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| − | Kasane Teto and Kagamine Rin take refuge from the rain in Finders Keepers and while away the rainy day using their imagination. While they wait for the rain to stop, they make toys and costumes out of recycled materials. |
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| + | |show name = Mittens the Cat |
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| − | ==Segments [https://parody.wikia.com/wiki/Imagine_That!_(Vocaloid_Spoof)?action=edit§ion=1 Edit]== |
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| + | |format = [[Film]]<br>[[4:3]]<br>[[480i]] |
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| − | *'''Cartoon:''' "The Cat Who Hated Rain" (EKA: Episode 2755) |
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| + | |num episodes = 17 episodes (34 segments) |
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| − | *'''Cartoon:''' "Arnold Rides a Chair" (EKA: Episode 2754) |
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| + | |num of seasons = 1 |
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| − | *'''Song:''' Colorful × Sexy ft. Luka & MEIKO |
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| + | |runtime = 20 Minutes |
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| − | *'''Song:''' ーKipple Industry Inc ft. Miku |
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| + | |network = NBC |
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| − | *'''Song:''' 忘却心中 feat.MEIKO |
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| + | |creator(s) = [[Ken Griffith]] |
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| − | *'''Song:''' "Soiya saa! Rin & Len |
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| + | |writer(s) = [[Bruce Thompson]] |
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| − | *'''Cartoon:''' erase or zero ft. Len & KAITO |
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| + | |director(s) = [[Barry Charles]]<br>[[Michael Hill]] |
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| − | *'''Song:''' "The Game of Make Believe" with Cecille (EKA: Episode 2864) |
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| + | |executive producer(s) = [[Graham Collingwood]]<br>[[John Hathcock]] |
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| − | *'''Song:''' "Happy Happiness" (EKA: Episode 3320) |
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| + | |starring = [[Dick Van Dyke]]<br>[[Julie Bennett]]<br>[[Janet Waldo]]<br>[[John Stephenson (actor)|John Stephenson]]<br>[[Alan Reed]]<br>[[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Jean Vander Pyl]]<br>[[David Tomlinson]]<br>[[Daws Butler]]<br>[[Hal Smith]]<br>[[Paul Frees]]<br>[[Paul Winchell]]<br>[[Don Messick]] |
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| − | ==Plot [https://parody.wikia.com/wiki/Imagine_That!_(Vocaloid_Spoof)?action=edit§ion=2 Edit]== |
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| + | |first aired = September 14, 1968 |
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| − | Plot- At the park, Oscar's manning a newstand and Telly and Zoe are there to watch Gabi fly a kite, but it rains and so they run to "Finders Keepers" in the "Around the Corner" area- where they find a note saying that Ruthie will be out for an hour. (For clarification- Oscar stays with his newstand the whole time) Telly, Zoe, Gabi and kids are stuck waiting at "Finders Keepers" for the rain to pass. |
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| + | |last aired = January 18, 1969 |
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| + | |country = United States |
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| + | |language = English |
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| + | |time = 22 Minutes |
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| + | |distributor = [[Michael Shires Television]] (current)}} |
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| + | Mittens the Cat is an American animated television series produced by [[Melvin Studios|Melvin Comics Animation]] and [[Charles Hill Films|Charles Hill Productions]] |
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| + | Mittens the Cat ran on NBC from September 14, 1968, to January 18, 1969. 17 episodes were produced with each episode featuring two different stories. |
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| − | Song- "We Hate The Rain" (New) - Stinky the stinkweed plant is seen singing in the rain in this song. Oscar gets a verse too- but he's confused because he loves the rain because it gets people depressed, but he hates the rain because it makes pretty flowers grow! |
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| + | ==Characters== |
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| − | Cartoon- The cat who hated rain (and got 3 wishes to do something about it!) |
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| + | ====Heroes==== |
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| + | *Mittens the Cat (voiced by [[Dick Van Dyke]]) - Mittens is an 18-years-old light yellow cat. He has blonde hair, bright blue eyes, white snout, white paws and white tail end on his tail. Mittens is wearing bright blue tunic, bright blue Phrygian cap, brown gloves, light gray pants and long brown boots. He speaks with a California accent. Mittens can fight the bad guys and break obstacles with using his invincible magical sword. He also can use shield, boomerang, bomb, bow and arrow as his fighting tools. |
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| + | *Princess Sally (voiced by [[Julie Bennett]]) - Princess Sally is a female rabbit. She is Mittens' love interest and loyal friend. Princess Sally is wearing yellow tiara with a triangle on the middle, light purple dress and brown boots. She has white fur and dark yellow hair. |
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| + | *Isabelle the Fairy Canary (voiced by [[Janet Waldo]]) - Isabelle is a magical fairy canary. She is a helper of Mittens, despite she is usually getting annoyed by him. |
