The Bouncing Rubber Man
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Productions, RKO General, Jomar Productions
- Distributor
- Gold Key Entertainment, King World Productions
Synopsis
The animated antics of one of Hollywood's most popular comedy duo's are completed with voice work by Bud Abbott as himself.
Characters
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Credits
Directing
- Director
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Producing
- Producer
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Executive Producer
- Lee Orgel
- Associate Producer
- Art Scott
Writing
- Writer
- Michael Maltese, Jack Mendelsohn, Neal Barbera
Animation
- Animator
- Ray Abrams, Ken Muse, Carlo Vinci, Hugh Fraser
- Animation Director
- Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols)
Voices
- Voice
- Bud Abbott (Bud Abbott), Stan Irwin (Lou Costello), Janet Waldo, Mel Blanc, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Don Messick
Music
- Music
- Hoyt Curtin
Editing
- Editor
- Dan Finnerty, Pat Foley, Gerald A. Bailey, Geoffrey Griffin
- Supervising Film Editor
- Warner Leighton
Crew
- Story Direction
- Art Davis, Paul Sommer, Steve Clark
- Assistant Production Supervisor
- Victor O. Schipek
- Layouts
- Iwao Takamoto, Jerry Eisenberg, Willie Ito, Dick Bickenbach, Jack Huber, Bob Singer, Mo Gollub
- Backgrounds
- F. Montealegre, Bob Gentle, Richard Khim
- Animation
- Ray Abrams, Ken Muse, Carlo Vinci, Hugh Fraser
- Animation Director
- Charles A. Nichols
- Camera
- Chuck Flekal, Roy Wade, Hal Shiffman, Frank Parrish, Bill Kotler, Roger Sims
- Technical Supervision
- Frank Paiker
- Musical Director
- Ted Nichols
- Production Supervisor
- Howard Hanson
- Supervising Film Editor
- Warner Leighton
- Film Editing
- Dan Finnerty, Pat Foley, Gerald A. Bailey, Geoffrey Griffin
- Sound Direction
- Richard Olson, Bill Getty
Companies and other credits
- A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
Production notes
In the 60's, a wave of nostalgia helped the legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello make a return to television-this time in animated form. The syndicated Abbott & Costello consisted of a 156 five minute cartoons- 4 to the half-hour- nearly all of which featured Lou running for his life from a variety of pursuers while screaming his trademark line, "Hey Abbott!" Unfortunately, the series featured none of the comedy routines that made the pair famous, and it featured very little of the rapport that made them legends.
The most remarkable feature of the series was the fact that Bud Abbott provided his own voice. At the time, Abbott was very ill and owed a pretty sum of money to the IRS, so the job was something of a godsend for him. Sadly, years of smoking and a 1964 stroke had ravaged Abbott's voice so badly that he retained little of his original slick, smooth-talking tone. Stan Irwin provided the voice of Lou Costello, the comedian having died of a heart attack in 1959.
Though the show has taken some flack from Abbot & Costello purists, the animated Abbott & Costello does hold the distinction of being one of the first cartoons based on real people, an honor shared with 1965's The New 3 Stooges and 1966's Laurel and Hardy.
The most remarkable feature of the series was the fact that Bud Abbott provided his own voice. At the time, Abbott was very ill and owed a pretty sum of money to the IRS, so the job was something of a godsend for him. Sadly, years of smoking and a 1964 stroke had ravaged Abbott's voice so badly that he retained little of his original slick, smooth-talking tone. Stan Irwin provided the voice of Lou Costello, the comedian having died of a heart attack in 1959.
Though the show has taken some flack from Abbot & Costello purists, the animated Abbott & Costello does hold the distinction of being one of the first cartoons based on real people, an honor shared with 1965's The New 3 Stooges and 1966's Laurel and Hardy.