In 1953, Columbia & UPA obtained a license to adapt Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart into an animated short subject. James Mason is the narrator.
From season 2 of Hoppity Hooper:
Hoppity and friends find themselves in the supposedly haunted town of Ware, where all sorts of strange happenings are taking place. Paul Frees narrates, and voices the magician and a monster based on Frankenstein.
From the final season of Slimer! & The Real Ghostbusters.
The boys and Slimer are in Russia when they learn of a monster in Siberia. Here's "Russian About", written by J. Michael Straczynski.
One big reason why Ghost Busters flopped the way it did as a live action series was the ham-handed writing of series creator Marc Richards, who apparently couldn't be bothered with proper context in his scripts, which is why most of the episodes came off as being, well, amateur night, despite the talent involved.
One case in point is the adventure of an Egyptian queen's ghost (Barbara Rhodes) and her mummy bodyguard, who wasn't exactly a menace.
This video comes complete with commercials, including a spot promoting CBS' lineup that we pulled a long while ago, and a Crest commercial with Arthur O'Connell. Jackson Beck narrates the spot for Ideal's Evel Knievel toys.
You may need to turn up the volume for this one.
Yes, The Monster Squad turns 50 this year. To mark the occasion, the team deals with a master of disguise named No Face (Edward Andrews), who has impersonated the Mayor to declare crime legal.
The villain is a knockoff of an old Batman villain, False Face. Sid Haig co-stars.
William Hanna "supervised" (read: directed) "What a Lion", a Captain & The Kids short for MGM.
Seems the Captain (Billy Bletcher) and the Inspector are out in the jungle, and the kids have a little fun......
Due to anti-violence regulations, DC couldn't license out any of Captain Marvel's foes for Shazam!. While Mister Mind likely could've been used via animation (and he'd come along in 1981), the Captain had the same issues that Superman had before him, but also took the time to rescue endangered animals, such as a dog trapped in a burning room.........
