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1. ToonHeads (1992–2003)
TV-G | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
Anthology series focusing on the golden age of American Animation. Each episode features full cartoons with commentary and the history behind some of the greatest cartoon shorts ever.
Star: Leslie Fram
Votes: 111
2. Cartoon Alley (2004–2007)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
A new series on Turner Classic Movies, to showcase some classic Cartoon Shorts.
Star: Ben Mankiewicz
Votes: 48
3. Abner the Baseball (1961)
Approved | 16 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Abner the baseball tells us how he came to be in the Baseball Hall Of Fame.
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Jack Ehret | Star: Eddie Lawrence
Votes: 88
4. Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
Approved | 17 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Lou Fleischer, Gus Wicke
Votes: 1,106
5. Top Cat (1960)
7 min | Animation, Short
A movie producer is searching for a new sensation, even to going overseas. He is unsuccessful, until one day when his hat is blown off, and is retrieved by a suave, singing cat with obvious star potential.
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Isadore Klein | Star: Dayton Allen
Votes: 47
6. Philharmaniacs (1953)
7 min | Animation, Short
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer
Votes: 10
7. The Enchanted Square (1947)
Passed | 10 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
In this Paramount Noveltoon (production number P6-3) Police Officer Flanagan gives a little blind girl, Billie, a Raggety-Ann doll, and she is told she can see it if she uses her ... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Orestes Calpini | Stars: Jackson Beck, Gwen Davies, Cecil Roy, Joyce Terry
Votes: 180
8. Goonland (1938)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
While Popeye is searching for his Pappy he discovers an island inhabited by super strong natives.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Star: Jack Mercer
Votes: 372
9. Boos in the Night (1950)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
It's Halloween Eve and the Ghost are all preparing for their night out of scares, which turns into a sing-a-long of "Pack Up Your Troubles".
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Sid Raymond, Cecil Roy
Votes: 33
10. Popeye the Sailor (1933)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye begins his movie career by singing his theme song, demonstrating his strength at a carnival, dancing the hula with Betty Boop, pummeling Bluto, eating his spinach, and saving Olive Oyl from certain doom on the railroad tracks.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: William Costello, William Pennell, Bonnie Poe, Mae Questel
Votes: 1,913
11. Swing You Sinners! (1930)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bimbo is seen late at night, trying to steal a chicken. He runs away from a policeman and enters a haunted cemetery. Various ghosts and monsters tell him that he will be punished for his sin.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Ted Sears | Star: Billy Murray
Votes: 769
12. Somewhere in Dreamland (1935)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Family
In their dreams, two poor and hungry tots enter a fantasy kingdom where there are more sweets than they can eat. But when they wake...
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 752
13. The Male Man (1931)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Ted Sears
Votes: 66
14. Herman the Catoonist (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When the cartoonist takes a coffee break and leaves the office for a spell, Katnip and "Hoiman" break the 4th-dimesion wall (and several dozen real walls)with their escapades and conflicts ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Sid Raymond, Arnold Stang
Votes: 39
15.
Snuffy Smith and Barney Google (1961–1964)
Episode:
It's Better to Give
(1963)
Animation, Comedy, Family
It's Christmas time in Hootin' Holler. Poor Snuffy wants a TV set and Jughaid wants a bike - so as a gesture of goodwill, they make one for one another.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Votes: 6
16. Sheep Shape (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
The villainous Wolf, desiring wine, women and song, fleeces Blackie the Sheep out of his money and heads off to whet his pleasure appetites. A vampish nightclub entertainer soon separates ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jackson Beck, Sid Raymond, Arnold Stang
Votes: 56
17. No Mutton fer Nuttin' (1943)
TV-PG | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A craps-shooting black lamb, armed with a how-to book on outsmarting his enemy, evades the hungry jaws of a dimwitted wolf.
Directors: Dan Gordon, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Carl Meyer, Cecil Roy, Arnold Stang
Votes: 66
18. Cock-a-Doodle Dino (1957)
7 min | Animation, Short
A mother hen hatches a dinosaur egg which has fallen out of a truck from an archaeological expedition, and raises the dinosaur, Danny, along with her own chicks. When the farmer sells the ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Tom Golden | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 21
19. The Old Shell Game (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
A starving wolf tries to find something to eat but keeps striking out. He even tries to cook a turtle.
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jack Mercer, Sid Raymond
Votes: 50
20. Madhattan Island (1947)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Music
A humorous tour of Manhattan concludes with 3 bouncing-ball songs.
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Ken Roberts, Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Sid Raymond
Votes: 33
21.
Snuffy Smith and Barney Google (1961–1964)
Episode:
Jughaid's Jumpin' Frog
(1963)
Animation, Comedy, Family
A Hollywood talent scout is holding auditions for a jumping frog. Jughaid decides to enter his frog, Bodacious, but two of Snuffy's neighbors have ideas to foil the boys' plans.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Votes: 7
22. Superman: The Mechanical Monsters (1941)
Approved | 11 min | Animation, Short, Action
Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Steve Muffati | Stars: Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck
Votes: 1,693
23. Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959–1962)
30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Board title "Matty's Funday Funniest" from 1959.
Stars: Jim MacGeorge, Irv Shoemaker, Sody Clampett, Paul Frees
Votes: 122
24. Land of the Lost (1948)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Cecil Roy
Votes: 56
25. Dizzy Dishes (1955)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Audrey imagines inventing machines to thwart an alien invasion.
