I loved this bizarre-abstract cartoon as a kid. It was featured on the Oopsy the Clown show on Sunday mornings in the seventies. However, UPA didn't produce it, it was produced by the Southern Baptist Radio and Television Commission, who were obviously imitating UPA's strange style. Great to see it again!
I don't know what made me think about Jot today but I came here immediately to see if I didn't just dream this cartoon up because no one I know seems to remember it. Good to see I'm not crazy.
Jot was my first and only best friend. He also became my invisible friend when away from the tv. OMG, Jot, I miss you so much! I love you, Jot! It's me! In 2010. Remember me, Jot??? From when I was a child of the '60's?
That's what's wrong with kids these days... No Best Friend Jot!
Jot didn't have 'grey areas' or 'maybe ifs'. Wrong was wrong and if you made it right you and everybody else was much better off. Problems aren't always so simple, but the simple truth is stilll there.
My husband and I were talking about early cartoons -- pulled JOT out of the memory banks but he had never seen it -- thank be to Youtube! Forgot the Fort worth, TX address with NO ZIP CODE! Jot is far more to the right than I recognized as a little kid -- but great messages. I'll bet our 5 year old daughter will enjoy.
Wow... I remember watching this on Sundays at my grandmother's house when I was really young. To be honest, this episode kind of freaked me out a little when the background looked like spilled paint and he started melting.
This particular Jot episode reminds me of Frankenstein. Both discuss how not dealing your negative actions brings you misery. In both cases, they are ostricized and chased by something they created. If you haven't read Frankenstein, it's a beautifully written book. And hats off to Jot's creator for expressing this moral dynamic so well in a mere four minutes. That's art.
I love Jot, Too bad cartoons today are full of violence and occultic undertones. Children really need to learn the lessons taught by Jot. Afterall is it not BEST to tell the truth?
It's too bad we all can't be haunted by our disobedience. I watched Jot on believe it or not, the Jim and Tammy Show (Baker) at WYAH TV (started by Pat Robertson) in Portsmouth Virginia. A few years later, I was their paper boy.
Captain Kangaroo?? Give me a break!! This was produced by the Southern Baptist Radio & Television Commision out of Ft. Worth Tx. Also known as SoBabRadCom. in the business world in Ft. Worth. A company I worked for supplied them with office supplies.
I think they were located on the feeder road of I-30. I welcome disagreements. Remember Reddy Killowatt????
I remember seeing JOT on J.P. Patches when I was in kindergarten... there was one episode where Jot had a bad dream and that gave me nightmares until i was a pre-teen!!
Jot! I remember this very well from when I was a kid back in the 1970's. I saw it on tv, in the afternoons as best I recall maybe after school. I know I saw Jot many times & do vaguely remember this episode, but don't remember much about the "moral" messages in the storylines, but did enjoy watching it. Thanks for the memories. It takes me back to my childhood. I think it would be nice to see all of the Jot cartoons on dvd. I'm sure lots of us remember and would enjoy seeing Jot again.
I hear a lot of people say that about children's programs from the 60s and early 70s, but it was just normal at the time, wasn't considered druggy. "Jot" actually has a pre-psychedelic aesthetic to it, more of a mid-century-modern minimalist style. To see some real psychedelic-looking children's shows from the late 60s/early 70s, check out Pufnstuf, The Banana Splits, Liddsville, the original Scooby Doo, etc. They make later shows seem dull-looking by comparison.
I remember watchin this when I was about four or five.. very cool,, but my friends dont even remember this... I dont understand why they banned religion from cartoons... THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES....LUV YA
Yes, Jot. I watched it early Saturday mornings. Another example of convoluted religious lessons used when real logic, reason, and common sense would have worked.
Poor kids. These programs could have been really cool.
Yeah, this cartoon was on The Children's Hour in Dallas on Sunday Mornings along with Davey and Goliath. Anyone remember Bill Kelley or Cleve Lancaster?
I hadn't seen any of these in many many years! Thanks for sharing! All it's missing is the thing where you could send off for stuff and Jot was like " I know you'll like them!" and giggles.
I also remember the address for Jot. I have asked several people over the years if they remembered Jot and they laughed at me and thought I was crazy when I told them the address for a cartoon I loved as a child.
I have lived in Tn. all my life and I can remember getting up on cartoon Saturday at 6:00 to watch Jot and then 6:30 to watch Casper. Wonderful memories for a 37 year old.
I remember this series from when I was just a little kid. They played them on Sunday morning. It was like an acid trip for Sunday schoolers. Gotta love how his fib becomes tangible and prevents him from playing with a puppy, then pursues him and melts his brain.
