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- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerSid RaymondA Modern Madcap animated short in which the baseball teams the Redskins play the Bluesocks. The manager is threatened to be sent down to the bush leagues if he doesn't win the pennant. An Indian Chief and a baseball playing horse may be the answer to the manager's woes.Series premiere
- DirectorDave TendlarNick TafuriStarsJackson BeckMaurice GosfieldGrateful Gus, a happy-go-lucky panhandler, puts the touch on a bank executive who is hastily absconding with the bank's liquid assets. The banker gives Gus a ten-dollar bill, and Gus is so filled with gratitude that he sticks closer to the embezzler than glue, no matter where the robber goes. This eventually causes the apprehension of the worn-out robber. A policeman gives Gus a reward and Gus then turns his grateful attention to him.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelJonathan P. Grisley, the president of a toy company, is sent to a psychiatrist to find out why he plays with toys. He goes back to childhood and thinks that he's got "toy phobia".
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsGilbert MackJack MercerA French shopkeeper's life is disrupted by a daily parade. The parade consists of "ze king, ze premier, all ze lords and ministers, army, navy, department sanitaire." When the "department sanitaire" hits a pothole, all the garbage gets dumped onto the street in front of his store.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsGilbert MackJack MercerA ghost is hired by a real-estate agent on the behalf of a Scots-client to haunt the tight-wad's mansion while he is away so he won't have to pay for a caretaker. A weary hobo, who doesn't believe in ghost, tries to move in the invitingly-empty domicile...and rues the day.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelFrank EndresStarsJack MercerMae QuestelSid RaymondA man schemes to get rich with a talking horse.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsMae QuestelJackson BeckT.V. Fuddlehead is a television fan. He watches the early-shows, the late late-shows and the in-between-shows. He buys all the products advertised on the commercials. He wins a huge home with all the luxuries but it is built on an island in the middle of nowhere...and has no television reception.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsGilbert MackJack MercerParamount Modern Madcap animated short. Professor Schmaltz sets out to prove that music calms the savage beast with the help of Sir Cedric Gluttonhead.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelWm. B. PattengillStarsPhil KramerJack MercerMae QuestelJeepers makes an effort to help Creepers find his long lost love.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerA devil appears on the shoulder of a man who has been down on his luck since his Friday-the-13th birthday. The green-suited tempter convinces him to gamble away his last dime.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerParamount Modern Madcap animated short. Sheriff, who prohibits guns in his town, must take down Dirty Dan, an outlaw in the Wild West.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelIrv SpectorStarsJack MercerA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short - Luigi the blacksmith pounds his hammer to the annoyance of the neighbouring symphony. Of course the theatre owner must put a stop to Luigi's infernal noise making.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelNick TafuriStarsGilbert MackJack MercerMae QuestelA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Henry, being a hen-pecked husband doing all the chores, solves his problem by purchasing a robot maid.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Two rival TV cowboy stars, Wild Bill Hiccup and Quiet Burp, compete for the right to sign a little boy's autograph book.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsGilbert MackJack MercerMae QuestelA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Mike the Masquerader tries to steal a diamond collar from the neck of a poodle.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelIrv SpectorStarsDayton AllenJack MercerCorinne OrrA Russian matchmaker tries to find a wife for a space alien who has landed in the neighborhood.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelGraham PlaceStarsJack MercerCecil RoyA boy with a springlike spine bounces his way through childhood.Instead of painting the film on cels, animators Place and Feuer created paper cutouts of the characters to create shadow effects
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJack MercerCecil RoyA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. A child psychologist is hired to reform a mischievous boy named Terry.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelWm. B. PattengillStarsGilbert MackJack MercerSid RaymondMike the masquerader disguises himself as a kid in order to rob a bank.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Smedley, the loyal butler, is challenged to prevent his master Sir Perceval Prunepit from his compulsion to draw moustaches on anyone he sees.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelNick TafuriStarsDayton AllenA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Young alien with a special ray gun invades Earth and makes life difficult for a circus ringmaster.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelNick TafuriStarsJack MercerProfessor Schmaltz captures a termite to study, and gets more than he bargained for when it wreaks havoc in his laboratory.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelIrv SpectorStarsEddie LawrenceCorinne OrrThe harried wife of an incorrigible cigarette smoker confines her husband to an institution that promises to break him of his habit.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelIrv SpectorStarsDayton AllenNorma MacMillanA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Chaz Huntington, TV interviewer, is at the home of the famous Gabby Lamette describing a day in the life of a celebrity. Unfortunately her husband Minton Silva is jealous of all men attracted to Gabby with challenging results for the TV interviewer.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelIrv SpectorStarsJack MercerCorinne OrrA trumpet-playing cat and his jazz band invade Ye Olde Squaresville, a kingdom that has outlawed all but the squarest music.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelIrv SpectorStarsEddie LawrenceCorinne OrrA nebbish plots to murder his overbearing wife.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelIrv SpectorStarsEddie LawrenceCorinne OrrAn overbearing company president demands that his timid little employee ask for a raise, or he's fired.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMartin TarasStarsJack MercerA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Specs, a boy for whom his mother wants him to study instead of playing baseball with his buddies that include Chub and Goop, imagines being elected president of the United States.
