August 30, 1997

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is an animated series starring the character Felix the Cat, produced for television by Film Roman. It aired from September 16, 1995^[1] to November 25, 1997 on CBS. Unlike the original Felix the Cat shorts, this version was given a TV-Y7 rating due to moments that may be too scary for children under 7 years old. The first season consists of 13 episodes and the second season consists of 8 episodes.

History

The show was a modern take on the original 1958 series produced by Otto Messmer's former assistant, Joe Oriolo. His son, Don Oriolo, was involved in the creation of this series as well. In many ways, the show reverts to the silent era of shorts with surreal settings and offbeat character depictions. Felix is also more like his original mischievous adult form, rather than the young and innocent depiction from the 1930s, 1950s and the 1988 film Felix the Cat: The Movie. It does, however, contain some elements from the 1950s series such as Felix's Magic Bag of Tricks and the character Poindexter. The series used Fleischer Studios style.

The series starred Thom Adcox-Hernandez as the voice of Felix the Cat. Later on in the series though, he was replaced by Charlie Adler for unknown reasons. It was produced by Phil Roman and Timothy Berglund and is reputed to have been one of the most expensive cartoons ever made by Film Roman. Martin Olson and Jeremy Kramer, two comedy writers known for pushing the envelope into the bizarre, wrote both outlines and scripts for the series. The main theme was composed by Don Oriolo, while the musical score and closing theme were composed and performed by the Club Foot Orchestra.

Home media

A number of episodes have been released on VHS by BMG Video and Universal Studios Home Entertainment, and several DVD releases of episodes were available in Hong Kong under the title "The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat II".^[2] A 3-DVD box set of the entire series was released on April 26, 2013^[3] containing 21 episodes or 58 individual segments, this release being the first complete collection with an English soundtrack.

List of episodes

Season 1

No. in series	No. in season	Titles	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Guardian Idiot Space Time Twister Don't String Me Along"	Dominic Polcino Lynne Naylor Robin Steele		September 16, 1995 (1995-09-16)
2	2	"The Sludge King - Part 1 The Sludge King - Part 2 Mars Needs Felix"	Timothy Björklund Milton Knight		September 23, 1995 (1995-09-23)
3	3	"Step Right Up Now Playing - Felix Jailhouse Shock"	Dominic Polcino Lynne Naylor Phil "Wild Brain" Robinson		September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30)
4	4	"The Manhattan Triangle The Petrified Cheese"	Blair Peters Chris Bartleman		October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07)
5	5	"Middle Aged Felix Felix in Psychedelicland"	Pamela Stalker Robin Steele	Timothy Berglund Susan Crossley Jeremy Kramer Pamela Stalker Martin Olson Christian Roman Robin Steele	October 14, 1995 (1995-10-14)
6	6	"Order of the Black Cats Felix in Calamityland Felix Breaks the Bank"	Dominic Polcino John Stevenson Lynne Naylor		October 21, 1995 (1995-10-21)
7	7	"Noah's Nightclub Felix's Gold Score Forever Rafter"	Robin Steele Milton Knight		October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28)
8	8	"The Earth Heist Attack of the Tacky"	Blair Peters Chris Bartleman		November 4, 1995 (1995-11-04)
9	9	"Felix in Nightdrop Land Shocking Story"	Jim Schumann Doug Lawrence		November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)
10	10	"Love at First Slice Space Case Peg Leg Felix"	Lynne Naylor Craig Handley Phil "Wild Brain" Robinson		November 18, 1995 (1995-11-18)
11	11	"Shell Shock The Big Hunt"	Blair Peters		November 25, 1995 (1995-11-25)
12	12	"Felix's Big Splash Gross Ghost The Underwater Kingdom"	Chris Moeller & Christopher Roman Milton Knight Brian Sheeshley		December 9, 1995 (1995-12-09)
13	13	"Wet Paint News Blues Copycat"	Timothy Björklund Blair Peters Paul Vester		December 16, 1995 (1995-12-16)

