I absolutely loved this cartoon when I was four years old! In fact, it wasn't till several years later that I found out there had been a series with live actors that it was based on! Okay, the standard Filmation limited animation schtick was there, including the repeated footage and gags (I for one liked Brennan falling into the rain barrel!), but that was to be expected on Saturday mornings in the '70s. Here's an exchange I still remember thirty years on! Tell me this isn't comedy!: Mrs. Brown presents Uncle Martin with a very oddly-shaped coconut pie: Uncle Martin: "What's that lump in the middle?" Mrs. Brown: "That's the coconut!" Of course, the Ray Walston/Bill Bixby series was the classic, but of the animated shows based on prime time sitcoms (of which there were an embarrassing number in the 1970s and 1980s), this is probably the best. At least to a four-year old! ;)
3 Reviews
No They Didn't.......
raysond11 January 2002
The animation version of the Ray Walston series of the 1960's is so lame and dull that it didn't last very long on the air. I can't believe they took a very good show from its format and destroy it. The animation is so bland with no pick up from the voices either,since those guys at Filmation Productions cranked out a lot of these back in the 1970's which were mostly seen on Saturday Mornings. Stay Away!
Yeah I remember this too....
gazzo-227 November 2002
It wasn't that good, stiffly animated, even as a 7 year old I noticed that. You hadda see the fat neighbour guy fall into the waterbarrel 4 times a show too-typical Filmation.
The old show with Bixby and Walston of course was better.
**
The old show with Bixby and Walston of course was better.
**
See also
Awards | FAQ | User Ratings | External Reviews | Metacritic Reviews