- DirectorGene DeitchStarsAllen SwiftA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. A Gene Deitch production. Intended for a TV series in 1960, this short about Samson, a junk yard owner and his horse Delilah help a couple of kids build a bridge between their apartments. It was released theatrically in 1962.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelNick TafuriStarsJack MercerCorinne OrrA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Professor Herman Schmaltz invents kitchen gadgets to "help" his wife Lena.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMartin TarasStarsEddie LawrenceA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Ralph helps Percy assemble a do it yourself Hi-Fi stereo system.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelNick TafuriStarsDayton AllenJack MercerCorinne OrrA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. A pseudo documentary satirizes the venturing out to suburbia about a family led by husband Homer. The challenges facing the American family are highlighted in this short.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMorey RedenStarsEddie LawrenceA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Bored Percy and Ralph try the penny arcade to pass the time with disastrous results for Percy.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMorey RedenStarsDayton AllenJack MercerA robot that repeats everything it hears ends up in an advertising agency and fits right in.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMartin TarasStarsJack MercerCorinne OrrWhen the owners of Bobo the dog notice that he hardly touches his dog food they take him to an animal psychiatrist. He recommends they treat Bobo as "one of the family".
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMorey RedenStarsDayton AllenCorinne OrrA Paramount Noveltoon animated short. Perry Popgun Private Eye kills some quiet time visiting his girlfriend Goldie, a nightclub singer. Threatened with marriage, Perry takes a case.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMartin TarasStarsEddie LawrenceA Paramount Noveltoon animated short. A man (Ralph) goes into a watch repair shop to repair his watch. The salesman (Percy) tries to sell him another watch. Ralph settles for a cuckoo clock with an eagle. The plot thickens.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMorey RedenStarsDayton AllenValerie HarperJack MercerA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Luigi owns a glass store and rents rooms above the shop. He leases an apartment to a beatnik drummer who threatens the glassware in his store with the vibrations. Luigi is determined to evict the new tenant.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMartin TarasStarsDayton AllenNorma MacMillanA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Morty is exhausted from working too hard. His wife Gladys suggests a European vacation where she gets all the rest and he gets all the exhaustion.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMorey RedenStarsDayton AllenValerie HarperA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. George works in the sewer to the discontent of his wife. She wants him to find a cleaner less smelly job.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMartin TarasStarsBob McFaddenCorinne OrrHarry Happy puts on a bright smile to the world that does him wrong, while barking orders to his terrified wife at home. But a marriage counselor gives him a better idea.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMorey RedenStarsDayton AllenJack MercerCorinne OrrGoodie the goblin reads his nephew a bedtime story.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMartin TarasStarsDayton AllenJack MercerCecil RoyA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. A tale about why pigs like to live in the mud.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMorey RedenStarsDayton AllenJack MercerA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. A fox is determined to prove that a fox is clever enough to take anything he wants despite an Aesop's fable claim. He sets his eyes on Luigi's grape vineyard.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelWm. B. PattengillStarsJack MercerCorinne OrrA Paramount Modern Madcap animated feature. Goodie the Gremlin helps a new boy scout to earn his good deed for the day despite the efforts of Nasty and Meanie Gremlins to foil his will.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMorey RedenStarsEddie LawrenceA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. The Ringading Kid decides to retire from his gunslinging days but he's coerced into coming back.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMorey RedenStarsDayton AllenNorma MacMillanA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. In the year 2064, mankind has populated the nearby planets with a population of 80 billion people. Of course taxi services are a necessity. Zippy Zephyr is a taxi driver who is threatened by automation. Mr. Mars wants to replace Zippy with a robot driver. A race ensues on who is a better cab driver.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMartin TarasStarsBob McFaddenJack MercerA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. J. Pinchpenny Grump funds an expedition for Dr. Drizzle and Professor Fog to search for and capture the elusive Abominable Snowman in Tibet for the museum.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMorey RedenStarsNorma MacMillanBob McFaddenA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Wingy the chicken is excited about the first day of school. On his way, Buck the weasel redirects him to his "school" where he plans to make him his dinner.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelIsadore KleinStarsJack MercerCorinne OrrSqueegee tries to help a nearsighted aardvark.
- DirectorHoward PostIsadore KleinStarsBob McFaddenA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Hilary the lion, is not performing in the zoo as expected. Starving he seeks out his favourite food rice pudding.
- DirectorHoward PostAl EugsterStarsBradley BolkeShari LewisWhile Cousin Maggie is away, Honey Halfwitch gets soaked in a potion that makes her grow to gargantuan proportions.
- DirectorHoward PostMartin TarasStarsDayton AllenHermione GingoldA London man with an overbearing wife escapes the drudgery of his life when he sprouts wings.
- DirectorHoward PostMorey RedenStarsBob McFaddenA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Boobie Baboon works on escaping from jail.
- DirectorHoward PostNick TafuriStarsBradley BolkePhil KramerA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short featuring Boobie Baboon. Boobie is a copy boy for the press. The editor sends him on a story to investigate prison life. But first thing Boobie needs to do is to find a way to get arrested.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneChuck HarritonHoward PostStarsBill DanaBob McFaddenA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Jose Jimenez down on his luck and starving joins Fagley P. Bogus' on an expedition to find the lost city of Carawana.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneChuck HarritonStarsBob McFaddenCorinne OrrA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. Sir Blur, a myopic knight, goes out to slay a dragon who's picnicking with his grandson Sparky.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneAl EugsterStarsShari LewisAllen SwiftA Paramount Modern Madcap animated short. The king's daughter being not too attractive is searching for a husband. Enter the myopic Sir Blur.
- DirectorHoward PostShamus CulhaneAl EugsterStarsBradley BolkeQuacky Whack tries to get on Noah's Ark. Hilarity ensures.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneNick TafuriStarsAllen SwiftThe half-blind Sir Blur, who is both knight and mailman, torments a blacksmith with his bumbling.Series finale