Remember Jim & Judy in Teleland? (1949)

 Some years ago, legendary animator Chuck Jones decried animation for television as "illustrated radio". I can only imagine if there was any indignation over one of the first syndicated cartoons, going all the way back to 1949.

Jim & Judy in Teleland, created & produced by Paul Peroff, was a series of 5 minute shorts, the kind that would be inserted into larger packages with theatrical shorts such as Bugs Bunny, Popeye, Woody Woodpecker, et al. Peroff produced 52 episodes total over one season, but after the series ended, deals were made to syndicate the series in Venezuela, and, then, back in the US, in the Deadwood, South Dakota market, both in 1954, and then to Japan 2 years later. 3 years after that, it was reissued and reedited as Bob & Betty in Adventureland, though Lord only knows why.

I believe Peroff is the narrator, but I'm not sure if he's doing all the voices. Let's check this sampler.

The limited lip movement predates Cambria Studios' infamous Synchro-Vox technology by a few years. Today, you'd be hard pressed to find this even among cartoon collectors.

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