The Funky Phantom
| The Funky Phantom | |
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| Genre |
Animation Comedy Mystery Adventure |
| Directed by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Voices of |
Daws Butler Tommy Cook Jerry Dexter Micky Dolenz Kristina Holland Don Messick |
| Composer(s) | John Sangster |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 17 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor |
Taft Broadcasting (original)
Worldvision Enterprises (former)
Warner Bros. Television Distribution (current)
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| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 11, 1971 – September 2, 1972 |
The Funky Phantom is a Saturday morning cartoon, produced for Hanna-Barbera Productions by Australian production company Air Programs International in 1971 for ABC.
Trying to find shelter from a storm while driving their "Looney Duney" dune buggy, three teenagers — the brainy redhead Skip Gilroy, the blonde beauty April Stewart and Skip's brother; the brawny dark-haired Augie Anderson — and their dog Elmo, entered an old house where a grandfather clock displayed the incorrect time. Upon setting the clock to midnight, it released two Revolutionary War-era ghosts: an American patriot named Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore and his cat, whom he had trained to respond to the name of Boo. The two explained that, during the Revolutionary War, they had stumbled upon two Redcoats and ended up hiding inside the clock, but also that they then were unable to get out of the clock and eventually died inside. Ever since being freed by their new friends, Mudsy and Boo have accompanied them on many mysteries, always giving an invisible helping hand.
The character voice of Mudsy was provided by Daws Butler and was identical to his voice work for Snagglepuss, "down to the use of Snagglepuss's catchphrases, Even." (In turn, Butler's Snagglepuss voice was in impersonation of that of actor Bert Lahr.)
Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a studio-created laugh track, and indeed, it was one of the first such productions to do so. Syndicated versions on Cartoon Network and Boomerang have the track muted.
The Funky Phantom premiered on ABC-TV on September 11, 1971, with 17 episodes running for two years on Saturday-morning television.
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