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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>[http://chicagotelevision.com/friends.htm Chicago Television's page on children's TV shows aired during the 1950s, including a mention of ''Paddy the Pelican''.] Retrieved 07 May '19</ref> This animated series was created by Sam Singer. 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 cartoons made for TV in the 1950's, airing on Chicago's WENR-TV.
It is notoriously considered one of the worst cartoons of all time, thanks to the obviously low production budget, which led to its characteristic pencil sketch animation, dark backgrounds, looping sequences and poor lip-syncing.


Due to the low-production budget, it's infamous for its 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.


Because of this, it is often mentioned among "the worst cartoons ever".
The series was originally conceived as a puppet show, and Sam Singer also created a tie-in comic book series called ''Paddy Pelican Junior Journal''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=m_UDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=paddy+the+pelican&hl=en#v=onepage&q=paddy%20the%20pelican&f=false An excerpt from ''Billboard'' mentioning Paddy's puppet show and his comic book series.] Retrieved 12 Feb '20</ref> However, any existing traces of either are currently lost.


'''Update 10/24/16''' It appears episodes are on Myspleen in compilation discs called "Worst Cartoons Ever". For now, only names are shown. We are attempting to download the videos.
==External Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Paddy_the_Pelican Wikipedia article about ''Paddy the Pelican''.] Retrieved 12 Mar '17
*[http://imdb.com/title/tt1733734/ IMDb page for ''Paddy the Pelican''.] Retrieved 12 Mar '17
*[http://the-adventures-of-paddy-the-pelican.wikia.com/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Paddy_the_Pelican Paddy the Pelican Wikia article on ''The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican''.] Retrieved 12 Mar '17


==Episodes==
==References==
Only 6 episodes of the series were made. Of those 6, 3 episode names are known, and only 2 are available online.
{{reflist}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4upgr_fYrU ''Piggy Bank Robbery'']
 
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfvhnUU5lKA ''Two Wet Bears'']
[[Category:Found media|Adventures of Paddy the Pelican]]
*''The Land of More'' (Lost)
[[Category:Historic|Adventures of Paddy the Pelican]]
*Pirate Pete (Possible)
[[Category:Found animation|Adventures of Paddy the Pelican]]
*Plum Valley(Possible)
*Swannia Fooled Again (Possible)
[[Category:Lost animation]]
[[Category:Lost TV]]
[[Category:Needing work]]

Latest revision as of 19:26, 4 March 2024

Paddy.jpg

Title card of the series.

Status: Found

Date found: 24 Oct 2016

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. It originally debuted in the US. The series is about a pelican and his adventures with friends.

It is notoriously considered one of the worst cartoons of all time, 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.

The series was originally conceived as a puppet show, and Sam Singer also created a tie-in comic book series called Paddy Pelican Junior Journal.[2] However, any existing traces of either are currently lost.

External Links

References