Just as a note, Only a handful of Christians made this cartoon, not all of them. If Jot and other cartoons that mention Jesus, or Christians or Lord other similar religious words bother you, then please do not watch them. Please be kind to people who chose a religion. please be kind to people who chose not to have a religion as well. Thank You.
I watched Jot when I was a boy in Alabama, and I don't mind the G-d talk. But the folks who controlled TV didn't put much else on. We missed a lot of good TV and music because some Christian didn't like it. I don't remember them asking anyone else for their opinion.
I loved Jot. It's about as religious as Veggie Tales - using basic Christian tenets to teach kids to make the right moral decisions. There was very little actual 'preaching' in the cartoons at all, except to use the odd bible quote.
And UPA didn't do the animation. Jot didn't start till 1965, UPA's peak period was in the mid-50's.
Your vocabulary word for today, kids: ABOMINATION! That's what lying is, and a lot of other things that I guess aren't all that bad after all if they're on a par with "haughty eyes", a "lying tongue", and "feet that are swift in running to mischief". So quit playing "smear the queer" at recess!
I love Jot and totally remember this... but I feel this was a terrific cartoon with a great message UNTIL they put that awful Biblical meme into it. The moment "mom" evaded saying she herself had lied, I knew this cartoon was in trouble. Why can't Christians figure out the rest of humanity can be moral without being religious? Lying is wrong; you're born knowing that; you don't need Jesus to scare you.
Got to say though: UPA kicked much booty in the cel department, didn't they?
this video is very religions and what it told about what God hates lying lips...but it told u to never to tell a lie to the Lord...and i even liked the video:)
Oh my God, I remember this. I also remember Jot saying how to join his fan club. He's say, "Jot, Box 341, Ft. Worth Texas 76116. Psst. . I hope you like them." I actually did it and got some Jot crap in the mail.
LOL OMG! I remember this very episode. This was very trippy....acid trippy! Very strange....talk about a freak out...even as a child I was thinking this would be better with drugs! Odd
so trippy. i like these, because the art is awesome. but i always hate when they say that poor little jot will go to hell if he doesn't wash his hands or wait for dessert. :/
It played on my local CBS affiliate, WWL-TV Channel 4, every Saturday Morning during Popeye & Pals (@ least till the early 80s). Don't remember seeing it with this cold open, though...awesome! :)
I don't think his mother would really want the cupcake back after it landed in the grass and possibly dog poo.
kashmirpage 1 month ago
Lying lips are an Obama-nation to the Lord...and everyone else!
kashmirpage 2 months ago
Lying lips to the lord!
heine71 6 months ago
I loved this bizarre-abstract cartoon as a kid. It was featured on the Oopsy the Clown show on Sunday mornings in the seventies. However, UPA didn't produce it, it was produced by the Southern Baptist Radio and Television Commission, who were obviously imitating UPA's strange style. Great to see it again!
flinket 8 months ago
I don't know what made me think about Jot today but I came here immediately to see if I didn't just dream this cartoon up because no one I know seems to remember it. Good to see I'm not crazy.
cathridge 9 months ago
I really grew up on these. I see now why it's so difficult to lie today.
In any case, one would never expect you to go on a psychotropic hallucination for lying. Now I know ! :)
iamdw817 9 months ago
las aventuras de puntito
franperaza 10 months ago
I loved watching jot and the brady bunch in syndication in the 70's. They taught me many moral lessons.
christianne1975 11 months ago
abominations = dislike... thats why mmany kids die believing they where superman... parents didnt tell the truth or the correct anwer.
abomination = is that which is exceptionally loathsome, hateful, sinful, wicked, or vile.
sr71mimidude 1 year ago
I believe Jot and his mom are voiced by the same person; Colleen Collins, but I could be wrong.
cmulwee001 1 year ago
That's why I always tell the truth
Madhatter1903 1 year ago
watch?v=8WrMkvhX8Rg Jot = Kokopelli
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
God Dislikes Obamanation.
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
Jot was my first and only best friend. He also became my invisible friend when away from the tv. OMG, Jot, I miss you so much! I love you, Jot! It's me! In 2010. Remember me, Jot??? From when I was a child of the '60's?
That's what's wrong with kids these days... No Best Friend Jot!
