The Big Split Up
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
Synopsis
A double case of heartbreak at the Holiday household: Happius has split up with girlfriend Groovia, while Brutus suffers unrequited love for a lioness at the local zoo.
Characters
Gus Holiday, Laurie Holiday, Precocia, Happius, Mr. Evictus, Mr. Tycoonius, Brutus, Groovia, Herman, Henrietta
Credits
Directing
- Director
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Producing
- Producer
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Associate Producer
- Art Scott
Writing
- Writer
- Jack Mendelsohn, David Ketchum, Michael Shelly, William Raynor, Myles Wilder, Barry E. Blitzer (as Barry Blitzer)
Animation
- Animator
- Dick Lundy, Rudy Cataldi, Hugh Fraser, George Kreisl, Tom Ray, Ken Southworth, Dick Thompson, Izzie Ellis, Bob Goe, Hicks Lokey, Morey Reden, Dave Tendlar, Carlo Vinci
- Animation Director
- Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols)
Voices
- Voice
- Dave Willock (Gus), Shirley Mitchell (Laurie), Pamelyn Ferdin (Precocia), Stanley Livingston (Happius), Dom DeLuise (Mr. Evictus), Hal Smith (Mr. Tycoonius), Daws Butler (Brutus), Judy Strangis (Groovia), Hal Peary (Herman), Janet Waldo (Henrietta)
Music
- Music
- Hoyt Curtin
- Musical Supervisor
- Paul DeKorte
Editing
- Editor
- Milt Krear, Ron Fedele
- Editorial Supervisor
- Larry Cowan
Crew
- Story Direction
- George Singer, Carl Fallberg, Dale Hale, Brad Case, Mike Kawaguchi, Artie Davis, George Gordon
- Production Design
- Iwao Takamoto
- Production Supervisor
- Victor O. Schipek
- Character Design
- Willie Ito
- Layout
- Roman Arambula, Don Jurwich, Jaime Diaz, Lin Larsen, Joel Seibel
- Backgrounds
- Bob Inman, Lenius Jorgensen, Rollie Oliva, Marsha Jones, Patricia Keppler, Curt Perkins
- Technical Supervisor
- Frank Paiker
- Ink and Paint Supervisor
- Jayne Barbera
- Titles
- Iraj Paran
- Xerography
- Robert "Tiger" West
- Sound Direction
- Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Negative Consultant
- William E. DeBoer
- Post Productio
- Joed Eaton
- Camera
- Roy Wade, Norman Stainback, Dennis Weaver, George Epperson
Companies and other credits
- A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
- © 1972 HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS
- INC
Production notes
Reliable cartoon giants Hanna-Barbera struck oil when they launched The Flintstones, a successful look at "modern-day" life in the prehistoric past. They struck titanium a few years later with The Jetsons, a successful look at "modern-day" life in the future. For their third outing, they chose Ancient Rome as their setting. This time, they simply struck out.
Roman Holidays was indeed a look at "modern-day" life circa 63 A.D., seen through the eyes of Gus Holiday and his family. In the half-hour animated show, Gus, his wife Laurie, their daughter Precocia, and son Happius resided in the Venus De Milo Arms, where their landlord was Mr. Evictus.
Gus worked for a bossy supervisor named Mr. Tycoonius at the Forum Construction Company, and after a hard day's marble lifting, he would be greeted by the Holidays' pet, a lion named Brutus.
Besides Mr. Evictus, voiced by comedian Dom DeLuise, the show boasted a talented cast, including Barry Livingston (My Three Sons), Pam Ferdin (Space Academy, Lassie, Curiosity Shop), Judy Strangis (Electra Woman and Dyna Girl), as well as veteran Hanna-barbera voice artists Daws Butler and Janet Waldo.
Never quite as popular as either of its animated predecessors, the fondly remembered Roman Holidays only lasted thirteen episodes before being thrown to the lions.
Roman Holidays was indeed a look at "modern-day" life circa 63 A.D., seen through the eyes of Gus Holiday and his family. In the half-hour animated show, Gus, his wife Laurie, their daughter Precocia, and son Happius resided in the Venus De Milo Arms, where their landlord was Mr. Evictus.
Gus worked for a bossy supervisor named Mr. Tycoonius at the Forum Construction Company, and after a hard day's marble lifting, he would be greeted by the Holidays' pet, a lion named Brutus.
Besides Mr. Evictus, voiced by comedian Dom DeLuise, the show boasted a talented cast, including Barry Livingston (My Three Sons), Pam Ferdin (Space Academy, Lassie, Curiosity Shop), Judy Strangis (Electra Woman and Dyna Girl), as well as veteran Hanna-barbera voice artists Daws Butler and Janet Waldo.
Never quite as popular as either of its animated predecessors, the fondly remembered Roman Holidays only lasted thirteen episodes before being thrown to the lions.
Reviews
The Big Split Up
Brutus is so heartbroken that his sobbing is causing the jello molds to quiver in the plate until it shatters the glass dish.
The object of Brutus' affection is Cleo, a lioness at the zoo who plays hard to get. When Happy Holiday breaks a date with Groovia to help out Brutus, Groovia gets made, then Groovia decides to surprise Happy and overhears Precocia trying to set up a date between Brutus and Cleo at the zoo, and mistakenly believes Precocia is doing it for Happy!
Happy is so heart broken he decides to join the foreign legion, but actually he rents a costume to simply trick Groovia into thinking he joined. Unfortunately, the rental runs out and the costume is taken back before the joke is over. Now Groovia is madder than ever.
Brutus tries to use the foreign legion costume on Cleo, but it doesn't work either.
So Happy goes to a computer dating service and learns Groovia is his ideal mate. At the same time, Groovia went but finds the son of the man who owns the dating service, Mark Antipathy, smitten with her, so he substitutes his picture when Happy's comes out.
Then Happy accidentally hits Mark with the door when Groovia was trying to get away from him and Groovia accuses Happy of looking for another girl already and agrees to go on the date with Mark.
Brutus sabotages the record player during their date and Mark is hurled into a garbage can. Precocia finds the picture of Happy in the reject bin and Groovia realizes she and Happy are meant for one another.
But who was Cleo, Groovia asks. They show her and Brutus and Cleo live happily ever after.