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Farmer Al Falfa and His Terrytoons Pals

 
 

 

 

 

Prod. Notes:


 

1956,  syndicated

Bray Productions, Terrytoons

 

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Synopsis:

 


 
Paul Terry’s silent Terrytoons creations found new life with the dawn of the television era. Farmer Al Falfa, Ignatz Mouse, Kiko the Kangaroo and other bouncy, lively creations had gone out of style once the “talkies” took over in the late 1920’s, but with TV programmers hungry for material to fill their broadcast schedules, the original Terrytoons got a second chance at the big time.

Farmer Al Falfa and the gang first appeared on network television in CBS’ 1953 series Barker Bill’s Cartoon Show. New titles and new sound effects were added to the old shorts, and Farmer Al Falfa was renamed Farmer Gray. Even with the changes, the old bits were timeless - animals playing tricks on Farmer Al, a cow going on an alcohol-fueled rampage, the farmer’s puppy getting into mischief with pipes, trucks and a fighting rooster, and so on.

After Barker Bill’s Cartoon Show went off the air, Farmer Al Falfa got his old name back for a new syndicated package, Farmer Al Falfa And His Terrytoons Pals. Along with Al’s regular stable of barnyard shenanigans, the package included other Terrytoons shorts like the “Aesop’s Fables” series, many of which starred Al himself.

The syndicated series was still a hit with kids, and Farmer Al continued to tickle the funnybones of several generations, turning up everywhere from video compilations to Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. Still today, wherever classic cartoons are loved and admired, Farmer Al Falfa And His Terrytoons Pals will be found.

 


 

 
Farmer Al Falfa animated shorts:
 

 

Bray Productions

 

1916:

 

Farmer Al Falfa's Catastrophe

Farmer Al Falfa Invents a Kite

Farmer Al Falfa's Scientific Diary

Farmer Al Falfa and his Tentless Circus

Farmer Al Falfa's Watermelon Patch

Farmer Al Falfa's Egg-Citement

Farmer Al Falfa's Revenge

Farmer Al Falfa Wolfhound

Farmer Al Falfa See's New York

Farmer Al Falfa's Prune Plantation

Farmer Al Falfa's Blind Pig

 

1917:

 

Farmer Al Falfa's Wayward Pup

 

1920:

 

The Bone of Contention

 

1922:

 

The Farmer and the Ostrich

The Farmer and the Cat

 

1923:

 

Farmer Al Falfa's Bride

Farmer Al Falfa's Pet Cat

 

 

Terrytoons

 

1931:

 

Club Sandwich

Razzberries

The Explorer

The Sultan's Cat

Canadian Capers

The Champ

 

1932:

 

Noah's Outing

Ye Olde Songs

Woodland

Farmer Alfalfa's Bedtime Story

Spring Is Here

Farmer Alfalfa's Ape Girl

Farmer Alfalfa's Birthday Party

 

1933:

 

Tropical Fish

Pick-Necking

The Village Blacksmith

Robinson Crusoe

 

1934:

 

The Owl And The Pussycat

Why Mules Leave Home

 

1935:

 

What A Night

Old Dog Tray

Flying Oil

Moans And Groans

A June Bride

 

1936:

 

The 19th Hole Club

Home Town Olympics

The Alpine Yodeler

Barnyard Amateurs

The Western Trail

Rolling Stones

The Runt

The Hot Spell

Puddy the Pup And The Gypsies

Farmer Al Falfa's Prize Package

The Health Farm

Farmer Al Falfa's Twentieth Anniversary

 

1937:

 

The Tin Can Tourist

The Big Game Hunt

Flying South

The Mechanical Cow

Pink Elephants

Trailer Life

A Close Shave

The Dancing Bear

 

 

 

 

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