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| + | *Merlyn (voiced by [[John Stephenson (actor)|John Stephenson]]) - Merlyn is a wizard duck. He is a helper of Mittens. |
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| + | ====Allies==== |
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| − | Zoe wishes something interesting would happen and then Mumford shows up, but he was trying to get to Ft. Lauerdale. Zoe suggests he use tree, which rhymes with sea, to get him there when he says his magic words. He tries it, but ends up under a tree in the rain. |
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| + | *King Simmons (voiced by [[Alan Reed]]) - King Simmons is an Irish Wolfhound. He is the king of Kool Kingdom. |
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| + | *Gerard (voiced by [[Mel Blanc]]) - Gerard is a squirrel who is wearing monk clothing. |
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| + | *Madame Hippo (voiced by [[Jean Vander Pyl]]) - Madame Hippo is a large female hippopotamus who gives Mittens a kiss after he's getting hurt. |
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| + | *Captain Longneck (voiced by [[John Stephenson (actor)|John Stephenson]]) - Captain Longneck is a giraffe. He is Mittens' teacher. |
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| + | ====Villains==== |
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| − | Cartoon- (Claymation)- Arnold uses his imagination and travels around in his chair. (This Arnold also looks very similar to the Nickelodeon "Hey Arnold" cartoon) |
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| + | *Lord Mousetoff (voiced by [[David Tomlinson]]) - A large greedy rat and the main antagonist. |
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| + | *Big Bully (voiced by [[Daws Butler]]) - An evil bulldog. |
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| + | *Shadow (voiced by [[Paul Winchell]]) - A evil shadow that looks, and sounds like Mittens. |
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| + | *Copper the Coyote (voiced by [[Hal Smith]]) - A slick sneaky coyote that steals things that are shiny. |
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| + | *Sir Cheatsalot (voiced by [[Paul Frees]]) - A cheetah knight and wants to marry Princess Sally. |
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| + | *Queen Bee (voiced by [[Jean Vander Pyl]]) - Evil Queen that wants to steal all of the honey in the Kool Kingdom. |
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| + | ===Other characters=== |
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| − | Telly, Zoe, Gabi and kids start pulling out items to be recycled to use for toys. |
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| + | *Narrator (voiced by [[Don Messick]]) |
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| + | ==Voice Cast:== |
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| − | Song- "Imagine That" (Ernie classic!!! I love this one! ) |
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| + | *[[Dick Van Dyke]] - Mittens the Cat |
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| + | *[[Julie Bennett]] - Princess Sally |
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| + | *[[Janet Waldo]] - Isabelle the Fairy Canary |
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| + | *[[John Stephenson (actor)|John Stephenson]] - Merlyn / Captain Longneck |
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| + | *[[Alan Reed]] - King Simmons |
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| + | *[[Mel Blanc]] - Gerard |
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| + | *[[Jean Vander Pyl]] - Madame Hippo |
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| + | *[[David Tomlinson]] - Lord Mousetoff |
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| + | *[[Daws Butler]] - Big Bully |
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| + | *[[Hal Smith]] - Copper the Coyote |
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| + | *[[Paul Frees]] - Sir Cheatsalot |
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| + | *[[Paul Winchell]] - Shadow |
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| + | *[[Don Messick]] - Narrator |
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| + | ==Credits== |
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| − | Everybody's making toys out of boxes and stuff. Mumford shows up again and offers to help Zoe with what she's making (a house with flowers). Mumford uses his traditional magic words (a la peanut butter sandwiches!) but winds up bringing forth a mouse. |
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| + | *Animation: [[Kenneth Michaels]], [[Ed Augustin]], [[Frank Andrina]], [[Emil Carle]], [[Patricia Crudden]], [[Terence Harrison]], [[Jerry Hathcock]], [[Hicks Lokey]], [[Tony Love]], [[Jack Manning]], [[Bob Maxfield]], [[Casey Onaitis]], [[Jack Parr]], [[Morey Reden]], [[Vive Risto]], [[Izzy Ellis]], [[Ed Beck]] |
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| + | *Character Design: [[Bob Beck]] |
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| + | *Story: [[Laura Sharples]], [[Ralph Wright]], [[Vance Gerry]], [[Michael Maltese|Mike Maltese]], [[Larz Bourne]], [[Bill Lutz]] |
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| + | *Layout: [[Phil Lewis]], [[Burt Freund]], [[Willie Ito]], [[Don Jurwich]], [[Grace Stanzell]], [[Al Wilson]], [[Ed Benedict]], [[Jack Manning]] |
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| + | *Backgrounds: [[Barbara Begg]], [[Daniela Bielecka]], [[William Butler]], [[Richard Grandmain]], [[Mike Kawaguchi]], [[Walt Peregoy]], [[Don Watson]], [[Dave Weidman]] |
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| + | *Written by [[Bruce Thompson]] |
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| + | *Supervising Producer: [[Richard Kenny]] |
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| + | *Associate Producer: [[Alex Scott]] |
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| + | *Story Direction: [[Arthur Davis (animator)|Art Davis]], [[Howard Swift]], [[Paul Sommer]], [[Bob Singer]] |
