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'''''The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican''''' is one of the first made-for-television cartoons from 1950 that aired on Chicago's WENR-TV (now WLS-TV). <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Paddy_the_Pelican Wikipedia article about Paddy the Pelican.] Retrieved Mar 12 '17.</ref> This animated series was created by Sam Singer. <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733734/ IMDb page for Paddy the Pelican.] Retrieved Mar 12 '17.</ref> It originally debuted in the US. The series is about a pelican and his adventures with friends.  
'''''The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican''''' is one of the first made-for-television cartoons from 1950 that aired on Chicago's WENR-TV (now WLS-TV).<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Paddy_the_Pelican Wikipedia article about Paddy the Pelican.] Retrieved 12 Mar '17.</ref> This animated series was created by Sam Singer.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733734/ IMDb page for Paddy the Pelican.] Retrieved 12 Mar '17.</ref> It originally debuted in the US. The series is about a pelican and his adventures with friends.  


It's notoriously considered among the worst cartoons of all time.<ref>[http://the-adventures-of-paddy-the-pelican.wikia.com/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Paddy_the_Pelican Main article on the facetious Paddy wiki.] Retrieved Mar 12 '17.</ref> This is thanks to the obviously low production budget, which led to its characteristic pencil sketch animation, dark backgrounds, looping sequences, and poor lip syncing.
It's notoriously considered among the worst cartoons of all time.<ref>[http://the-adventures-of-paddy-the-pelican.wikia.com/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Paddy_the_Pelican Main article on the facetious Paddy wiki.] Retrieved 12 Mar '17.</ref> This is thanks to the obviously low production budget, which led to its characteristic pencil sketch animation, dark backgrounds, looping sequences, and poor lip syncing.


Only six episodes of the series were made, and every episode has been available online since October 2016.
Only six episodes of the series were made, and every episode has been available online since October 2016.
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[[Category:Found media|Adventures of Paddy the Pelican]]
[[Category:Found media|Adventures of Paddy the Pelican]]

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Paddy.jpg

Title card of the series.

Status: Found

Date found: 24 Oct. '16

Found by: PoopToobYou

The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican is one of the first made-for-television cartoons from 1950 that aired on Chicago's WENR-TV (now WLS-TV).[1] This animated series was created by Sam Singer.[2] It originally debuted in the US. The series is about a pelican and his adventures with friends.

It's notoriously considered among the worst cartoons of all time.[3] This is thanks to the obviously low production budget, which led to its characteristic pencil sketch animation, dark backgrounds, looping sequences, and poor lip syncing.

Only six episodes of the series were made, and every episode has been available online since October 2016.

Gallery

Piggy Bank Robbery

Two Wet Bears

The Land of More

Pirate Pete

Plum Valley

Swania Fooled Again

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