Did You Know There Was A 'That Girl' Cartoon?

[Brian Damage]

It was an unsold pilot from 1972.


That Girl Cartoon

[catlover79]

I never knew that! The cartoon Marlo looks a lot like the real thing. Thanks for sharing, Brian.

[AB]

very cool, i never knew there was a cartoon

[tv star collector]

Yes, I saw it. The ABC SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE was one of my favorite
Saturday morning shows in the early 1970s. Some of the shows were indeed
pilots ("Yogi's Ark Lark" was the pilot for YOGI'S GANG, "Lassie and the Spirit
of Thunder Mountain" was the pilot for LASSIE'S RESCUE RANGERS); but others were just one-shot cartoons. "That Girl in Wonderland" was either a
one-shot or, as someone said, a pilot that didn't sell.

The complete list of movies shown on the weekly series, which ran from Sept.
9, 1972 until Aug. 31, 1974 appears below. It was an interesting mix of films
from Hanna-Barbera, Rankin/Bass, Fred Calvert, Filmation, Warner Bros., and
King Features. [To my knowledge, none of these have been officially released
on video or DVD. But I did manage to find a "bootleg" copy of "Popeye Meets
the Man Who Hated Laughter" and "The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park."]

THE ABC SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE was a 60-minute program and ran
for two seasons. The films shown were: "The Brady Kids on Mysterious
Island" (the weekly BRADY KIDS cartoon series debuted one week later;
both the movie and the series featured the voices of the original cast),
"Yogi's Ark Lark," "Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters" (a sequel to Rankin/Bass'
"Mad Monster Party?" but hand-drawn instead of animated puppets), "Nanny
and the Professor," "Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter" (featuring
virtually every King Features comic strip character ever created), "Willie Mays
and the Say-Hey Kid" (with the voice of the famed baseball player), "Oliver
Twist and the Artful Dodger," "Robin Hoodnik" (the Robin Hood legend with an
all-dog cast), "Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Mountain," "Gidget Makes the
Wrong Connection," "The Banana Splits in Hocus Park" (which combined live-
action and animation), "Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family" (cartoon
based on the children from BEWITCHED who are now teenagers), "The Red Baron" (cartoon featuring
cats vs. dogs), "Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies" (oddball
cartoon/live-action movie jointly produced by Warners and Filmation), "Luvcast U.S.A." (inspired by LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE and featuring
animated music videos to tunes like "Love Potion No. 9")," "That Girl in Wonderland" (featuring the voice of Marlo Thomas), "Lost in Space" (only
Jonathan Harris reprised his role from the original series)," "Nanny and the
Professor and the Phantom Circus" (both Nanny movies featured the voices
of series stars Juliet Mills and Richard Long)," and "The Mini-Munsters" (with
Richard Long as Herman, and Al Lewis reprising his role as Grandpa).

[OH Nuts!]

Yeah, I never knew there was a cartoon either. You're always coming up with interesting stuff! Thanks for sharing Brian!

[Steve Carras]

There was alos the odd duck "Free to to be You and Me", with among others, "That Girl" costar Billy De Wolfe, aka Rankin-Bass's prissy, prissym prissy villian Prof.Hinkle, and who used that odd persona a number of times. He, Marlo and an interesting assortment of performers did that special in both live and cartoon [based on a record, and around the time that Mr.DeWolfe passed on], also with another old-timer, Mel Brooks. Despite some now "PC" agenda, it's acutlaly interesting.Marlo was producer/narrator.

[TeeVeeCloset]

Since there are no copies of this floating around in the collectors circuit, I contacted Shout Factory when they were releasing season 2 of "TG" and asked them about it as a bonus, they said they knew about it and tried very hard to get it, but Marlo doesn't own the rights, Rankin Bass does, now distributed by WB/Little Golden Books....anyway they couldn't come to terms, so looks like this will be another lost specal forever, but at least they tried and were very educated on the special.

[Steve E]

I have a nice copy of That Girl In Wonderland on DVD-R that I purchased a few years back.

A cool little cartoon...I love the animated Ann Marie,big-eyed and beautiful.The theme song (unique to the cartoon) is really good,and quite catchy.

