Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody

*Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody*
Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody
Genre	Animation; Short; Family; Fantasy
Written by	Romeo Muller (story); Romeo Muller (teleplay)
Directed by	Fred Wolf
Starring	Burgess Meredith; David Mendenhall; Diana Dumpis; Joan Gerber; Bob Holt; Billy Jayne; Hal Smith; Robert Ridgely
Theme music composer	David Richard Cambell; Peter Yarrow
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Kevin Hunter; Robert L. Rosen
Producers	Romeo Muller; Peter Yarrow
Editor	Rich Harrison
Running time	24 minutes
Production companies	My Company; Murakami Wolf Swenson
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	May 17, 1982

Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody is a 24-minute animated television special that first aired May 17, 1982 on CBS.^[1] The third in a series, it serves as a sequel to Puff the Magic Dragon (1978) and Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies (1979),^[2] with Burgess Meredith returning as the voice of the title character. The special was produced by Fred Wolf Films and also featured the voice of David Mendenhall.

Plot

Puff finds a young boy named Terry who has an overactive imagination, and who therefore has trouble making friends with other children. Instead he has an imaginary friend; a duck wearing a saucepan with a feather as a hat named Mr. Nobody. When Terry's imagination starts to get him in trouble, Terry begins to blame Mr. Nobody for imagining the things that he has dreamed up, until he ceases to believe that he has any imagination of his own. Eventually, Mr. Nobody abandons him, and Puff must take Terry on a quest to find Mr. Nobody, teaching him along the way to embrace his creativity.

Ratings

The TV short has a rating of 7.7/10 from 64 votes on IMDb.

Voice cast

Burgess Meredith as Puff
David Mendenhall as Terry
Joan Gerber as Mother/Teacher
Bob Holt as Father
Billy Jayne as Boy
Diana Dumpis as Girl
Hal Smith as Professor Katzendorfer/Bust/World
Robert Ridgely as Mr. Nobody/Guard

References

^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 315–316. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 311. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

External links

Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody at IMDb

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[Specials-1] Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 315–316. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[2] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 311. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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First-run live-action series	Captain Kangaroo (1955–84) In the News (1971–86) 30 Minutes (1978–82) CBS Saturday Film Festival (1971–78; 1982–84) Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (1983) Pryor's Place (1984–85) Little Muppet Monsters (1985) CBS Storybreak (1985–87) Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–91) Hey Vern, It's Ernest! (1988–89)
Rebroadcasts	The Bugs Bunny Show/Road Runner Show (1975–85) Shazam! (1980–81) Speed Buggy (1982, 1988) Shirt Tales (1984) Land of the Lost (1985–86) He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1985) The Transformers (1987) Kidd Video (1987–88)
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