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| + | *Animation Director: [[Charles Nelson|Charles A. Nelson]] |
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| + | *Production Design: [[Izzy Takamoto]] |
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| + | *Production Supervisor: [[Ken Peterson]] |
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| + | *Character Design: [[Bob Beck]] |
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| + | *Title Design: [[Art Rogers]] |
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| + | *Titles: [[Bill Lynn]] |
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| + | *Music Score: [[George Rogers]] |
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| + | *Technical Supervisor: [[Yoram Garling]] |
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| + | *Ink & Paint Supervisor: [[Warren Johnson]] |
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| + | *Xerography: [[Richard "Terry" Wallace]] |
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| + | *Sound Direction: [[C.O. Stevens]] |
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| + | *Film Editors: [[Donald Halliday]], [[Lloyd L. Richardson]] |
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| + | *Camera: [[Graeme Edelman]], [[Clarence Woodgate]], [[Nigel Stanchfield]], [[Frank Parrish]], [[Frank Hardie]], [[Frank Paiker]], [[Roy Willis]], [[Dale Brunswick]] |
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| + | *Produced and Directed by [[Barry Charles]] and [[Michael Hill]] |
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| + | *In Charge of Production: [[Dickie Bamber]] |
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| + | *Executive Producers: [[Graham Collingwood]] and [[John Hathcock]] |
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| + | *Produced by Melvin Comics Animation in association with Charles Hill Productions |
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| + | *This picture made under the jurisdiction of IATSE-IA, Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.-C.L.C. |
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| + | *RCA Sound Recording |
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| + | ==Home releases== |
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| − | Song- "Box City Recycling Rap" (live film with kids making toys out of boxes and such) |
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| + | *[[Michael Shires Stduios Home Entertainment|Shires Home Entertainment]] released the entire series, with commentaries and other extras, in a DVD box set on October 28, 2014. |
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| − | Gabi then suggests Mumford try "bee" but that brings a bee to him instead of getting him to the sea. |
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| − | Song- "Exploring in Your Closet" (I guess that's what it's called anyway- one of those animated/stop motion kinda things.) |
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| − | Everyone's getting dressed up. |
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| − | Song- "Let's Get Dressed Up" (New) |
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| + | | Mittens the Cat - The Complete Series |
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| − | Mumford shows up again and offers Gabi a wish and she gets a pair of dancing shoes (but the shoes literally dance by themselves) |
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| − | Song- "Dancin' Shoes" (Elmo, Bert, Ernie and The Count are all in this video- as are the singers- Christian Gospel singers BeBe and CeCe Winans!!!) |
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| + | *Commentary on various episodes |
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| + | *Rearview Mirror: A Look Back at Mittens the Cat (retrospective documentary) |
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| − | Telly suggests Mumford try using monkey for the rhyme (Mumford actuallys says "I'm a monkey" in his rhyme- probably a real stretch- but perhaps a slight reference to The Monkees' theme song?) Mumford winds up stuck as a monkey in his book. (Viewers are invited to look for the hidden monkey in the picture in his book.) |
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| − | Song- Cecile, the singing claymation orange, sings a song about imagination. ("The Game of Make Believe"- possible title?) |
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| − | Finally Mumford tries just saying, "Please take me to the beach" and is gone. Then his disembodied voice says he forgot his sunglasses and and those vanish too. So he's finally there! |
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| − | Carlos then comes in and tells them it's stopped raining and everyone goes to play at the park playground. -Credits run with a reprise of "Rainy Day Wishes" |
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Latest revision as of 10:19, 10 August 2020
| Mittens the Cat | |
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| Format |
Film |
| No. of episodes |
17 episodes (34 segments) |
| Run time |
20 Minutes |
| Network |
NBC |
| Creator(s) |
Ken Griffith |
| Writer(s) |
Bruce Thompson |
| Director(s) | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Graham Collingwood |
| Starring |
Dick Van Dyke |
| First aired |
September 14, 1968 |
| Last aired |
January 18, 1969 |
Mittens the Cat is an American animated television series produced by Melvin Comics Animation and Charles Hill Productions
Mittens the Cat ran on NBC from September 14, 1968, to January 18, 1969. 17 episodes were produced with each episode featuring two different stories.
Characters
Heroes
- Mittens the Cat (voiced by Dick Van Dyke) - Mittens is an 18-years-old light yellow cat. He has blonde hair, bright blue eyes, white snout, white paws and white tail end on his tail. Mittens is wearing bright blue tunic, bright blue Phrygian cap, brown gloves, light gray pants and long brown boots. He speaks with a California accent. Mittens can fight the bad guys and break obstacles with using his invincible magical sword. He also can use shield, boomerang, bomb, bow and arrow as his fighting tools.
