Animated Antics is an animated cartoon series produced by the Fleischer Studios from 1940 through 1941, and distributed through Paramount Pictures.[1]

Each cartoon ran less than 7 minutes, all in black & white (reports that Copy Cat was in Technicolor are erroneous, confirmed by the B&W Original Camera Negative on deposit at the UCLA Film & Television Archive). Five cartoons in the series were spin-offs from Fleischer Studios' 1939 feature film Gulliver's Travels, starring the villains Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch and the carrier pigeon Twinkletoes from the movie, all voiced by Jack Mercer. The studio produced 11 cartoons in this series.

Filmography

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# Title Original release date Reissue release date Animation Story Characters Notes
1 The Dandy Lion September 20, 1940[2] James Culhane
Alfred Eugster
Dan Gordon Indian, Lion
2 Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch October 25, 1940[2] December 1946[3] Willard Bowsky
Gordon Sheehan
Cal Howard Sneak, Snoop, Snitch, King Little A spin-off of Gulliver's Travels.
3 Mommy Loves Puppy November 29, 1940[2] Willard Bowsky
James Davis
William Turner Puppy, St. Bernard, Drunkened Walrus
4 Bring Himself Back Alive December 20, 1940[2] Tom Johnson
Graham Place
Cal Howard Hyde Skinner, Turtle, Lion
5 Twinkletoes Gets the Bird March 14, 1941[2] David Tendlar
Thomas Golden
William Turner Twinkletoes A spin-off of Gulliver's Travels.
6 Triple Trouble May 9, 1941[2] James Culhane
Nicholas Tafuri
George Hill Sneak, Snoop, Snitch A spin-off of Gulliver's Travels.
7 Zero the Hound May 30, 1941[2] Tom Johnson
Frank Endres
Carl Meyer Zero, Hunter
8 Twinkletoes: Where He Goes - Nobody Knows June 27, 1941[2] December 1946[3] David Tendlar
Stephen Muffati
Cal Howard Twinkletoes, King Bombo A spin-off of Gulliver's Travels.
9 Copy Cat July 18, 1941[2] March 1947[4] Myron Waldman
William Henning
Bob Wickersham Cats
10 The Wizard of Arts August 8, 1941[2] Tom Johnson
Jack Ozark
Jack Ward Sculptor Bob Hope and Harpo Marx are caricatured.
Jack Ozark's only on-screen credit.
11 Twinkletoes in Hat Stuff August 29, 1941[2] Myron Waldman
Sam Stimson
Carl Meyer Twinkletoes A spin-off of Gulliver's Travels.

Other films released by Paramount as Animated Antics include these two non-Fleischer short films:

Title Producer Release date Animation Story Characters Notes
Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters Charles R. Bowers February 14, 1941[2] Harold Muller Pop and Mom A stop motion film produced by the Charles Bowers Studios.
Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm Jerry Fairbanks April 18, 1941[2] Tex Avery
Lou Lilly
A live-action film produced by Jerry Fairbanks.

References

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  1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 51. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m The Exhibitor (August 1941)
  3. ^ a b Motion Picture Herald (December 1946)
  4. ^ Motion Picture Herald (March 1947)