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|title=<center>Cathy (animated specials)</center> | |title=<center>Cathy (animated specials)</center> | ||
|image=Cathy890210.jpg | |image=Cathy890210.jpg | ||
|imagecaption="Valentine" ad featured in the TV guide magazine (Feb 4-10, 1989). | |imagecaption="Valentine" ad featured in the TV guide magazine (Feb. 4-10, 1989). | ||
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | |status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|datefound=Apr | |datefound=02 Apr 2012 / 13 Jul 2015 | ||
|foundby=[https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCdRcGAk4F9t0Q_PgcDrrbAA OhSo80s], and [https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC2fEnzXBvAYVhZ6rouEHt8w ThingsIFoundInMyBasement] | |foundby=[https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCdRcGAk4F9t0Q_PgcDrrbAA OhSo80s], and [https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC2fEnzXBvAYVhZ6rouEHt8w ThingsIFoundInMyBasement] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Cathy''''', '''''Cathy's Last Resort''''', and '''''Cathy's Valentine''''' are three animated specials that aired in 1987, 1988 and 1989, based on the comic strip ''Cathy'' by Cathy Guisewite | '''''Cathy''''', '''''Cathy's Last Resort''''', and '''''Cathy's Valentine''''' are three animated specials that aired in 1987, 1988 and 1989,<ref>Terrace, Vincent (2013). ''Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012'' (second ed.). McFarland & Company Publishers. p. 83.</ref> based on the comic strip ''Cathy'' by Cathy Guisewite.<ref> https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/238/mode/2up </ref> It was produced by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson, known for producing the ''Peanuts'' specials.<ref> https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19881111&id=5D1UAAAAIBAJ&pg=4715,3328364 </ref> | ||
They received critical acclaim and the first special won Guisewite an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program,<ref> https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/doc/306133154.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current </ref> but they've never been broadcast again since their initial airings or released on VHS and DVD. | |||
==Availability== | |||
All that existed of ''Cathy's Valentine'' until 2015 were two very short clips featured in a recorded commercial break from the day it aired, three screenshots, and a TV Guide advertisement from the week it aired on the blog [http://www.vintagetoledotv.com Vintage Toledo TV] that specifically mentioned airings on Ohio CBS affiliates WTOL-TV 11 Toledo, WHIO-TV 7 Dayton and WBNS-TV 10 Columbus as well as on WANE-TV 15 Fort Wayne, Indiana. | |||
The first special was the first to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYXhFRyJm10 resurface on YouTube] (in two different qualities) by OhSo80s and later on, user ThingsIFoundInMyBasement uploaded the two remaining "Cathy" specials---[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKqxMPVqbUCZXi6yhsoTVUHn7vTrj7A8a "Cathy's Last Resort"] and [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKqxMPVqbUCZZyd2NpS1sc3Lr0BdjHv9G "Cathy's Valentine"]---to YouTube. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery mode=packed heights=125px> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="125px"> | ||
Cathy'sLastResort1.png|Screenshot #1 from ''Valentine''. | Cathy'sLastResort1.png|Screenshot #1 from ''Valentine''. | ||
Cathy'sLastResort2.png|Screenshot #2 from ''Valentine''. | Cathy'sLastResort2.png|Screenshot #2 from ''Valentine''. | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References== | |||
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==External Links== | |||
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_(TV_special) | |||
*https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352235/ | |||
*https://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=54898 | |||
[[Category:Found animation]] | |||
[[Category:Found media]] | [[Category:Found media]] | ||
[[Category:Found TV]] | |||
Latest revision as of 05:48, 7 March 2024
"Valentine" ad featured in the TV guide magazine (Feb. 4-10, 1989).
Status: Found
Date found: 02 Apr 2012 / 13 Jul 2015
Found by: OhSo80s, and ThingsIFoundInMyBasement
Cathy, Cathy's Last Resort, and Cathy's Valentine are three animated specials that aired in 1987, 1988 and 1989,[1] based on the comic strip Cathy by Cathy Guisewite.[2] It was produced by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson, known for producing the Peanuts specials.[3]
They received critical acclaim and the first special won Guisewite an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program,[4] but they've never been broadcast again since their initial airings or released on VHS and DVD.
Availability
All that existed of Cathy's Valentine until 2015 were two very short clips featured in a recorded commercial break from the day it aired, three screenshots, and a TV Guide advertisement from the week it aired on the blog Vintage Toledo TV that specifically mentioned airings on Ohio CBS affiliates WTOL-TV 11 Toledo, WHIO-TV 7 Dayton and WBNS-TV 10 Columbus as well as on WANE-TV 15 Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The first special was the first to resurface on YouTube (in two different qualities) by OhSo80s and later on, user ThingsIFoundInMyBasement uploaded the two remaining "Cathy" specials---"Cathy's Last Resort" and "Cathy's Valentine"---to YouTube.
Gallery
Screenshot #1 from Valentine.
Screenshot #2 from Valentine.
Screenshot #3 from Valentine.
Last Resort press photo.
References
- ↑ Terrace, Vincent (2013). Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012 (second ed.). McFarland & Company Publishers. p. 83.
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/238/mode/2up
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19881111&id=5D1UAAAAIBAJ&pg=4715,3328364
- ↑ https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/doc/306133154.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current