Animated Antics is an animated cartoon series produced by the Fleischer Studios from 1940 through 1941, and distributed through Paramount Pictures.[1]
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.
| Title | Original release date | Reissue release date | Animation | Story | Characters | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dandy Lion | September 20, 1940[2] | James Culhane Alfred Eugster | Dan Gordon | Indian, Lion | ||
| 2 | Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch | October 25, 1940 | December 1946[3] | Willard Bowsky Gordon Sheehan | Cal Howard | Sneak, Snoop, Snitch, King Little | A spin-off of Gulliver's Travels. |
| 3 | Mommy Loves Puppy | November 29, 1940 | Willard Bowsky James Davis | William Turner | Puppy, St. Bernard, Drunkened Walrus | ||
| 4 | Bring Himself Back Alive | December 20, 1940 | Tom Johnson Graham Place | Cal Howard | Hyde Skinner, Turtle, Lion | ||
| 5 | Twinkletoes Gets the Bird | March 14, 1941 | David Tendlar Thomas Golden | William Turner | Twinkletoes | A spin-off of Gulliver's Travels. | |
| 6 | Triple Trouble | May 9, 1941 | James Culhane Nicholas Tafuri | George Hill | Sneak, Snoop, Snitch | A spin-off of Gulliver's Travels. | |
| 7 | Zero the Hound | May 30, 1941 | Tom Johnson Frank Endres | Carl Meyer | Zero, Hunter | ||
| 8 | Twinkletoes: Where He Goes - Nobody Knows | June 27, 1941 | December 1946 | David Tendlar Stephen Muffati | Cal Howard | Twinkletoes, King Bombo | A spin-off of Gulliver's Travels. |
| 9 | Copy Cat | July 18, 1941 | March 1947[4] | Myron Waldman William Henning | Bob Wickersham | Cats | |
| 10 | The Wizard of Arts | August 8, 1941 | Tom Johnson Jack Ozark | Jack Ward | Sculptor | Bob Hope and Harpo Marx are caricatured. Jack Ozark's only on-screen credit. | |
| 11 | Twinkletoes in Hat Stuff | August 29, 1941 | Myron Waldman Sam Stimson | Carl Meyer | Twinkletoes | A 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 | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters | February 14, 1941 | Harold Muller | Pop and Mom | A stop motion film produced by the Charles Bowers Studios. | |||
| Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm | Jerry Fairbanks | April 18, 1941 | Tex Avery Lou Lilly | A live-action film produced by Jerry Fairbanks. |