The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
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Genre	Animation Comedy
Created By	Pat Sullivan Otto Messmer Joe Oriolo (characters)
Directed by	Lynne Naylor Milton Knight Doug Lawrence Timothy Björklund
Creative director(s)	Timothy Björklund
Voices of	Thom Adcox-Hernandez Charlie Adler Cree Summer
Theme music composer	Don Oriolo Nathan Wang
Opening Theme	"The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat"
Composer(s)	Club Foot Orchestra
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English German
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Executive producer(s)	Don Oriolo Phil Roman
producer(s)	Timothy Björklund
Running time	22 min.
Production company(s)	Felix the Cat Productions Film Roman Wang Film Productions
Distributor	Felix the Cat Productions
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	4:3
Audio format	CBS Stereosound (season 1) Dolby Surround (season 2)
First shown in	1995-1997
Original release	September 16, 1995 – November 25, 1997

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is an animated series starring the classic 1919 feline character, Felix the Cat produced for television by Film Roman. It aired from September 16, 1995 to November 25, 1997 on CBS.

History

The show was a modern take on the original 1958 series produced by Otto Messmer's former assistant, Joe Oriolo. His son, Don Oriolo, was involved in the creation of this series as well. In many ways, the show reverts to the silent era of shorts with surreal settings and offbeat character depictions. Felix is also more like his original mischievous adult form, rather than the young and innocent depiction from the 1930s, 1950s and the 1988 film Felix the Cat: The Movie. It does, however, contain some elements from the 1950s series such as Felix's Magic Bag of Tricks and the character Poindexter.

The series starred Thom Adcox-Hernandez as the voice of Felix the Cat. Later on in the series though, he was replaced by Charlie Adler for unknown reasons. It was produced by Phil Roman and Timothy Berglund and is reputed to have been one of the most expensive cartoons ever made by Film Roman. Martin Olson and Jeremy Kramer, two comedy writers known for pushing the envelope into the bizarre, wrote both outlines and scripts for the series. The main theme was composed by Don Oriolo, while the musical score and closing theme were composed and performed by the Club Foot Orchestra.