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
HEY, WHERE"S MY CUPCAKE!?!?!?!?!?!?!
dapinkpwner2008 1 year ago
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dapinkpwner2008 1 year ago
I used to watch this on Sundays on the childrens hour before going to church. LOL
Manongjojo 1 year ago
Are the end credits slightly cut? I seem to remember the dot sliding from right to left across the screen and then the closing theme and credits.
cmulwee001 2 years ago
watched this as a child and this is the first time I've seen it again.....thank you for posting! What a great show!
cherylinreno 2 years ago
Jot didn't have 'grey areas' or 'maybe ifs'. Wrong was wrong and if you made it right you and everybody else was much better off. Problems aren't always so simple, but the simple truth is stilll there.
TSIband 2 years ago
Cuteness with a strong message, I remember watching this as a kid. :)
Muziclvr07 2 years ago
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this is good if you're high
tracyterry 2 years ago
My husband and I were talking about early cartoons -- pulled JOT out of the memory banks but he had never seen it -- thank be to Youtube! Forgot the Fort worth, TX address with NO ZIP CODE! Jot is far more to the right than I recognized as a little kid -- but great messages. I'll bet our 5 year old daughter will enjoy.
rmfindc 2 years ago
I remember watching this every Sunday morning cause it was the only cartoon on back then on a Sunday.
gregtesp 2 years ago
Wow... I remember watching this on Sundays at my grandmother's house when I was really young. To be honest, this episode kind of freaked me out a little when the background looked like spilled paint and he started melting.
skarydream 2 years ago
Boy, does this bring back memories! I used to watch this every Sunday after church, along with "Davy and Goliath". I love the art!
neptina 2 years ago
Yes, after Church, with Davey and Goliath.
Beauty.
SEEVIEGEENIE 2 years ago
This isn't a UPA film. It was made by the Roddy Keitz and Larry Herndon studio in Dallas.
pegbars 2 years ago
This was trippy at 6yrs old, but impressive.
SEEVIEGEENIE 2 years ago
I agree, some of the episodes were a little unnerving to me when I was younger.
skarydream 2 years ago
This particular Jot episode reminds me of Frankenstein. Both discuss how not dealing your negative actions brings you misery. In both cases, they are ostricized and chased by something they created. If you haven't read Frankenstein, it's a beautifully written book. And hats off to Jot's creator for expressing this moral dynamic so well in a mere four minutes. That's art.
BoruJudasDedrich 3 years ago 3
@BoruJudasDedrich Reminds me of the BP Oil SPill and the Obamanation Lies!
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
@BoruJudasDedrich It's a very cute cartoon...but it wouldn't surprise me if the guy was "on something" when he created this.
kashmirpage 2 months ago
I love Jot, Too bad cartoons today are full of violence and occultic undertones. Children really need to learn the lessons taught by Jot. Afterall is it not BEST to tell the truth?
wolffl60 3 years ago 2
It's too bad we all can't be haunted by our disobedience. I watched Jot on believe it or not, the Jim and Tammy Show (Baker) at WYAH TV (started by Pat Robertson) in Portsmouth Virginia. A few years later, I was their paper boy.
thesixtiesguy 3 years ago 3
@thesixtiesguy Too bad Jim and Tammy didn't watch this episode more often.
kashmirpage 2 months ago
"Jot...Box 341...Forth Worth Texas...76116...psst...I know you'll like them...hmm hmm hmm hmmm"
dareal05 3 years ago
Captain Kangaroo?? Give me a break!! This was produced by the Southern Baptist Radio & Television Commision out of Ft. Worth Tx. Also known as SoBabRadCom. in the business world in Ft. Worth. A company I worked for supplied them with office supplies.
I think they were located on the feeder road of I-30. I welcome disagreements. Remember Reddy Killowatt????
THB79 3 years ago 2
I remember seeing JOT on J.P. Patches when I was in kindergarten... there was one episode where Jot had a bad dream and that gave me nightmares until i was a pre-teen!!
rayh007 3 years ago
Jot! I remember this very well from when I was a kid back in the 1970's. I saw it on tv, in the afternoons as best I recall maybe after school. I know I saw Jot many times & do vaguely remember this episode, but don't remember much about the "moral" messages in the storylines, but did enjoy watching it. Thanks for the memories. It takes me back to my childhood. I think it would be nice to see all of the Jot cartoons on dvd. I'm sure lots of us remember and would enjoy seeing Jot again.
nostalgiahistoria67 3 years ago
It's sort of strange to see a religious cartoon looking so... drug induced?
Generianonym 3 years ago
I hear a lot of people say that about children's programs from the 60s and early 70s, but it was just normal at the time, wasn't considered druggy. "Jot" actually has a pre-psychedelic aesthetic to it, more of a mid-century-modern minimalist style. To see some real psychedelic-looking children's shows from the late 60s/early 70s, check out Pufnstuf, The Banana Splits, Liddsville, the original Scooby Doo, etc. They make later shows seem dull-looking by comparison.
