Animated Antics is an animated cartoon series produced by the Fleischer Studios from 1940 through 1941, and distributed through Paramount Pictures.
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 # Title Original release date Reissue release date Animation Story Characters Notes1The Dandy LionSeptember 20, 1940The Exhibitor (August 1941)James CulhaneAlfred EugsterDan GordonIndian, Lion2Sneak, Snoop, and SnitchOctober 25, 1940December 1946Motion Picture Herald (December 1946)Willard BowskyGordon SheehanCal HowardSneak, Snoop, Snitch, King LittleA spin-off of Gulliver's Travels.3Mommy Loves PuppyNovember 29, 1940 Willard BowskyJames DavisWilliam TurnerPuppy, St. Bernard, Drunkened Walrus4Bring Himself Back AliveDecember 20, 1940Tom JohnsonGraham PlaceCal HowardHyde Skinner, Turtle, Lion5Twinkletoes Gets the BirdMarch 14, 1941David TendlarThomas GoldenWilliam TurnerTwinkletoesA spin-off of Gulliver's Travels.6Triple Trouble May 9, 1941James CulhaneNicholas TafuriGeorge HillSneak, Snoop, SnitchA spin-off of Gulliver's Travels.7Zero the HoundMay 30, 1941Tom JohnsonFrank EndresCarl MeyerZero, Hunter8Twinkletoes: Where He Goes - Nobody KnowsJune 27, 1941December 1946David TendlarStephen MuffatiCal HowardTwinkletoes, King BomboA spin-off of Gulliver's Travels.9Copy CatJuly 18, 1941March 1947Motion Picture Herald (March 1947)Myron WaldmanWilliam HenningBob WickershamCats 10The Wizard of ArtsAugust 8, 1941Tom JohnsonJack OzarkJack WardSculptorBob Hope and Harpo Marx are caricatured.Jack Ozark's only on-screen credit. 11Twinkletoes in Hat StuffAugust 29, 1941Myron WaldmanSam StimsonCarl MeyerTwinkletoesA 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 NotesPop and Mom in Wild OystersCharles R. Bowers February 14, 1941Harold MullerPop and MomA stop motion film produced by the Charles Bowers Studios.Speaking of Animals Down on the FarmJerry FairbanksApril 18, 1941Tex AveryLou LillyA live-action film produced by Jerry Fairbanks.
References
Cabarga, Leslie. The Fleischer Story (Da Capo Press; 1988), p. 174.