It's a shame that an official,remastered version wasn't included with the final season of That Girl.It would've been icing on the cake!

[comedyfreak]

I remember the theme to The Saturday Superstar Movies it was cool.

[D-Dey]

Here's another link:
http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/27857-Th...onderland.html

And some others;
http://www.retrojunk.com/details_mov...in-wonderland/
http://www.toontracker.com/satsup/ssm3.htm

Something else occured to me recently, but I could swear Bill Hanna and Joseph Barbera had a supporting character from one of their rotten 'toons of the 1970's who was modeled after Ted Bessell. Unfortunatley, I can't remember who it was right now.

[Steve Carras]

Originally Posted by tv star collector

Yes, I saw it. The ABC SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE was one of my favorite
Saturday morning shows in the early 1970s. Some of the shows were indeed
pilots ("Yogi's Ark Lark" was the pilot for YOGI'S GANG, "Lassie and the Spirit
of Thunder Mountain" was the pilot for LASSIE'S RESCUE RANGERS); but others were just one-shot cartoons. "That Girl in Wonderland" was either a
one-shot or, as someone said, a pilot that didn't sell.

The complete list of movies shown on the weekly series, which ran from Sept.
9, 1972 until Aug. 31, 1974 appears below. It was an interesting mix of films
from Hanna-Barbera, Rankin/Bass, Fred Calvert, Filmation, Warner Bros., and
King Features. [To my knowledge, none of these have been officially released
on video or DVD. But I did manage to find a "bootleg" copy of "Popeye Meets
the Man Who Hated Laughter" and "The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park."]

THE ABC SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE was a 60-minute program and ran
for two seasons. The films shown were: "The Brady Kids on Mysterious
Island" (the weekly BRADY KIDS cartoon series debuted one week later;
both the movie and the series featured the voices of the original cast),
"Yogi's Ark Lark," "Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters" (a sequel to Rankin/Bass'
"Mad Monster Party?" but hand-drawn instead of animated puppets), "Nanny
and the Professor," "Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter" (featuring
virtually every King Features comic strip character ever created), "Willie Mays
and the Say-Hey Kid" (with the voice of the famed baseball player), "Oliver
Twist and the Artful Dodger," "Robin Hoodnik" (the Robin Hood legend with an
all-dog cast), "Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Mountain," "Gidget Makes the
Wrong Connection," "The Banana Splits in Hocus Park" (which combined live-
action and animation), "Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family" (cartoon
based on the children from BEWITCHED who are now teenagers), "The Red Baron" (cartoon featuring
cats vs. dogs), "Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies" (oddball
cartoon/live-action movie jointly produced by Warners and Filmation), "Luvcast U.S.A." (inspired by LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE and featuring
animated music videos to tunes like "Love Potion No. 9")," "That Girl in Wonderland" (featuring the voice of Marlo Thomas), "Lost in Space" (only
Jonathan Harris reprised his role from the original series)," "Nanny and the
Professor and the Phantom Circus" (both Nanny movies featured the voices
of series stars Juliet Mills and Richard Long)," and "The Mini-Munsters" (with
Richard Long as Herman, and Al Lewis reprising his role as Grandpa).

Rankin/Bass produced that THat Girl special. DePatie-Freleng did their one contriobution to that special, "Luvcast".

[D-Dey]

Another thread on the subject:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=194172

And I know these are both old threads, but I had to say something about it; I'm starting to get a little edgy about the fact that this isn't available anywhere. It's not even listed at The Paley Center for Media, and they had obscure Daisy Productions like "Acts of Love: and Other Comedies."

[tlc38tlc38]

This could've been awesome! I really wish this had happened. Mama's Family, Bewithed, Gilligan's Island, Pee-Wes's Playhouse, The Facts of Life, Family Matters, & Mister Ed would all make fun cartoons.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer also had a pilot made but it never was bought. Joss Whedon says he regrets not making this happen........I say it's never too late--- I'd love to see a Buffy cartoon!

[MacLeaper]

Bewitched and Gilligan's Island did get cartoon versions. A number of live action shows have had cartoon spinoff series-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ime_time_shows

[installLSC]

An interesting (if not complimentary) review of the special.