...."MATTY'S FUNDAY FUNNIES" [ABC], which was originally seen on late Sunday afternoons from 1959 through '61, which added a prime-time edition in the fall of 1960. Mattel sponsored it (with their mascots "Matty Mattel" and "Sisterbelle" as 'hosts'), and it was the original showcase for "Harveytoons", the 1950-'59 theatrical Paramount cartoons acquired by Harvey Publications [they publlished the comic book adventures of Famous Studios' Casper the Friendly Ghost, Little Audrey, Herman & Katnip, et.al., beginning in 1950, buying the rights to those characters
and the post-'50 Paramount cartoon library in '59]. After that series ended in December 1961, the "Harveytoons" went into syndication as "CASPER AND COMPANY". The Paramount studio eventually produced a new series of Casper TV cartoons for Harvey's "NEW CASPER CARTOON SHOW" [ABC] in 1963, with an additional three years of Paramount's theatrical cartoons, through 1962- more "Harveytoons"- rounding out the show.
...and replacing "MATTY'S FUNDAY FUNNIES" on ABC's early Saturday night schedule in January 1962, was Bob Clampett's animated version of "Beany and Cecil" (as "MATTY'S FUNNIES WITH BEANY AND CECIL" during its first six months, then Mattel dropped their sponsorship), adapted from his syndicated (1949-'54) puppet show, "TIME FOR BEANY". After the series left prime-time in the fall of 1962, repeats appeared on ABC's Saturday and Sunday morning schedules through 1965, then into syndication.
