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|title=<center>The Beagles</center>
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|imagecaption=Cover for the equally lost album "Here Come The Beagles"
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'''''The Beagles''''' was the last cartoon produced by Total Television Productions which aired on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 2nd, 1967. It was inspired by The Beatles, of which at the time had a cartoon series (produced by King Features) airing on ABC.
'''''The Beagles''''' was the last cartoon produced by Total Television Productions.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beagles_(TV_series) Wikipedia article.] Retrieved 30 Jan 17.</ref> It aired on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 2nd, 1967. It was inspired by the rock group The Beatles, who had a cartoon series (produced by King Features) airing on ABC.<ref>[https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/T/Total_Television_Productions/The_Beagles/ Big Cartoon Database entry.] Retrieved 30 Jan 17.</ref> The show focuses on the lives of the members of "The Beagles," including Stringer (voiced by Mort Marshall), Tubby (voiced by Allen Swift, an occurring voice actor for TTV dating back to ''The King and Odie''), and their manager Scotty (also voiced by Allen Swift).<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059969/ IMDb page.] Retrieved 30 Jan 16.</ref>


The show focuses on "The Beagles" who compose of Stringer (voiced by Mort Marshall), Tubby (voiced by Allen Swift, an occurring voice actor for TTV dating back to ''The King and Odie''), and their publicity stunt-happy manager Scotty (also voiced by Allen Swift).
While Joe Harris (co-founder of Total Television and creator of Underdog) recently mentioned on an interview with Mark Arnold for the book "Created and Produced by Total Television Productions" that he has the masters of the show,<ref>[http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/meet-the-beagles-1966/ Cartoon Research article.] Retrieved 30 Jan 17.</ref> it's unknown whether or not DreamWorks Classics, the current rights holder, will help or hinder a re-release of the series onto a new medium. Only clips of the show have resurfaced on YouTube, uploaded by YouTubers "dandydeal" and "toontracker." The clips in the gallery below are the only ones that are available online.


The show has a complicated reason for it being lost ranging from the widow of a deceased editor choked out all the masters and editing equipment out the window to a shipping mess up from Golden Books Family Entertainment's end.
==Gallery==
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While Joe Harris (co-founder of Total Television and creator of Underdog) recently mentioned on an interview with Mark Arnold for the book "Created and Produced by Total Television Productions" that he has the masters of the show, it's unknown whether or not DreamWorks Classics (the current rights holder to the Total Television library) would be interested in the obscure piece of TTV's history.
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==Availability==
| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKzkDV4lMUk|320x240|right}}
Only small pieces of the show have been found, with all know footage being uploaded by YouTuber "dandydeal" as he uploaded only half of the story "The Man on The Moon" and the episode "I Feel Like Humpty Dumpty" while the inactive YouTube channel "toontracker" has only the first part of the story "Foreign Legion Flops".
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr2quS4fimc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr2quS4fimc]
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzNDcziiCBo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzNDcziiCBo]
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKzkDV4lMUk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKzkDV4lMUk]


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2KT0M8dfGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2KT0M8dfGE]
==References==
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Revision as of 04:14, 31 January 2017

TheBeagles-TVLP600.jpg

Cover of the album "Here Come The Beagles."

Status: Partially Found


The Beagles was the last cartoon produced by Total Television Productions.[1] It aired on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 2nd, 1967. It was inspired by the rock group The Beatles, who had a cartoon series (produced by King Features) airing on ABC.[2] The show focuses on the lives of the members of "The Beagles," including Stringer (voiced by Mort Marshall), Tubby (voiced by Allen Swift, an occurring voice actor for TTV dating back to The King and Odie), and their manager Scotty (also voiced by Allen Swift).[3]

While Joe Harris (co-founder of Total Television and creator of Underdog) recently mentioned on an interview with Mark Arnold for the book "Created and Produced by Total Television Productions" that he has the masters of the show,[4] it's unknown whether or not DreamWorks Classics, the current rights holder, will help or hinder a re-release of the series onto a new medium. Only clips of the show have resurfaced on YouTube, uploaded by YouTubers "dandydeal" and "toontracker." The clips in the gallery below are the only ones that are available online.

Gallery

References

  1. Wikipedia article. Retrieved 30 Jan 17.
  2. Big Cartoon Database entry. Retrieved 30 Jan 17.
  3. IMDb page. Retrieved 30 Jan 16.
  4. Cartoon Research article. Retrieved 30 Jan 17.