Format Films

Format Films was a television animation studio which was founded by Herbert Klynn in 1959 with Jules Engel as vice president,^[1] Herb McIntosh and Joseph Mugnaini. It was most active during the 1960s, producing episodes of The Alvin Show and Popeye the Sailor. Klynn shut his studio in 1962 but reopened it by 1965 as Format Productions. The studio made eleven shorts in Warner Bros.' theatrical Road Runner series as well as three theatrical Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales shorts, and produced The Lone Ranger in 1966.

Format Productions also created title sequences for several TV series, including I Spy, Honey West, the animated characters on the television variety show Hee Haw, animated various TV commercials, and created film title designs for The Glory Guys and Clambake.

TV series

• Popeye the Sailor (King Features Syndicate, Jack Kinney Productions/1960)
• The Alvin Show (Bagdasarian Film Corporation/1961–1962)
• The Lone Ranger (Jack Wrather Corporation, Lone Ranger Productions/1966–1969) (as Format Productions)

Theatrical shorts

• Icarus Montgolfier Wright (1962)
• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (Warner Bros., DePatie-Freleng Enterprises/1965–1967) (as Format Productions)
  • Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner (1965)
  • Tired and Feathered (1965)
  • Boulder Wham! (1965)
  • Just Plane Beep (1965)
  • Hairied and Hurried (1965)
  • Highway Runnery (1965)
  • Chaser on the Rocks (1965)
  • Shot and Bothered (1966)
  • Out and Out Rout (1966)
  • The Solid Tin Coyote (1966)
  • Clippety Clobbered (1966)
  • Quacker Tracker (1967)
  • The Music Mice-Tro (1967)
  • The Spy Swatter (1967)

Film and television titles (as Format Productions unless otherwise noted)

• Outlaws (1960–1962) (TV) (as Format Films)
• I Spy (1965–1968) (TV)
• The Glory Guys (1965)
• Honey West (1965–1966) (TV)
• Clambake (1967)
• The Mothers-in-Law (1967–1969) (TV)
• Hee Haw (1969) (TV)
• Curiosity Shop (1971–1973) (TV)

Notes

1. http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/format-films-in-tv-guide-1962.html

External links

• Format Films at the Internet Movie Database
• Format Films at the Internet Movie Database