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Tom Golden | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 53
26. Hill-billing and Cooing (1956)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Popeye and Olive are driving through hillbilly country, when a very large woman hillbilly, in search of a man, grabs Popeye. When Popeye's spinach falls out of his reach, it's up to Olive to save the day.
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Judy Canova, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 110
27. Hospitaliky (1937)
5 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
To get at nurse Olive, Popeye and Bluto fake various illnesses. Olive sees through this and tells them they need to be either very sick or hurt real bad, so they try to get hurt, but both ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 283
28. Little Audrey Riding Hood (1955)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Audrey brings her grandmother a cake, but grandmother seems strange today.
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Tom Golden | Stars: Jackson Beck, Mae Questel
Votes: 65
29.
Snuffy Smith and Barney Google (1961–1964)
Episode:
The Tourist Trap
(1963)
Animation, Comedy, Family
Barney Google is out to make a profit out of Hootin' Holler by exploiting tourism.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Votes: 6
30. Never Kick a Woman (1936)
Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye teaches Olive the art of self-defense, which comes in handy when a woman boxer flirts with him.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 354
31. Snuffy Smith and Barney Google (1961–1964)
6 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
There's feudin', fussin' and a whole lot of good ol' fashioned fun goin' on as those back woods rascals, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, rustle up a rib-ticklin' tub of mountain mirth. ... See full summary »
Stars: Paul Frees, Penny Philips, Doodles Weaver
Votes: 65
32. How Green Is My Spinach (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
To finally defeat Popeye, Bluto sets out to destroy the spinach crop.
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Bud Collyer, Jackson Beck, Tom Ewell, Jack Mercer
Votes: 160
33. Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bimbo the dog is initiated into a secret society in a sadistic 'fun house'; then Betty Boop (with dog's ears) takes a hand.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Grim Natwick | Stars: Margie Hines, Billy Murray, William Pennell, Mae Questel
Votes: 1,705
34. Song of the Birds (1949)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Little Audrey shoots a baby bird with her air rifle and is mortified when the bird's mother, and all the other woodland animals, go into mourning.
Directors: Bill Tytla, George Germanetti | Stars: Connee Boswell, Beatrice Hagen, Mary Lawrence, Ethelreda Leopold
Votes: 108
35. Lost and Foundry (1937)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye is working in the Useless Machine Works on his lunch break when Olive stops by and Swee'Pea crawls into the factory. He narrowly misses several horrible fates while Popeye tries to ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 325
36. Pedro and Lorenzo (1956)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pedro, a little boy from Mexico, cares for his pet bull calf Lorenzo teaching him the art of the bullring. Pedro is heartbroken when his father has to sell the young bull for food.
Directors: Dave Tendlar, Morey Reden | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 14
37.
Popeye the Sailor (1960–1962)
Episode:
Popeye Goes Sale-ing
(1960)
TV-G | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Olive takes Popeye into a nasty department store sale.
Director: Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 53
38.
Popeye the Sailor (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Ghost Host
(1960)
TV-G | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
While out driving, Popeye and Olive must take shelter from the rain in an old house on a hill. Unbeknownst to them, it is 'the Haunted House (Strangers Welcome)', and they are mercilessly ... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 52
39. Superman: The Mad Scientist (1941)
G | 10 min | Animation, Short, Action
The Man of Steel fights a mad scientist who is destroying Metropolis with an energy cannon.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Steve Muffati | Stars: Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer
Votes: 3,510
40. Bridge Ahoy! (1936)
Passed | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Fed up with Bluto's greed with his expensive river ferry service, Popeye, Olive and Wimpy decide to undermine the bully by building a bridge instead.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Lou Fleischer, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 277
41. A Dream Walking (1934)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye and Bluto each wants to save Olive as she sleepwalks onto a construction site. But most of their efforts go into preventing each other from being the hero.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: William Costello, Lou Fleischer, William Pennell, Mae Questel
Votes: 512
42. Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)
G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 779
43. W'ere on Our Way to Rio (1944)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye and Bluto sing the title song on their way to Rio riding on the back of a donkey. In Rio, they visit a nightclub, where the featured singer/dancer is, of course, Olive Oyl. Both of ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, James Tyer | Stars: Dave Barry, Jack Mercer
Votes: 161
44. The Mighty Navy (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Newly inducted into the US Navy, Popeye proves hopeless as a conventional seaman until his training ship is attacked by the enemy.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 199
45. Me Musical Nephews (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye's nephews have been practicing their music and are getting good, but it's bedtime. After Popeye puts them to bed, they discover that many of the things in their bedroom can also be ... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Star: Jack Mercer
Votes: 275
46. The Twisker Pitcher (1937)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Baseball: Bluto's Bears vs. Popeye's Pirates, and both Bluto and Popeye have girlfriends cheering them on. As they take the field, Popeye drops his spinach. Bluto eats it, then refills the ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 256
47. A Mutt in a Rut (1949)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Dogface has to compete with a kitten for his owner's attention when the owner lets one in left out in the snow.
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jack Mercer, Arnold Stang, Jackson Beck, Gwen Davies
Votes: 101
48. Teacher's Pest (1931)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Grim Natwick | Stars: Bimbo, Billy Murray
Votes: 70
49. Chew Chew Baby (1958)
7 min | Animation, Short
A cannibal wreaks havoc in Cincinnati.
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer
Votes: 41
50. Poop Goes the Weasel (1955)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short
A Paramount Noveltoon (production number P14-6) which finds Waxey the Weasel invading a chicken-coop where a chicken named Wishbone has just been hatched. Waxey the Weasel takes off after ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Tendlar, Martin Taras | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 73