The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970)

Directed by

Jules Bass

Genre

animation, comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This animated special honors old-time vaudeville comedians. It shows cartoon versions of famous performers doing their classic routines.

playfulnostalgiclivelywhimsicalfast-pacedtheatricallightheartedenergeticold-fashioned

What happens

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians is a 1970 American animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. After the Christmas special Frosty the Snowman (1969), it was Rankin/Bass' second hand-drawn animated work to be outsourced to Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production in Tokyo, Japan. The show aired on ABC on April 7, 1970 before the airing of that year's Oscars. It was a tribute to early vaudeville, and featured animated reworkings of various famous comedians' acts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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