Format Films was a television animation studio which was founded by Herbert Klynn in 1959 with Jules Engel as vice president,[1] Bob McIntosh and Joseph Mugnaini, all of whom were animators. It was most active during the 1960s, producing episodes of The Alvin Show and Popeye the Sailor. Klynn shut his studio in 1962 but reopened it by 1965 as Format Productions. The studio made eleven shorts in Warner Bros.' theatrical Road Runner series as well as three Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales shorts, and produced The Lone Ranger animated series for CBS in 1966.
Format Productions also created title sequences for several TV series, including I Spy, Honey West, the animated characters on the television variety show Hee Haw, animated various TV commercials, and created film title designs for The Glory Guys and Clambake.
TV series[]
- Popeye the Sailor (King Features Syndicate, Jack Kinney Productions/1960)
- The Alvin Show (Bagdasarian Film Corporation/1961–1962)
- The Lone Ranger (Jack Wrather Corporation, Lone Ranger Productions/1966–1969) (as Format Productions)
Theatrical shorts[]
- Icarus Montgolfier Wright (1962) (Best Animated Short Film Academy Award nominee)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (Warner Bros., DePatie–Freleng Enterprises/1965–1967) (as Format Productions)
- Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner (1965)
- Tired and Feathered (1965)
- Boulder Wham! (1965)
- Just Plane Beep (1965)
- Hairied and Hurried (1965)
- Highway Runnery (1965)
- Chaser on the Rocks (1965)
- Shot and Bothered (1966)
- Out and Out Rout (1966)
- The Solid Tin Coyote (1966)
- Clippety Clobbered (1966)
- Quacker Tracker (1967)
- The Music Mice-Tro (1967)
- The Spy Swatter (1967)
Film and television titles (as Format Productions unless otherwise noted)[]
- Outlaws (1960–1962) (TV) (as Format Films)
- I Spy (1965–1968) (TV)
- The Glory Guys (1965)
- Honey West (1965–1966) (TV)
- Clambake (1967)
- The Mothers-in-Law (1967–1969) (TV)
- Hee Haw (1969) (TV)
- Curiosity Shop (1971–1973) (TV)
Notes[]
External links[]
- Format Films on IMDb (subscription required)
- Format Films on IMDb (subscription required)
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| Studios | Harman-Ising Productions (1930–1933) • Leon Schlesinger Productions (1933–1944) • Warner Bros. Cartoons (1944–1964) • DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (1964–1967, 1979–1980) • Format Films (1965–1967) • Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1967–1969) • Chuck Jones Enterprises (1976–1980, 1994–1997) • Warner Bros. Animation (1980–present) | |
| People | Tex Avery • Bea Benaderet • Mel Blanc • Bernard B. Brown • Arthur Q. Bryan
• John Burton • Daws Butler • Bob Clampett • Cal Dalton • Arthur Davis • David H. DePatie • Earl Duvall • Milt Franklyn • Stan Freberg • Friz Freleng • June Foray • Ben Hardaway • Hugh Harman • Ken Harris • William L. Hendricks • Cal Howard • Rudolf Ising • Chuck Jones • Jack King • William Lava • Abe Levitow • Michael Maltese • Frank Marsales • Norman McCabe • Robert McKimson • Tom Palmer • Hawley Pratt • Virgil Ross • Leon Schlesinger • Rod Scribner •Edward Selzer • Norman Spencer • Carl Stalling • Frank Tashlin • Ben Washam | |
| Characters | Major characters | Bugs Bunny • Daffy Duck • Elmer Fudd • Foghorn Leghorn • Granny • Lola Bunny • Marvin the Martian • Pepé Le Pew • Porky Pig • Speedy Gonzales • Sylvester the Cat • Taz • Tweety • Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner • Yosemite Sam |
| Recurring characters | Babbit and Catstello • Barnyard Dawg • Beaky Buzzard • Beans • Bosko • Buddy • Cecil Turtle • Charlie Dog • Claude Cat • Clyde Bunny • Colonel Shuffle • Conrad the Cat • Cool Cat • Egghead Jr. • Foxy • Goofy Gophers • Goopy Geer • Gossamer • Hector the Bulldog • Henery Hawk • Hippety Hopper • Hubie and Bertie • Hugo the Abominable Snowman • Inki • Marc Antony and Pussyfoot • Merlin the Magic Mouse • Michigan J. Frog • Miss Prissy • Nasty Canasta • Penelope Pussycat • Petunia Pig • Piggy • Playboy Penguin • Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog • Slowpoke Rodriguez • Sniffles • Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier • Sylvester Jr. • The Three Bears • Willoughby • Witch Hazel | |
| Shorts | 1929–1939 • 1940–1949 • 1950–1959 • 1960–1969 • 1970–present • Featuring Bugs Bunny • Featuring Daffy Duck • Featuring Sylvester • Featuring Porky Pig • Blue Ribbon reissues • Censored Eleven | |
| Television | Compilations | The Bugs Bunny Show • The Porky Pig Show • The Road Runner Show • The Merrie Melodies Show • Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends • Bugs 'n' Daffy |
| Originals | Tiny Toon Adventures • Taz-Mania • The Plucky Duck Show • The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries • Baby Looney Tunes • Duck Dodgers • Loonatics Unleashed • The Looney Tunes Show • Wabbit/New Looney Tunes • Looney Tunes Cartoons • Tooned Out • Specials | |
| Feature films |
Compilations | The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie • The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie • Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales • Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island • Daffy Duck's Quackbusters • The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame |
| Live-action/ animation |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Space Jam • Looney Tunes: Back in Action • Space Jam: A New Legacy | |
| Made for video | Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation • Tweety's High-Flying Adventure • Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure • Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas • Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run • Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam • King Tweety | |
| Documentaries | Bugs Bunny: Superstar • Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons • Chuck Amuck: The Movie | |
| Music/Songs | "Camptown Races" • "Dance of the Comedians" • "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)" • "Merrily We Roll Along" • "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" • "Powerhouse" | |
| Other | Video games | |
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| Defunct | 70/30 Productions • Amblimation • Animation Collective • Animation Lab • Animation Magic • Cartoon Pizza • Circle 7 Animation • Cookie Jar Group • Crest Animation Productions • Curious Pictures • DePatie-Freleng Enterprises • DIC Entertainment • DNA Productions • Famous Studios • Filmation • Fleischer Studios • Fox Animation Studios • Hanna-Barbera • Jetlag Productions • Kroyer Films • Laugh-O-Gram Studio • Marvel Productions • MGM-Pathé Communications • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation • MGM Animation/Visual Arts • MGM Cartoons) • Pacific Data Images • Rankin/Bass Productions • Ruby-Spears • Screen Gems Cartoons • Skellington Productions • Soup2Nuts • Sullivan Bluth Studios • Sunbow Entertainment • Terrytoons • United Productions of America • Van Beuren Studios • Walter Lantz Productions • Warner Bros. Cartoons • Will Vinton Studios • Williams Street West | |
| Industry associations | The Animation Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839 • ASIFA-Hollywood | |
| Awards | Academy Awards • Annie Award • Daytime Emmy Award • Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards • Primetime Emmy Award | |
| History | Silent era • Golden age (World War II) • Television era • Modern era | |
| Genres | Animated Infomercial • Animated sitcom • Buddy film • Comedy-drama • Superhero fiction • Western | |
| Related topics | American Comics (History of American comics • Tijuana bible) • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces • Flash animation | |