Modern Madcaps

Animated short film series

Modern Madcaps

The opening card in 1965.

Production
companies

* Paramount Cartoon Studios (1958–1967)
* Rembrandt Films (1962)
* Hal Seeger Productions (1963)

Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Running time

| 6–8 minutes (one reel)
Country| United States
Language| English

Modern Madcaps is an animated film series produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios animation division between the years 1958 and 1967.[1] The series featured assorted characters that later became part of the Harvey Comics library. A total of 56 shorts were produced and released.

## List of shorts

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Overview of Modern Madcaps shorts  Title  | Release date  | Direction  | Animation  | Story  | Scenics  | Characters  | Notes

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Right Off the Bat | November 17, 1958  | Seymour Kneitel  | Tom Johnson
Frank Endres  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Little  |  |
Fit to be Toyed | February 16, 1959  | Seymour Kneitel  | Tom Johnson
Wm.B.Pattengill  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  |  |
La Petite Parade | March 16, 1959  | Seymour Kneitel  | Tom Johnson
Nick Tafuri  | Irving Spector  | Robert Little  | Renoir  |
Spooking of Ghosts | June 1, 1959  | Seymour Kneitel  | Tom Johnson
Nick Tafuri  | Sam Dann
Irving Spector  | Robert Owen  |  |
Talking Horse Sense | September 14, 1959  | Seymour Kneitel  | Frank Endres
Wm.B.Pattengill  | Sam Dann
Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  | Oscar Gullible  |
T.V. Fuddlehead | October 26, 1959  | Seymour Kneitel  | Tom Johnson
William Henning  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  |  | Submitted and screened at the 32nd Academy Awards for an Oscar consideration, but wasn't nominated.[2]
Mike the Masquerader | January 1, 1960  | Seymour Kneitel  | Wm.B.Pattengill
Nick Tafuri  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  |  |
Fiddle Faddle | February 26, 1960  | Seymour Kneitel  | Tom Johnson
Irving Dressler  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  |  |
From Dime to Dime | March 25, 1960  | Seymour Kneitel  | Tom Johnson
Irving Dressler  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  |  |
Trigger Treat | April 1, 1960  | Seymour Kneitel  | Tom Johnson
William Henning  | Irving Dressler  | Robert Owen  |  |
The Shoe Must Go On | June 1, 1960  | Seymour Kneitel  | Irving Spector
Morey Reden  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  |  |
Electronica | July 1, 1960  | Seymour Kneitel  | Nick Tafuri
Morey Reden  | Irving Dressler  | Robert Owen  |  |
Shootin' Stars | August 1, 1960  | Seymour Kneitel  | Tom Johnson
Morey Reden  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  |  |
Disguise the Limit | September 1, 1960  | Seymour Kneitel  | Tom Johnson
Morey Reden  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Little  |  |
Galaxia | October 1, 1960  | Seymour Kneitel  | Irving Spector
Wm.B.Pattengil
Morey Reden  | Irving Dressler  | Robert Owen  |  |
Bouncing Benny | November 1, 1960  | Seymour Kneitel  | Graham Place
Otto Feuer  | Robert Little  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  |  | Instead of painting the film on cels, animators Place and Feuer created paper cutouts of the characters to create shadow effects.[3]
Terry the Terror | December 1, 1960  | Seymour Kneitel  | Tom Johnson
Tom Golden  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  | Professor Schmaltz  |
The Phantom Moustacher | January 1, 1961  | Seymour Kneitel  | Myron Waldman  | I. Klein  | Robert Little  | Sir Percival Prunepit  |
The Kid from Mars | February 1, 1961  | Seymour Kneitel  | Nick Tafuri
William Henning  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Little  | Kosmo  |
The Mighty Termite | April 1, 1961  | Seymour Kneitel  | Nick Tafuri
Dante Barbetta  | Irving Dressler  | Robert Owen  | Professor Schmaltz  |
In the Nicotine | June 1, 1961  | Seymour Kneitel  | Irving Spector
Sam Stimson  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  | Charlie Butts  |
The Inquisit Visit | July 1, 1961  | Seymour Kneitel  | Irving Spector
Gerry Dvorak  | Irving Spector  | Robert Little  |  |
The Plot Sickens | December 1, 1961  | Seymour Kneitel  | Irving Spector
John Gentiella
Larry Silverman  | Irving Spector  | Robert Owen  |  |
Crumley Cogwheel | January 1, 1962  | Seymour Kneitel  | Irving Spector
Jack Ehret
Larry Silverman  | Irving Spector  | Robert Little  |  |
Popcorn and Politics | February 1, 1962  | Seymour Kneitel  | Martin Taras
John Gentiella
Larry Silverman  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Little  | Specs  |
Giddy Gadgets | March 1, 1962  | Seymour Kneitel  | Nick Tafuri
Jack Ehret
Larry Silverman  | Carl Meyer
Jack Mercer  | Robert Little  | Professor Schmaltz  |
Hi-Fi Jinx | March 1, 1962  | Seymour Kneitel  | Martin Taras
Jack Ehret
Wm.B.Pattengil  | Burton Goodman
Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  | Ralph and Percy  |
Funderful Suburbia | March 1, 1962  | Seymour Kneitel  | Nick Tafuri
Wm.B.Pattengill
Larry Silverman  | Burton Goodman
Jack Mercer  | Anton Loeb  |  |
Penny Pals | October 1, 1962  | Seymour Kneitel  | Morey Reden
Jim Logan
Sam Stimson  | Eddie Lawrence  | Robert Owen  | Ralph and Percy  |
The Robot Ringer | November 1, 1962  | Seymour Kneitel  | Morey Reden
Wm.B.Pattengill
Larry Silverman  | Irving Spector  | Anton Loeb  |  |
One of the Family | December 1, 1962  | Seymour Kneitel  | Martin Taras
Wm.B.Pattengill
Larry Silverman  | Burton Goodman
Jack Mercer  | Robert Little  |  |
The Ringading Kid | January 1, 1963  | Seymour Kneitel  | Morey Reden
George Germanetti
Larry Silverman  | Irving Spector  | Robert Owen  |  | Submitted and screened at the 36th Academy Awards for an Oscar consideration, but wasn't nominated.[4]
Drum Up a Tenant | February 1, 1963  | Seymour Kneitel  | Morey Reden
George Gemanetti
Larry Silverman  | Irving Dressler  | Robert Owen  | Luigi  |
One Weak Vacation | March 1, 1963  | Seymour Kneitel  | Martin Taras
John Gentilella
I. Klein  | Jack Mercer  | Robert Owen  |  |
Trash Program | April 1, 1963  | Seymour Kneitel  | Morey Reden
Jack Ehret
Larry Silverman  | Irving Dressler  | Robert Little  |  |
Harry Happy | September 1, 1963  | Seymour Kneitel  | Martin Taras
John Gentilella
Wm.B.Pattengill  | Al Pross
I. Klein  | Anton Loeb  |  |
Tell Me a Badtime Story | October 1, 1963  | Seymour Kneitel  | Morey Reden
Jack Ehret
Larry Silverman  | I. Klein
Jack Mercer  | Anton Loeb  | Goodie the Gremlin  |
The Pigs' Feat | October 1, 1963  | Seymour Kneitel  | Martin Taras  | Jack Mercer
Irv Dressler  | Robert Little  |  |
Sour Gripes | October 1, 1963  | Seymour Kneitel  | Morey Reden  | Irving Dressler  | Robert Little  | Luigi  |
Goodie's Good Deed | November 1, 1963  | Seymour Kneitel  | Wm.B.Pattengill  | Jack Mercer
Irv Dressler  | Robert Little  | Goodie the Gremlin  | Final cartoon released in Seymour Kneitel's lifetime.
Robot Rival | September 1, 1964  | Seymour Kneitel  | Morey Reden  | Jack Mendelsohn  | Anton Loeb  | Zippy Zephyr  |
And So Tibet | October 1, 1964  | Seymour Kneitel  | Martin Taras  | Jack Mendelsohn  | Robert Little  |  |
Reading, Writhing, and Rithmetic | November 1, 1964  | Seymour Kneitel  | Morey Reden  | Jack Mendelsohn  | Robert Little  | Buck and Wingy  |
Near Sighted and Far Out | November 1, 1964  | Seymour Kneitel  | I. Klein  | Joe Cal Cagno  | Robert Little  | Squeegee  | Final cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel due to his death in this year.
Cagey Business | February 1, 1965  | Howard Post  | I. Klein  | I. Klein  | Robert Owen  |  |
Poor Little Witch Girl | April 1, 1965  | Howard Post  | Al Eugster  | Howard Post  | David Ubinas  | Honey Halfwitch  |
The Itch | May 1, 1965  | Howard Post  | Martin Taras  | Tony Peters  | Robert Little  |  | Submitted and screened at the 38th Academy Awards for an Oscar consideration, but wasn't nominated.[5]
Solitary Refinement | September 1, 1965  | Howard Post  | Morey Reden  | Tony Peters  | Robert Little  | Boobie Baboon  |
The Outside Dope | November 1, 1965  | Howard Post  | Nick Tauri  | Jack Mendelsohn  | Robert Little  | Boobie Baboon  |
I Want My Mummy | March 1, 1966  | Shamus Culhane  | Chuck Harriton  | Bill Dana  |  | Jose Jimenez  |
A Balmy Knight | June 1, 1966  | Shamus Culhane  | Chuck Harriton
Al Eugster
Nick Tafuri  | Heywood Kling  |  | Sir Blur  |
A Wedding Knight | August 1, 1966  | Shamus Culhane  | Chuck Harriton
Al Eugster
Nick Tafuri  | Heywood Kling  | Dante Barbetta
Howard Beckerman
Robert Little  | Sir Blur  |
Two by Two | December 1, 1966  | Howard Post  | Al Eugster  | Howard Post  |  | Wacky Quack  | Held back in release due to alleged anti-religious undertones.
The Blacksheep Blacksmith | January 1, 1967  | Shamus Culhane  | Nick Tafuri
Al Eugster  | Heywood Kling  | Dante Barbetta
Howard Beckerman
Gil Miret  | Sir Blur  |

## List of outsourced shorts

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Overview of Modern Madcaps made by studios other than Paramount  Title  | Produced By  | Original release date  | Direction  | Story

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Samson Scrap | Rembrandt Films  | March 1962  | Gene Deitch  | Gene Deitch
Allen Swift
Boy Pest with Osh | Hal Seeger Productions  | October 29, 1963  | Myron Waldman  |

## References

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1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 112–113\. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1959 | Cartoon Research". cartoonresearch.com.
3. ^ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/paramount-cartoons-1960-1961/
4. ^ "Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963 | Cartoon Research". cartoonresearch.com.
5. ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1965 | Cartoon Research". cartoonresearch.com.

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