Buried Treasure
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
Synopsis
Gus finds a treasure map in some junk purchased in a yard sale, and everyone is led on a merry chase as they find that the treasure is under their own house. Things go haywire as people try to buy the property, and the landlord tries to evict them. In the end, it turns out that it was all a ploy by the yard salesman to get people to buy his stuff.
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
Buried Treasure
Another dreadful episode of this Flintstones ripoff. Gus finds a treasure map and learns there is treasure on his own property.
Mr. Evictus wants the property to sell for a restaraunt and is trying to get Gus off with a clause in the tenants' lease saying he can be evicted if the Holidays make any noise.
Evictus installs some noise machine to measure sound. "Listen to this pin drop!" and we hear it as a booming drum.
Now, we have a burglar in the house, but Gus can't yell for the police because of the noise machine?
This cartoon is one of the most sidetracked and uninteresting cartoons I have ever seen.
It keeps clinging to the old plot ideas of buried treasure and wacky machines while trying to move the Flintstones into the seventies with groovy rock-and-roll hints.
Now everything is resolved when the police ask Holiday to testify against the man selling the fake maps and the man who wanted the property for his restaraunt finds a better location.
But what about the gifts? Gus has to wash dishes at the new restaraunt to PAY for them!
There would be no final knee-slapper if Gus hadn't suddenly bought all those silly gifts for everyone to begin with BEFORE he found any treasure!
Another clumsy watch from this show.