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ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
@colibri1 Agreed! That's Groovy! We The People Concur!
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
Important lesson! Be truthful!
HarveyEspatchelowe 3 years ago
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What. :|
WolfKazumaru 3 years ago
These were on Sunday mornings where I lived, adjacent to the other religious programming--I don't think they were actually on Captain Kangaroo.
tbirdy 3 years ago
This was on Captain Kangaroo when I was a child.
I don't remember the biblical message.
To me it was just my grandfather's work and it kept me out of mischief for an hour.
heckfarr 3 years ago
jot box 341 forthworth texas 76116
myview58 3 years ago
Long Live Bill Kelley!!
abilenejohn 3 years ago
I remember Jot, Davey & Goliath, even one where a man stole a calf to feed his starving family "but,...he didn't quite make it."
HVACSoldier 3 years ago
wow, man, i'm on shrooms
TerryTAnderson 3 years ago
kudos!
michael
mettanc 3 years ago
I remember watchin this when I was about four or five.. very cool,, but my friends dont even remember this... I dont understand why they banned religion from cartoons... THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES....LUV YA
neighborhooded 3 years ago
ANYONE know where I can get these cartoons on DVD??? PLEASE e-mail me at WLCDSLA at yahoo dot com. THANKS!!!
DenhamSpringsLA 4 years ago
I think it is a great message in this video.I wish there were more like it today on tv.
havachuk 4 years ago
Yes, Jot. I watched it early Saturday mornings. Another example of convoluted religious lessons used when real logic, reason, and common sense would have worked.
Poor kids. These programs could have been really cool.
chuckr8 4 years ago
Agreed... though, the animation is still fantastic.
GrigoriSom 4 years ago
Yeah, this cartoon was on The Children's Hour in Dallas on Sunday Mornings along with Davey and Goliath. Anyone remember Bill Kelley or Cleve Lancaster?
tenebrae23 4 years ago
Jot was in the Dallas Mornign News on Sep 5, 2007. Go Jot.
dbirdwell 4 years ago
I hadn't seen any of these in many many years! Thanks for sharing! All it's missing is the thing where you could send off for stuff and Jot was like " I know you'll like them!" and giggles.
comicb00kguy 4 years ago
I remember the ENTIRE address comicbookgy
Jot
Box 341
Fort Worth, Texas 76116
I remember this show when I lived in Texas too.
AspieCub 4 years ago
I also remember the address for Jot. I have asked several people over the years if they remembered Jot and they laughed at me and thought I was crazy when I told them the address for a cartoon I loved as a child.
I have lived in Tn. all my life and I can remember getting up on cartoon Saturday at 6:00 to watch Jot and then 6:30 to watch Casper. Wonderful memories for a 37 year old.
blznbloomers 4 years ago
And wonderful memories for a 34 year old too. Those were the good ol' days!
DixieDevil 4 years ago
I remember it very well growing up in San Antonio as well...those zany Baptists!
scar78201 4 years ago
I watched Jot in Tennessee. Not only do I remember it, I sent off for the stuff. I got:
a plastic Jot handpuppet
metal pinback
literature
flexible 45 record with 2 bible stories
annohpossum 4 years ago
I remember this series from when I was just a little kid. They played them on Sunday morning. It was like an acid trip for Sunday schoolers. Gotta love how his fib becomes tangible and prevents him from playing with a puppy, then pursues him and melts his brain.
BrizyComics 4 years ago
Thanks for posting this. Great for kids.
keisha4620 4 years ago
Just as a note, Only a handful of Christians made this cartoon, not all of them. If Jot and other cartoons that mention Jesus, or Christians or Lord other similar religious words bother you, then please do not watch them. Please be kind to people who chose a religion. please be kind to people who chose not to have a religion as well. Thank You.
theaterrabbit 4 years ago 2
I watched Jot when I was a boy in Alabama, and I don't mind the G-d talk. But the folks who controlled TV didn't put much else on. We missed a lot of good TV and music because some Christian didn't like it. I don't remember them asking anyone else for their opinion.
kcberkowitz 4 years ago
I loved Jot. It's about as religious as Veggie Tales - using basic Christian tenets to teach kids to make the right moral decisions. There was very little actual 'preaching' in the cartoons at all, except to use the odd bible quote.
