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5 unusual facts about DePatie-Freleng Enterprises


Crazylegs Crane

Crazylegs Crane is a 16-episode made-for-television cartoon series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in 1978 for The All New Pink Panther Show on ABC.

Here Comes the Grump

Here Comes the Grump is an animated cartoon series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970.

Hoot Kloot

Hoot Kloot was a series of 17 theatrical cartoon shorts produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from 1973 to 1974.

Misterjaw

Misterjaw is a 34-episode made-for-television cartoon series, produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in 1976 for The Pink Panther and Friends television series on NBC.

Tijuana Toads

Tijuana Toads is a series of 17 theatrical cartoons produced by DePatie-Freleng and released through United Artists.


Brad Case

Case has worked at a variety of studios including Disney, MGM, Walter Lantz, Tempo, Calvin Co., Academy Studios, ERA Productions, Hanna-Barbera, UPA, Warner Bros., Sanrio, DePatie-Freleng (and its later incarnation, Marvel Productions), Graz Entertainment and New World from 1934 until 1999.

Don Diamond

He performed extensive voice-over work in commercials and cartoons, most notably as the voice of Toro in the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises cartoon series Tijuana Toads.

Edmond L. DePatie

Edmond L. DePatie (27 January 1900 – 6 August 1966) was an American film industry executive.

Limited animation

Despite the low quality of the animation, the TV cartoon studios Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Jay Ward and Filmation thrived during this period.

Manny Gould

In 1964, Gould was animating on the Linus The Lionhearted television cartoons for Ed Graham Productions, then the following year began working as an animator at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises on the Pink Panther and Tijuana Toads shorts and several series for television.

Mirisch Films

Originally founded in 1962, it was best known for producing The Pink Panther series of films (which feature Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau), and various DePatie-Freleng animated cartoons, before shutting down in 1982.

Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?

Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (titled Pontoffel Pock & His Magic Piano for the sing-a-long videocasette release) is an animated musical television special written by Dr. Seuss, directed by Gerard Baldwin, produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, completed in 1979 and first aired on ABC on May 2, 1980.

The Return of the Pink Panther

Richard Williams, the creator of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Thief and the Cobbler, and Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, did the animated open and close titles for this picture and The Pink Panther Strikes Again, due to DePatie-Freleng's work on the Pink Panther shorts and other cartoon projects for TV and film.

Where Do Teenagers Come From?

The live action/animation program was produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and was a sequel to the 1977 program My Mom's Having a Baby.


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