Kartune
In 1950, Famous tried to restart the very popular Fleischer Screen Songs series of sing-along cartoons. This musical short series was precisely that: short, lasting only two years.
Cartoons
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Vegetable Vaudeville
A singalong with spot gags about vegetables.
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Snooze Reel
Screen Song with spot gags about newsreels (including Paramount's own newsreel division). After several satirical news clips (including Old Faithful spitting into a spittoon), the scene cen…
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Off We Glow
Singalong with spot gags about various insects.
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Fun At The Fair
Singalong with spot gags about an animal fair.
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Dizzy Dinosaurs
Singalong with spot gags about the caveman days predates the "Flintstones" TV series. Similar to the Max Fleischer STONE AGE series cartoons.
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Gag And Baggage
Singalong with spot gags about the history of the railroad. A smoking car is shaped like a pipe. A mail car is followed by an appropriate "female car." The baggage checker does his job with…
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Forest Fantasy
Singalong with spot gags about forest animals. Mr. Sun goes down, Mr. Owl perches in his tree with his songbook. He leads and has all the forest creatures singing and playing music. After a…
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Hysterical History
Spot gags about various American historical events from Christopher Columbus to the California gold rush. Fun is poked at Ben Franklin flying a kite with his key, and a plump Pocahontas tha…
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Philharmaniacs
Singalong about an all-animal orchestra, spoofing the musicians and various instruments of the orchestra. The singalong tune is "Alexander's Ragtime Band," complete with the bouncing ball f…
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Aero-Nutics
Singalong with spot gags about air travel.
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Invention Convention
Singalong about crazy inventions.
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No Place Like Rome
Singalong with spot gags about Italy. In the closing gag, a newlywed couple rides through a long, winding tunnel. When they come back out, the wife has given birth to a large brood of kids!
