TOM of T.H.U.M.B. Cartoons

Just a great 60's cartoon!

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[e7eb7]

Hit The Dirt !!  Lol 4:14

[RetroToledo]

@memoh The use of the word "thumb" in the title of this show of course is meant to spoof "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." which the word is an acronym for a longer name of the organization itself (for "T.H.U.M.B.", it's "The Human Underground Military Bureau"). I'm sure it was rather ridiculously impossible to adapt it into Japanese without losing the meaning or pun the title had in English.

The title also spoofs the familiar "Tom Thumb" story most Westerners know well.

[RetroToledo]

@memoh It's interesting they attempted to adapt it at all along with King Kong (a later Rankin-Bass production that Toei animated was "The Smokey Bear Show" which seemed pretty neat but I've noticed it wasn't localized in Japan anyway).

[trotp3]

@BishopTJH You're right. Hollywood has no imagination, they get their creativity from comic books, cartoons and old tv shows.

[BishopTJH]

You just watch, some production head will probably see this cartoon and get an idea to make a live action big budget movie out of this.

[SongsJerome]

Tom is adorable :)

[vox1003]

I thought this stuff was gone forever,nice to see it again

[acla9000]

Very cool!! It was broadcast on Brazilian TV during the 70s. Thanks for posting!!

[tvtimetravel]

Wasn't that the same narrarator of Batman, William Dozier?

[memoh]

What do you say なつかしい in English? For Japanese T.H.U.M.B. was too long may be. M.A.D. was translated 「Matamata Akuji Doumei」 means Often again Crime Assosiation ? Japanese Song was made by Asei Kobayashi a famous composer I liked it in my early times.