List of episodes

Airdate	Cartoon	Credits
16 Sep. 1995	Space Time Twister	Story by Martin Olson; Written by Martin Olson, Lynne Naylor, Stephan DeStefano, Timothy Bjorklund; Directed by Lynne Naylor
	Guardian Idiot	Story by Martin Olson; Written by Martin Olson, Dominic Polcino, Christopher Moeller, Timothy Berglund; Directed by Dominic Polcino
	Don't String Me Along	Story by Jeremy Kramer; Written by Jeremy Kramer, Robin Steele, Christian Roman, Timothy Berglund; Directed by Robin Steele
23 Sep. 1995	Attack of the Tacky	Bob Koch
	Mars Needs Felix	Story by Jeremy Kramer; Written by Jeremy Kramer, Milton Knight, Michael Polcino; Directed by Milton Knight
	Step Right Up	Story by Jeremy Kramer; Written by Jeremy Kramer, Dominic Polcino, Chris Moeller; Directed by Dominic Polcino
30 Sep. 1995	Now Playing – Felix	Story by Jeremy Kramer, Timothy Berglund; Written by Jeremy Kramer, Lynne Naylor, Stephan DeStefano; Directed by Lynne Naylor
	Jailhouse Shock	Story by Jeremy Kramer, Timothy Bjorklund; Written by Jeremy Kramer, Phil Robinson, Bob Koch, Timothy Bjorklund; Directed by Phil "Wild Brain" Robinson
	The Manhattan Triangle	Story by Martin Olson, Timothy Berglund; Written by Martin Olson; Directed by Blair Peters
7 Oct. 1995	The Petrified Cheese	Story by Martin Olson, Timothy Berglund; Written by Martin Olson; Directed by Chris Bartleman
	Middle Aged Felix	Bob Koch
	Felix in Psychedelicland	Story by Martin Olson, Timothy Berglund; Written by Martin Olson, Timothy Berglund, Robin Steele, Christian Roman; Directed by Robin Steele
14 Oct. 1995	Forever Rafter	Story by Jeremy Kramer; Written by Jeremy Kramer, Milton Knight, Michael Polcino; Directed by Milton Knight
	Now Boarding	Story by Jeremy Kramer; Written by Jeremy Kramer, John Stevenson, Timothy Berglund; Directed by John Stevenson
	Felix Breaks the Bank	Story by Jeremy Kramer; Written by Jeremy Kramer, Lynne Naylor, Stephan DeStefano; Directed by Lynne Naylor
21 Oct. 1995	Order of the Black Cats	Story by Jeremy Kramer; Written by Jeremy Kramer, Dominic Polcino, Chris Moeller; Directed by Dominic Polcino
	Noah's Nightclub	Story by Martin Olson; Written by Martin Olson, Robin Steele, Christian Roman, Timothy Berglund; Directed by Robin Steele
	Felix's Gold Score	Story by Jeremy Kramer; Written by Jeremy Kramer, Milton Knight, Michael Polcino; Directed by Milton Knight
28 Oct. 1995	The Earth Heist	Martin Olson
	The Sludge King (Parts 1 & 2)	Story by Martin Olson, Timothy Berglund; Written by Martin Olson, Timothy Berglund; Directed by Timothy Berglund
4 Nov. 1995	Shocking Story	Story by Martin Olson; Written by Martin Olson, Doug Lawrence, Timothy Berglund; Directed by Doug Lawrence
	Space Case	Martin Olson
	Love at First Slice	Martin Olson
11 Nov. 1995	Peg Leg Felix	Martin Olson
	Gross Ghost	Martin Olson
	Felix's Big Splash	Bob Koch
18 Nov. 1995	Five-Minute Meatball	Martin Olson
	Shell Shock	Story by Martin Olson; Written by Martin Olson, Blair Peters, Timothy Bjorkloon; Directed by Blair Peters
	The Big Hunt	Story by Jeremy Kramer; Written by Jeremy Kramer, Blair Peters, Timothy Berglund; Directed by Blair Peters
25 Nov. 1995	News Blues	Story by Jeremy Kramer; Written by Jeremy Kramer, Martin Olson, Blair Peters; Directed by Blair Peters
	Wet Paint	Story by Martin Olson; Written by Martin Olson, Timothy Berglund; Directed by Timothy Berglund
	Copycat	Story by Michael Ouweleen; Written by Michael Ouweleen, Paul Vester; Directed by Paul Vester
2 Dec. 1995	Phony Phelix	Written by Mark Evanier; Directed by Chris Moeller
	Star Trash	Written by Mark Evanier, Christian Roman, Craig Kellman; Director: Christian Roman
	Surreal Estate	Written by Mark Evanier & Doug Lawrence; Director: Doug Lawrence

Voice Cast

• Thom Adcox-Hernandez – Felix the Cat (Season 1)
• Charlie Adler – Felix the Cat (Season 2) / Vacuum Cleaner / Additional Voices
• Phil Hayes – Rosco
• Cree Summer – Sheba Beboporeba / Additional Voices
• Tony Jay – Peeking Duck
• Jim Cummings – One-Ton / Additional Voices
• Kevin Schon – Moo Shoo
• John Byner – Additional Voices
• Cam Clarke – Poindexter
• Susan Silo – Additional Voices
• Gary Owens – Radio Announcer
• Mary Kay Bergman – Tickets / Mermaid / Additional Voices
• Tony Pope – Shamus T. Goldcrow
• Jennifer Hale – Candy Kitty / Additional Voices
• Jane Singer – Additional Voices
• Tom Kane – Birthdayland Announcer
• Jill Talley - Additional Voices
• Frank Welker - Additional Voices
• Kath Soucie - Additional Voices
• Billy West - Rock Bottom
• Pat Fraley - The Professor
• Greg Burson - Black Cat Leader
• Dan Castellaneta - Black Cat Keeper

Video availability

Main article: Category:The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat video releases

A number of episodes have been released on VHS by BMG Video and Universal Studios Home Entertainment, and several DVD releases of episodes were available in Hong Kong under the title The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat II. In 2013, the entire series was released on a three-disc Region 2 DVD set in Germany.

External links

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• Episode index at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/Twisted-Adventures-Felix-Cat/4409