And UPA didn't do the animation. Jot didn't start till 1965, UPA's peak period was in the mid-50's.
headwuss 4 years ago
havent seen this in over 20 years..i remember another one..with a kid called pik or pic in it....im sorry pic ..the music to this is awesome
fridaycat45 4 years ago
I used to watch Jot when I was little...and I always loved it. Thanks for uploading!
Alexandra22773 4 years ago
Your vocabulary word for today, kids: ABOMINATION! That's what lying is, and a lot of other things that I guess aren't all that bad after all if they're on a par with "haughty eyes", a "lying tongue", and "feet that are swift in running to mischief". So quit playing "smear the queer" at recess!
steveasat2 4 years ago
oł jeeeeea!
uszydogory 4 years ago
"DISLIKE".....the McJesusLand message.
Great animation style. Never heard of this guy. I could easily see this retro style getting hip again.
I think I broke my hip again, k bye.
0gnaws0 4 years ago
I love Jot and totally remember this... but I feel this was a terrific cartoon with a great message UNTIL they put that awful Biblical meme into it. The moment "mom" evaded saying she herself had lied, I knew this cartoon was in trouble. Why can't Christians figure out the rest of humanity can be moral without being religious? Lying is wrong; you're born knowing that; you don't need Jesus to scare you.
Got to say though: UPA kicked much booty in the cel department, didn't they?
raposofan 4 years ago
this video is very religions and what it told about what God hates lying lips...but it told u to never to tell a lie to the Lord...and i even liked the video:)
killingkirby 4 years ago
Jot is cool.
And impeach Bush.
Alexandra22773 4 years ago
*shudder*
katty768 4 years ago
Totally psychedelic cartoon with a religously moral message. I love it!
naturewoman28 4 years ago
aww good old jot, he makes learning fun and stuff :) its still kinda creepy though
Bille994 4 years ago
This is pretty good and has subliminal messages if you watch it when you're high.
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qrooked 4 years ago
Oh my God, I remember this. I also remember Jot saying how to join his fan club. He's say, "Jot, Box 341, Ft. Worth Texas 76116. Psst. . I hope you like them." I actually did it and got some Jot crap in the mail.
bkfoose 4 years ago
No Man!
heine71 4 years ago
Psychedelia and fundamentalism, what a combo. Unfortunately, Jot grew up to be George W. Bush. He got better at telling lies though.
flapdoodle64 4 years ago
More like Barack Obama, or Whorliary Clinton
CaptainCleavage 4 years ago
Made by communists. I like communists and I like this cartoon.
blainewashington 5 years ago
It's just some goddamn cup cakes. Eat em.
genesismindworks 5 years ago
these used to make me anxious when I was little, lol
reaperpro 5 years ago
LOL OMG! I remember this very episode. This was very trippy....acid trippy! Very strange....talk about a freak out...even as a child I was thinking this would be better with drugs! Odd
aramanth 5 years ago
awesome!!!!
raymassie 5 years ago
very cute..i knew it had to do with false religion.
loveisok 5 years ago
LOL loveisok
raposofan 4 years ago
Wooow. This cartoon is trippy,mam...uuhh,I mean,"Man."
cowellwannabe71 5 years ago
(say in West Indian Accent) Feed the damn boy! He's starving!
hobodivine 5 years ago
There was an article about this in TV Guide in about '69.
ksol1460 5 years ago
the design of jot is so gorgeous its hard to beleive it has anything to do with baptists
timmytickles 5 years ago
AwWwWwWw!! cute!! i lie it :)
shion6 5 years ago
This wasn't a UPA production. It says so @ the end: "Produced by Keitz & Herndon Inc., Dallas, TX." But certainly there is the influence of UPA.
torgman 5 years ago
so trippy. i like these, because the art is awesome. but i always hate when they say that poor little jot will go to hell if he doesn't wash his hands or wait for dessert. :/
LoveTHYconan 5 years ago
This brings back really great after-school memories as it was played on my local station every day. Love it!
sjthemom 5 years ago
It played on my local CBS affiliate, WWL-TV Channel 4, every Saturday Morning during Popeye & Pals (@ least till the early 80s). Don't remember seeing it with this cold open, though...awesome! :)
AH3RD 5 years ago
naw...folk were gonna burn in hell for other stuff before acid..... thankfully, hell's escapable...
BlackCalvinist 5 years ago
Kinda weird first they did acid, than they said you were going to burn in hell!
Hailey2006 5 years ago
Actually they didn't say you'd burn in hell, just that you'd feel bad. Its teaching lying is wrong and bad for you.
LisaMNL 5 years ago 2
Duuuude...trippy! And Jot is sooooo cute! *squee!*
laserpotato 6 years ago