TerryToons
Series
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Aesops Fables
7 -
Astronut
18 -
Clint Clobber
7 -
Dimwit
3 -
Dingbat
2 -
Dinky Duck
15 -
Duckwood
3
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Fanny Zilch
4 -
Farmer Al Falfa
44 -
Foofle
3 -
Gandy Goose
48 -
Gaston Le Crayon
5 -
Good Deed Daily
3
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Half Pint
2 -
Hashimoto
15 -
Heckle and Jeckle
52 -
Hector Heathcote
21
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James Hound
17 -
John Doormat
4 -
Kiko the Kangaroo
9 -
Little Roquefort
19 -
Luno
6 -
Martian Moochers
2
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Mighty Mouse
73 -
Nancy and Sluggo
2 -
Oil Can Harry
2
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Possible Possum
37 -
Puddy the Pup
13 -
Sad Cat
13
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Sidney the Elephant
19 -
Super Mouse
7 -
Terry Bears
17
About TerryToons
After leaving Fables Studios in 1929, Paul Terry founded his new studio in New Rochelle, New York. Though generally considered a "budget" studio, Terrytoons had its share of popular characters. Even Paul Terry admited "Disney is the Tiffany's in this business, and I am the Woolworth's."
Terry lead off his new company with his popular Farmer Al Falfa series, distributed by Educational Pictures Corporation. This series spun off to Puddy the Pup in 1935 and Kiko the Kangaroo a year later. Sensing financial trouble with Educational Films, Terry moved his home distibution over to Castle Films, and 20th Century Fox took over theatrical distribution.
By the fourties, the studio really hit it's stride. Popular original series such as Super Mouse/Mighty Mouse and 1946's Heckle and Jeckle made a real name for the little studio on the East Coast.
By 1955, Paul Terry retired, and sold his studio outright to CBS, with Fox continuing the theatrical distribution. Budgets continued to decline, and Gene Deitch was brought in to run the studio for two years. Deitch was fired in 1958, Bill Weiss took control of production. Under Weiss' supervision, Heckle and Jeckle and Mighty Mouse went back into production.
In addition to the three main directors of the Terry era who were still involved as animators and directors, two Famous Studios stalwarts were brought on board, Dave Tendlar and Martin Taras. Other new theatrical cartoon series included Hector Heathcote, Luno and Hashimoto, all of which later migrated to television. The studio began producing the Deputy Dawg series strictly for television in 1960. The Adventures of Lariat Sam was also created for the Captain Kangaroo show.
The final moments for Terrytoons were in the late sixties, under Ralph Bakshi. He left in 1966 for Paramount, and the studio was closed in 1968.
Cartoons
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Little Herman
Featuring Herman
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Down on Phoney Farm
In his rare, recently rediscovered debut appearance, Paul Terry's Farmer Al Falfa develops a plant that grows beer, then tests the product on his cow.
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Hawaiian Pineapple
A day in Hawaii means fun and excitement when a mouse decides to live dangerously by flying a plane into a volcano.
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Codfish Balls
A bike-riding goat and his mouse friend annoy a bunch of pirates. The captain first tries to feed the poor mouse to the sharks. Then he makes him walk the plank. The mouse invites the shark…
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Golf Nuts
Featuring Mouse, Two Chinese Cats, Farmer Al Falfa
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Pigskin Capers
A little mouse very much like Mickey joins the football team to save the day with lots of gags and characters that today would be considered politically incorrect.
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Jingle Bells
The annual village sleigh race has arrived once again. Tom and George are this year's competitors, but there is more at stake than the prestigious trophy of a new sleigh. Whoever wins the p…
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The Black Spider
The denizens of a magic toy shop come to life and cavort merrily, only to be interrupted by the arrival of an evil black spider intent on mischief. The toys will have none of it, and they p…
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The Lorelei
Lorelei, a mermaid, wants to bewitch a navigator who refuses to be charmed. She angrily brings on a storm and the ship sinks. The mermaid rescues him and both go into a beer garden where an…