Season 2

No. in series	No. in season	Titles	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
14	1	"Surreal Estate Phony Phelix Five Minute Meatball"	Doug Lawrence Chris Moeller Russell Crispin	Mark Evanier Doug Lawrence Russell Crispin	September 14, 1996 (1996-09-14)
15	2	"Bet A Billion Bill Background Details Viva Lost Wages"	Craig Kellman Pat Shinagawa Russell Crispin		September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21)
16	3	"The Punderground Nightmare on Oak Street Star Trash"	David Preston Chris Moeller Christian Roman		September 28, 1996 (1996-09-28)
17	4	"The Fuzzy Bunny Show - Part 1 The Fuzzy Bunny Show - Part 2 The Milky Way"	Brett Varon Pete Michels		October 5, 1996 (1996-10-05)
18	5	"Black Magic Bag The Maltese Milkshake Attack of the Robot Rat"	Doug Lawrence Jim Schumann Pat Ventura		October 12, 1996 (1996-10-12)
19	6	"The Extraterrestrial Robot Battle of the Superbrains Full Screen"	Chris Moeller Doug Lawrence Pat Shinagawa		October 19, 1996 (1996-10-19)
20	7	"The Golden Whatnot The Mountain of Evil Auto Biography"	Russell Crispin Jim Schumann Doug Lawrence		October 26, 1996 (1996-10-26)
21	8	"Comicalamities Superfelix Dueling Whiskers"	Pat Ventura Chris Moeller Doug Lawrence		November 2, 1996 (1996-11-02)

References

↑ "SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : For fall, a classically restyled puddy tat and Felix the Cat - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. 1995-08-27. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
↑ "The Twisted Tales Of Felix The Cat II (DVD) (Vol.5-6) (Hong Kong Version) DVD - CN Entertainment Ltd. - Anime in Chinese - Free Shipping". Yesasia. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
↑ "Felix the Cat - Film, DVD, Blu-ray, Trailer, Szenenbilder". Universumfilm.de. 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2015-11-11.

External links

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat at the Internet Movie Database
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat at TV.com
Episode index at the Big Cartoon DataBase

Felix the Cat

Key people	Pat Sullivan Otto Messmer Joe Oriolo Don Oriolo Jeffrey Katzenberg

Films	Theatrical shorts (1919–1936) Felix the Cat: The Movie (1988)

TV	Felix the Cat (TV series) (1958–1961) The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–1997) Baby Felix & Friends (2000–2001) Felix the Cat Saves Christmas (2004)

Software	Felix the Cat (1992 video game) Big Top's Cartoon Toolbox Starring Felix the Cat (1994)

Children's programming on CBS in the 1990s

First-run animated series	Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989–91) Muppet Babies (1984–92) The California Raisin Show (1989–90) Garfield and Friends (1988–95) Rude Dog & the Dweebs (1989–90) The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy (1988–91) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990–97) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990–91) Mother Goose and Grimm (1991–93) Back to the Future (1991–93) Where's Waldo? (1991–92) Fievel's American Tails (1992–93) The Little Mermaid (1992–95) Raw Toonage (1992–93) Marsupilami (1993–94) Hello Kitty and Friends (1993–94) All-New Dennis the Menace (1993–94) Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1993–94) Conan and the Young Warriors (1994) Beethoven (1994–95) Aladdin (1994–96) Skeleton Warriors (1994–95) Wild C.A.T.s (1994–95) Street Sharks (1994–95) The Adventures of Hyperman (1995–96) Timon & Pumbaa (1995–97) Santo Bugito (1995–96) The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–97) The Neverending Story (1995–96) The Mask (1995–97) Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1995–97) Project G.e.e.K.e.R. (1996–97) Anatole (1998–2000) Dumb Bunnies (1998–99) Flying Rhino Junior High (1998–2000) Birdz (1998–99) Mythic Warriors (1998–2000) New Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1999–2000) Blaster's Universe (1999–2000) Rescue Heroes (1999–2000)

First-run live-action series	Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–91) The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys (1992) Beakman's World (1993–98) Fudge (1995) Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. (1996–97) Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House (1996–97) The New Ghostwriter Mysteries (1997) Wheel 2000 (1997–98) The Weird Al Show (1997) The Sports Illustrated for Kids Show (1997) In the News (1997–98)

Rebroadcasts	Inspector Gadget (1991–92) Cyber C.O.P.S. (1993) CBS Storybreak (1993–94) Franklin (1998–99)

Schedules	1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

Related topics	Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) Modern animation in the United States

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