MEL-O-TOONS
A New World Production
Syndicated in 1960 by United Artists Television

Mel-O-Toons was a series of six-minute color fillers which used limited animation to illustrate preexisting 45 rpm children's records. Some of the cartoons featured famous legends, fairy tales and literary works, while others offered classical music as background to animal stories, using narration by top announcers such as Don Wilson, Stan Freberg, Patrick McGeehan, Art Gilmore and Jane Pickens.  

Hansel and Gretel

The series was originally developed to showcase the works of author Thornton Burgess (Peter Cottontail, Paddy the Beaver) utilizing both live-action and animated segments. It was expanded to 104 episodes which necessitated using material other than the work of Burgess. 

Incomplete Episode Listing:
(click on a hyper-linked title to see a picture from the episode)

Click here to see the full-length Pinocchio Mel-O-Toon on YouTube.

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