- Princess Sally (voiced by Julie Bennett) - Princess Sally is a female rabbit. She is Mittens' love interest and loyal friend. Princess Sally is wearing yellow tiara with a triangle on the middle, light purple dress and brown boots. She has white fur and dark yellow hair.
- Isabelle the Fairy Canary (voiced by Janet Waldo) - Isabelle is a magical fairy canary. She is a helper of Mittens, despite she is usually getting annoyed by him.
- Merlyn (voiced by John Stephenson) - Merlyn is a wizard duck. He is a helper of Mittens.
Allies
- King Simmons (voiced by Alan Reed) - King Simmons is an Irish Wolfhound. He is the king of Kool Kingdom.
- Gerard (voiced by Mel Blanc) - Gerard is a squirrel who is wearing monk clothing.
- Madame Hippo (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) - Madame Hippo is a large female hippopotamus who gives Mittens a kiss after he's getting hurt.
- Captain Longneck (voiced by John Stephenson) - Captain Longneck is a giraffe. He is Mittens' teacher.
Villains
- Lord Mousetoff (voiced by David Tomlinson) - A large greedy rat and the main antagonist.
- Big Bully (voiced by Daws Butler) - An evil bulldog.
- Shadow (voiced by Paul Winchell) - A evil shadow that looks, and sounds like Mittens.
- Copper the Coyote (voiced by Hal Smith) - A slick sneaky coyote that steals things that are shiny.
- Sir Cheatsalot (voiced by Paul Frees) - A cheetah knight and wants to marry Princess Sally.
- Queen Bee (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) - Evil Queen that wants to steal all of the honey in the Kool Kingdom.
Other characters
- Narrator (voiced by Don Messick)
Voice Cast:
- Dick Van Dyke - Mittens the Cat
- Julie Bennett - Princess Sally
- Janet Waldo - Isabelle the Fairy Canary
- John Stephenson - Merlyn / Captain Longneck
- Alan Reed - King Simmons
- Mel Blanc - Gerard
- Jean Vander Pyl - Madame Hippo
- David Tomlinson - Lord Mousetoff
- Daws Butler - Big Bully
- Hal Smith - Copper the Coyote
- Paul Frees - Sir Cheatsalot
- Paul Winchell - Shadow
- Don Messick - Narrator
Credits
- Animation: Kenneth Michaels, Ed Augustin, Frank Andrina, Emil Carle, Patricia Crudden, Terence Harrison, Jerry Hathcock, Hicks Lokey, Tony Love, Jack Manning, Bob Maxfield, Casey Onaitis, Jack Parr, Morey Reden, Vive Risto, Izzy Ellis, Ed Beck
- Character Design: Bob Beck
- Story: Laura Sharples, Ralph Wright, Vance Gerry, Mike Maltese, Larz Bourne, Bill Lutz
- Layout: Phil Lewis, Burt Freund, Willie Ito, Don Jurwich, Grace Stanzell, Al Wilson, Ed Benedict, Jack Manning
- Backgrounds: Barbara Begg, Daniela Bielecka, William Butler, Richard Grandmain, Mike Kawaguchi, Walt Peregoy, Don Watson, Dave Weidman
- Written by Bruce Thompson
- Supervising Producer: Richard Kenny
- Associate Producer: Alex Scott
- Story Direction: Art Davis, Howard Swift, Paul Sommer, Bob Singer
- Animation Director: Charles A. Nelson
- Production Design: Izzy Takamoto
- Production Supervisor: Ken Peterson
- Character Design: Bob Beck
- Title Design: Art Rogers
- Titles: Bill Lynn
- Music Score: George Rogers
- Technical Supervisor: Yoram Garling
- Ink & Paint Supervisor: Warren Johnson
- Xerography: Richard "Terry" Wallace
- Sound Direction: C.O. Stevens
- Film Editors: Donald Halliday, Lloyd L. Richardson
- Camera: Graeme Edelman, Clarence Woodgate, Nigel Stanchfield, Frank Parrish, Frank Hardie, Frank Paiker, Roy Willis, Dale Brunswick
- Produced and Directed by Barry Charles and Michael Hill
- In Charge of Production: Dickie Bamber
- Executive Producers: Graham Collingwood and John Hathcock
- Produced by Melvin Comics Animation in association with Charles Hill Productions
- This picture made under the jurisdiction of IATSE-IA, Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.-C.L.C.
- RCA Sound Recording
Home releases
- Shires Home Entertainment released the entire series, with commentaries and other extras, in a DVD box set on October 28, 2014.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date | Additional Information |
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| Mittens the Cat - The Complete Series | 34 | October 28, 2014 |
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