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 April 12, 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. as Thom was meant to be a temporary. 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.[1] 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 (Season 1), and Nathan Wang (Season 2).
List of episodes[]
List of The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat episodes
Voice Cast[]
- Thom Adcox-Hernandez – Felix the Cat (season 1)
- Charlie Adler – Felix the Cat (season 2) / Additional Voices
- Phil Hayes – Rosco / Additional Voices
- Cree Summer – Sheba Beboporeba / Additional Voices
- Susan Silo – Skiddoo (season 1) / Additional Voices
- Kevin Schon – Skiddoo (season 2) / Moo Shoo / Additional Voices
- Jennifer Hale – Candy Kitty / Additional Voices
Additional voices[]
- Jim Belushi
- Jeff Bennett - Guardian Angel / Fuzzy Bunny / Larry Frog / Worm #1
- Gregg Berger
- Mary Kay Bergman – Tickets / Mermaid
- Mayim Bialik
- Victor Brandt
- Steve Bulen
- Greg Burson - Black Cat Leader
- John Byner - Mr. Frog
- Hamilton Camp - Mr. Whale / Mr. Monster
- Cam Clarke – Poindexter / Paunce
- Townsend Coleman
- Michael Corbett
- Jim Cummings – Meat Shop Owner / One-Ton
- Jennifer Darling - Times Square / Darwina Doubledone
- Debi Derryberry
- Stephen DeStefano
- Michael Donovan
- Jeannie Elias
- Bill Farmer
- Quinton Flynn
- Pat Fraley - Mad Doctor
- Stan Freberg - Chef Bagaloopis
- Brad Garrett - Fufu Gauche
- John Garry
- Ed Gilbert
- Michael Gough
- Dorian Harewood - Noah
- Jess Harnell - Patties / Building / King Happy Neppy
- Tony Jay – Peeking Duck / Jaggo Doughnut
- Buster Jones - Bet a Billion Bill
- Tom Kane – Birthdayland Announcer
- Tom Kenny - Captain Herman
- Geoff Koch
- Maurice LaMarche
- Michael Laskin
- Doug Lawrence
- Janna Levinstein
- Sharon Mack
- Danny Mann
- Ross Mapletoft
- Chuck McCann - Worm #2
- Richard Moll
- Pat Musick - Woman Customer
- Allison Orr
- Gary Owens – Radio Announcer
- Rob Paulsen
- Brian Peck
- Patrick Pinney - Master Cylinder
- Tony Pope – Shamus T. Goldcrow / Da King
- David Prince
- Jan Rabson
- Theresa Randle - Vanessa Tooth Fairy
- Roger Rose
- Neil Ross
- Jack Roth
- John Rubinow - Snail Slimo
- Will Ryan - Olaf
- Jamieson Scott
- Roger Scott
- Jane Singer - Nastassia Slinky
- Lala Sloatman
- Lavay Smith - Bessie Redbreast
- Cynthia Songé - Candy Kitty (The Maltese Milkshake)
- Kath Soucie
- Herschel Sparber
- Doug Stone
- Jill Talley
- Jeffrey Tambor - Oscar
- Tom Wagner
- Beau Weaver
- Frank Welker
- Billy West - Leadfanny / Fatman
Video availability[]
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.[2] Along with that, it was also released on various Streaming services.
Broadcast[]
The series first aired on September 16, 1995[3] on CBS lasting for two seasons with the final episode airing on April 12, 1997. The first season consists of 34 episodes and the second and final season consists of 24 episodes. It also has Spanish-dubbed episodes of the series aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings on Telefutura in 2003.
Notes[]
- ↑ Film Roman, Inc. – A Starz Media Company
- ↑ https://www.universumfilm.de/filme/127647/felix-the-cat.html
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External links[]
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- Episode index at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/Twisted-Adventures-Felix-Cat/4409