The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians

1970

60 min

6.0

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Animation, Comedy

Director

Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Jack Benny

George Burns

Phyllis Diller

George Jessel

Jack E. Leonard

Groucho Marx

Tom Smothers

Flip Wilson

Henny Youngman

Paul Frees

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The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians

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.

  • Jack Benny

  • George Burns

  • Phyllis Diller

  • George Jessel

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