The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians

60 mins | Comedy, Animation | April 7, 1970

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians is a 1970 American animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. After the Christmas special Frosty the Snowman (1969), it was Rankin/Bass' second hand-drawn animated work to be outsourced to Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production in Tokyo, Japan. The show aired on ABC on April 7, 1970 before the airing of that year's Oscars. It was a tribute to early vaudeville, and featured animated reworkings of various famous comedians' acts.

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians

60 mins | Comedy, Animation | April 7, 1970

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians is a 1970 American animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. After the Christmas special Frosty the Snowman (1969), it was Rankin/Bass' second hand-drawn animated work to be outsourced to Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production in Tokyo, Japan. The show aired on ABC on April 7, 1970 before the airing of that year's Oscars. It was a tribute to early vaudeville, and featured animated reworkings of various famous comedians' acts.
Producers Rankin/Bass Productions, Videocraft International
Original title The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
Directors Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass
Writers Romeo Muller

Cast

Jack Benny

as Himself (voice)

George Burns

as Himself (voice)

Phyllis Diller

as Herself (voice)

George Jessel

as Himself (voice) (as George E. Jessel)

Jack E. Leonard

as Himself (voice)

Groucho Marx

as Himself (voice)

Tom Smothers

as Himself (voice) (as The Smothers Brothers)

Flip Wilson

as Himself (voice)

Henny Youngman

as Himself (voice)

Paul Frees

as W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)

Dick Smothers

as Himself (voice) (as The Smothers Brothers)