Matty's Funday Funnies
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Matty's Funday Funnies is an American animated cartoon compilation television series.
The original Matty's Funday Funnies aired from 1959-1961 on ABC
's Sunday afternoon schedule (and a 1960-1961 prime-time edition on Friday evenings, later moved to early Saturday nights in the fall of 1961), and originally featured 1950-59 Famous Studios
theatrical cartoons starring Casper the Friendly Ghost
and others like Herman and Katnip
, Baby Huey
, Little Audrey
, Buzzy the Crow and other Noveltoons
, whose opening titles were refilmed as Harveytoons because Harvey Publishing Company had bought all the rights to the films and characters from Paramount
-and had already turned Casper and others into comic book stars. "Matty" referred to Matty Mattel
, the boy mascot for Mattel
Toy Company, the show's original sponsor. Matty Mattel and Sister Belle would introduce the cartoons and show commercials for Mattel products. The show premiered on October 11, 1959, was later renamed Matty's Funnies, and stayed on the network until December 30, 1961. In the fall of 1962, the show entered local syndication (with new titles omitting Mattel's original sponsorship, along with "Matty" and "Sister Belle") as Casper and Company.
On January 6, 1962, the program was replaced with a new Matty's show titled Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil, featuring Bob Clampett
's Beany and Cecil
. A redesigned Matty Mattel and Sister Belle would appear as directors of the cartoons and in many intermissions along with Clampett's characters of Beany Boy, Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, Captain Huffenpuff, Dishonest John, Go Man Van Gogh, et al. There were only 26 half-hour shows made under this format, with the last first-run episode aired on June 30, 1962. The show then continued onward in its regular early Saturday night time slot in reruns until December 29, 1962. From 1963-1965, the series was repeated on the network's Sunday morning schedule (and then shown in syndication) as Beany and Cecil
.
The original Matty's Funday Funnies aired from 1959-1961 on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Sunday afternoon schedule (and a 1960-1961 prime-time edition on Friday evenings, later moved to early Saturday nights in the fall of 1961), and originally featured 1950-59 Famous Studios
Famous Studios
Famous Studios was the animation division of the film studio Paramount Pictures from 1942 to 1967. Famous was founded as a successor company to Fleischer Studios, after Paramount acquired the aforementioned studio and ousted its founders, Max and Dave Fleischer, in 1941...
theatrical cartoons starring Casper the Friendly Ghost
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. As his name indicates, he is a ghost, but is quite personable...
and others like Herman and Katnip
Herman and Katnip
Herman and Katnip are a duo of cartoon characters . From 1944 to September 1950, Herman appeared without Katnip, who made his first appearance in November 1950 with Mice Meeting You. The two characters continued to star in animated cartoons by Famous Studios until 1959...
, Baby Huey
Baby Huey
Baby Huey is a gigantic and naïve duckling cartoon character. He was created by Martin Taras for Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios, and became a Paramount cartoon star during the 1950s. Although created by Famous for its animated cartoons, Huey first appeared in comic-book form in an original...
, Little Audrey
Little Audrey
Little Audrey is a fictional character, appearing in Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios cartoons from 1947 to 1958. She is considered a variation of the better-known Little Lulu, devised after Paramount decided not to renew the license on Marjorie Henderson Buell's comic strip character...
, Buzzy the Crow and other Noveltoons
Noveltoons
Noveltoons was an anthology series of animated cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios from 1943 to the close of the studio in 1967. Casper the Friendly Ghost, Herman and Katnip, Little Audrey, and Baby Huey all got their start from this series...
, whose opening titles were refilmed as Harveytoons because Harvey Publishing Company had bought all the rights to the films and characters from Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
-and had already turned Casper and others into comic book stars. "Matty" referred to Matty Mattel
Matty Mattel
Matty Mattel was the boy mascot for Mattel Inc. Toymakers, host and sponsor of TV's Matty's Funday Funnies in the 1960s. Matty was part of Mattel's advertising from 1959 to 1970 and then renewed in the 1980s, printed in Mattel warranty information....
, the boy mascot for Mattel
Mattel
Mattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from...
Toy Company, the show's original sponsor. Matty Mattel and Sister Belle would introduce the cartoons and show commercials for Mattel products. The show premiered on October 11, 1959, was later renamed Matty's Funnies, and stayed on the network until December 30, 1961. In the fall of 1962, the show entered local syndication (with new titles omitting Mattel's original sponsorship, along with "Matty" and "Sister Belle") as Casper and Company.
On January 6, 1962, the program was replaced with a new Matty's show titled Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil, featuring Bob Clampett
Bob Clampett
Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil...
's Beany and Cecil
Beany and Cecil
Beany and Cecil was an animated cartoon series created by Bob Clampett, who had previously worked for Warner Bros.. As a puppet show entitled Time for Beany, it originally aired in 1949, with the animated series first appearing in Matty's Funday Funnies in 1959, later renamed Matty's Funnies with...
. A redesigned Matty Mattel and Sister Belle would appear as directors of the cartoons and in many intermissions along with Clampett's characters of Beany Boy, Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, Captain Huffenpuff, Dishonest John, Go Man Van Gogh, et al. There were only 26 half-hour shows made under this format, with the last first-run episode aired on June 30, 1962. The show then continued onward in its regular early Saturday night time slot in reruns until December 29, 1962. From 1963-1965, the series was repeated on the network's Sunday morning schedule (and then shown in syndication) as Beany and Cecil
Beany and Cecil
Beany and Cecil was an animated cartoon series created by Bob Clampett, who had previously worked for Warner Bros.. As a puppet show entitled Time for Beany, it originally aired in 1949, with the animated series first appearing in Matty's Funday Funnies in 1959, later renamed Matty's Funnies with...
.