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The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians

AnimationComedy

Duration

1h

Release

7 Apr 1970

Country

United States

Language

English

Overview

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.

Plot

Animated TV special by Rankin/Bass depicting famous vaudeville acts such as Flip Wilson's Columbus, Jack Benny and George Burns' Maxwell, Groucho Marx's Napoleon, W. C. Fields' Sportsman and The Smothers Brothers' song to woo a pr...

Cast

Jack BennyGeorge BurnsPhyllis Diller

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10

Details

Director

Jules BassArthur Rankin Jr.

Writers

Romeo Muller
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