Fima Noveck, recut foreign films for Stateside auds." He was the president of Flamingo Telefilm Sales, which imported a lot of Eastern European, Zagreb, Russian, British, Japanese and Chinese cartoons to the U.S. He recut most of them to five minutes added narrations in English and syndicated them under the Flamingo Films logo to TV stations in the late fifties and early sixties as part of the "Wrangler's Cartoon Club" and "Nutty Squirrels Presents" programs.
This is a great cartoon, because 1) the theme music is totally far out, daddio, 2) the hunter has a weird absurdity hanging off of his face, and 2) the cartoon states the first law of the jungle - always take a little nap at noon. If American workers did this, they would be twice as productive. Socialism and powerful labor unions RULE!!!!!
this cartoon is rather wierd :-/ It's called the Nutty Squirrels but they don't appear in the cartoon just the intro.... They don't even narrate the cartoon. Perhaps the idea of "nutty" characters? Naaah they why squirrels? I didn't see ANY relation between the the squirrel characters and the characters in the rest of the animation. Can somebody please describe me the concept of this cartoon? No wonder the squirrels didn't last long :-P
The Nutty Squirrels were created to feed off the popularity ot Alvin and the Chipmunks. These were made circa 1960-61, when Alvin was riding high in the popularity. The Nutty Squirrels even had a hit single at the time titled UH-OH. A blatant ripoff off the Chipmunks that didn't last.
no the nutty squirrels was a copy off of alvin and the chipmunks... made by different creators. the nutty squirrels came out a few years before the chipmunks tv show but a little their songs.
actually this wasn't the original alvin and the chipmunks. some dumbasses rushed so they could get their show on tv before the chipmunks got there. however, this show had terrible success and was beat by the chipmunks, who have great success.
Boston's Ch.38 ran this without the Nutty Squirrels scenes, so I was confused as to why this was called "Nutty Squirrels".They always sound as if the narrators made it up as they watched the cartoons.
"The Nutty Squirrels" were the creation of the musical team of Don Elliott & Sascha Burland, but they had limited input into this short-lived syndicated cartoon series, which did feature mostly repackaged animation from "European" sources. They were NOT involved with "Shirley & Squirrelly", 'heine'.
Were the Nutty Squirrels later envolved in the 1970's as Shirley and Squirrely and Melvin with a 1976 minor hit "Hey Shirley, This is Squirrely" and a 1981 album "Shirley, Squirrely, and Melvin Live"?
I guess cartoons like this are why so many folks grow up confused about basic geography and where animals live. I actually know grown men and women who think that tigers live in Africa. lol In this cartoon they do apparently, along with an Indian elephant and his turbaned driver. lol
This was done quite a bit for TV in the late 1950'a and early 1960's. Two other examples were the Capt'n Sailorbird package of cartoon shorts and the Bozo's Cartoon Storybook package.
I've heard about that as well. It just wasn't a thing yet to admit where these things came from or how in the world were they going to admit either way (not that you couldn't get away with it nowadays, but it's amusing to see what often got slipped by through these venues).
This is so absurd on so many levels! Great stuff, I want to see more.
gigantibyte 1 year ago
Fima Noveck, recut foreign films for Stateside auds." He was the president of Flamingo Telefilm Sales, which imported a lot of Eastern European, Zagreb, Russian, British, Japanese and Chinese cartoons to the U.S. He recut most of them to five minutes added narrations in English and syndicated them under the Flamingo Films logo to TV stations in the late fifties and early sixties as part of the "Wrangler's Cartoon Club" and "Nutty Squirrels Presents" programs.
ZenOkeanos 2 years ago
This is a great cartoon, because 1) the theme music is totally far out, daddio, 2) the hunter has a weird absurdity hanging off of his face, and 2) the cartoon states the first law of the jungle - always take a little nap at noon. If American workers did this, they would be twice as productive. Socialism and powerful labor unions RULE!!!!!
sleepypie 2 years ago 3
this cartoon is rather wierd :-/ It's called the Nutty Squirrels but they don't appear in the cartoon just the intro.... They don't even narrate the cartoon. Perhaps the idea of "nutty" characters? Naaah they why squirrels? I didn't see ANY relation between the the squirrel characters and the characters in the rest of the animation. Can somebody please describe me the concept of this cartoon? No wonder the squirrels didn't last long :-P
Attilaakiraly 3 years ago
The Nutty Squirrels were created to feed off the popularity ot Alvin and the Chipmunks. These were made circa 1960-61, when Alvin was riding high in the popularity. The Nutty Squirrels even had a hit single at the time titled UH-OH. A blatant ripoff off the Chipmunks that didn't last.
olddude521 2 years ago
copyers!
no offence
CarmenStoneStudios 3 years ago
They're nothing.
ilovearainynightx3 3 years ago 2
Actually, nuttin'.
SteveCarras 2 years ago
This was origanlly "Alvin and the Chipmunks"
ArtKing12 3 years ago
no the nutty squirrels was a copy off of alvin and the chipmunks... made by different creators. the nutty squirrels came out a few years before the chipmunks tv show but a little their songs.
Strgrl4eva 3 years ago
actually this wasn't the original alvin and the chipmunks. some dumbasses rushed so they could get their show on tv before the chipmunks got there. however, this show had terrible success and was beat by the chipmunks, who have great success.
xXxSELLERSxXx 3 years ago
The opening song Uh-Oh I still have my 45 of it. I also have their rendition of Nuttin for Chrsitmas/Suzy Snowflake.
mayfairray 4 years ago
Heh... this is quite a funny little cartoon, actually. Some elements are downright Python-esque
mightyfilm 4 years ago
Boston's Ch.38 ran this without the Nutty Squirrels scenes, so I was confused as to why this was called "Nutty Squirrels".They always sound as if the narrators made it up as they watched the cartoons.
antoniod 4 years ago
"The Nutty Squirrels" were the creation of the musical team of Don Elliott & Sascha Burland, but they had limited input into this short-lived syndicated cartoon series, which did feature mostly repackaged animation from "European" sources. They were NOT involved with "Shirley & Squirrelly", 'heine'.
fromthesidelines 4 years ago
Were the Nutty Squirrels later envolved in the 1970's as Shirley and Squirrely and Melvin with a 1976 minor hit "Hey Shirley, This is Squirrely" and a 1981 album "Shirley, Squirrely, and Melvin Live"?
heine71 5 years ago
I guess cartoons like this are why so many folks grow up confused about basic geography and where animals live. I actually know grown men and women who think that tigers live in Africa. lol In this cartoon they do apparently, along with an Indian elephant and his turbaned driver. lol
moonknight80200 5 years ago
Lord knows I was!
ProductionX 5 years ago
Still seems a little of a tease that it's all about finding ways to import European (possible of the Soviet Bloc) cartoons in the states.
ProductionX 5 years ago
This was done quite a bit for TV in the late 1950'a and early 1960's. Two other examples were the Capt'n Sailorbird package of cartoon shorts and the Bozo's Cartoon Storybook package.
toontracker 5 years ago
I've heard about that as well. It just wasn't a thing yet to admit where these things came from or how in the world were they going to admit either way (not that you couldn't get away with it nowadays, but it's amusing to see what often got slipped by through these venues).
ProductionX 5 years ago
Nice to see this? Any "Spunky & Tadpole"?
cbrubaker 5 years ago