Shirt Tales

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The Shirt Tales are characters that were created in 1980 and were featured on Hallmark Cards greeting cards.

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[edit] Cards

The animal characters wore T-shirts upon which a greeting card's message would appear. The Shirt Tale line of greeting cards were among Hallmark's best selling cards at that time, which led to the greeting card company teaming up with Hanna-Barbera Productions to adapt the Shirt Tales into a Saturday morning cartoon, which premiered on NBC on September 18, 1982.

[edit] TV series

Shirt Tales
Genre Saturday morning cartoon series
Directed by Oscar Dufau
George Gordon
Bob Hathcock
Carl Urbano
John Walker
Rudy Zamora
Voices of (See article)
Country of origin  United States
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 46
Production
Executive producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Producer(s) Iwao Takamoto
Kay Wright
Running time 30 min.
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Original run September 18, 1982 – January 21, 1984

The animated Shirt Tales cartoon featured Tyg Tiger, Pammy Panda, Digger Mole, Rick Raccoon, and Bogey Orangutan (so called because he spoke using a Humphrey Bogart-style voice). They all wore shirts which flashed various brightly lit messages reflecting the characters' thoughts. They lived in Oak Tree Park, and spent their time teasing Mr. Dinkle, the park ranger, and battling crime in and out of their hometown of Mid City. They zipped around the world in a vehicle known as the STSST (Shirt Tales' SuperSonic Transport) which could operate as a car, jet, boat, submarine, and just about any other form of imaginable ride.

After the TV show's successful first season, Kip Kangaroo was added to the cast of characters. However, no context was given for her joining the Shirt Tales.

"Shirt Tales" was also aired on CBS during the 1984-1985 Saturday Morning Season replacing "The Biskitts" time slot. CBS aired the two seasons that ran on NBC. When "Shirt Tales" was pulled on March 23rd 1985, CBS aired reruns of "The Biskitts"

On March 23, 1985, Shirt Tales was pulled from broadcast television for good ("Shirt Tales" was airing on CBS at the time), and the Hallmark franchise faded not long after as well. The show continued for a number of years as part of the USA Network's "Cartoon Express". Shirt Tales continues to be broadcast in selected countries around the world. In the U.S., it can occasionally be seen on the cable channel Boomerang.

In the two seasons of first-run episodes, a total of 23 episodes were made, 13 from the first season and 10 from the second. Each episode contained two 11-minute segments, for a total of 46 segments.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season One

  1. The Case of the Golden Armor/Crumpling's Circus Caper
  2. Shirt Napped/Game Masters
  3. Elephant on the Loose/The Big Foot Incident
  4. Horsin' Around/The Humbolt Ghost
  5. Mission Mutt/Vacation for Dinkel
  6. Digger Runs Away/Wingman
  7. Figby the Spoiled Cat/The Commissioner is Missing
  8. The Terrible Termites/Raiders of the Lost Shark
  9. Moving Time/Back to Nature
  10. Save the Park/Pam-Dora's Box
  11. Hapless Hound/The Nearsighted Bear
  12. The Magical Musical Caper/The Very Buried Treasure
  13. Dinkel's Ark/The Duke of Dinkel

[edit] Season Two

  1. Bogey Goes Ape/Digger's Three Wishes
  2. The Rain, the Park and the Robot/Digger's Double
  3. Kip's Dragon/Taj Mahal Tyg
  4. Double Exposure/The Outer Space Connection
  5. Brass Bogey/The Forbidden Island
  6. T.J.'s Visit/Pleasure Valley
  7. Saturday Night Shirt Tales/Kip's to Caper
  8. Dinkel's Buddy/the Big Setup
  9. The Ghost Out West/Dinkel's Gift
  10. Mayhem on the Orient Express/The Cuckoo Count Caper

[edit] Cast

[edit] Production Credits

[edit] Season 1 (1982-1983)

  • Executive Producers: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
  • Producer: Kay Wright
  • Story Editor: Bob Ogle
  • Creative Supervisor: Tony Pastor
  • Supervising Director: Ray Patterson
  • Directors: George Gordon, Bob Hathcock, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora
  • Assistant Directors: Bob Goe, Terry Harrison, Bill Hutten
  • Story Direction: Pete Alvarado, Franco Christophani, James Fletcher, Jan Green, Stephen Hickner, Lew Saw, Jim Simon, Roy Wilson, Tom Yakutis
  • SHIRT TALES from Hallmark
  • Recording Director: Gordon Hunt
  • Animation Casting Director: Ginny McSwain
  • Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
  • Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
  • Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
  • Creative Producer: Iwao Takamoto
  • Design Supervisor: Bob Singer
  • Character Design: Barry Anderson, Sandra Berez, Jean Gilmore, Mel Keefer, Martin Korth, Ron Maidenberg
  • Voices: Richard Balin, Joe Besser, Brian Cummings, Walker Edmiston, Marshall Efron, Laurie Faso, Stanley Jones, Sherry Lynn, Tress MacNeille, Kenneth Mars, Joseph Medalis, Robert Allen Ogle, Patricia Parris, Henry Polic II, Tony Pope, Robert Ridgely, Michael Rye, Steve Schatzberg, Ronnie Schell, Marilyn Schreffler, R.J. Segall, Michael Sheehan, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Andre Stojka, Fred Travalena, Herbert Vigran, Frank Welker, William Woodson, Ted Zeigler
  • Layout: Franco Christophani, Jaime Diaz, Dave Hoover, John Perry, David West
  • Animation Supervision: Jay Sarbry, Don Patterson
  • Assistant Animation Supervisor: Joanna Romersa
  • Animation: Bob Bemiller, Lefty Callahan, Rudy Cataldi, Zeon Davush, Joan Drake, Jon Elford, Lillian Evans, Hugh Fraser, Fred Hellmich, Hicks Lokey, Mircea Manta, Constantin Mustatea, Bob Nesler, Margaret Nichols, Bill Nunes, Ken Muse, Bernard Posner, Bill Pratt, Don Ruch, Kunio Shimamura, Ken Southworth, Rich Trueblood
  • Background Supervisor: Al Gmuer
  • Backgrounds: Lorraine Andrina, Fernando Arce, Gary Conkline, Gil DiCicco, Flamarion Ferreira, Martin Forte, Robert Gentle, Bonnie Goodknight, Eric Heschong, Jim Hickey, Paro Hozumi, Michael Humphries, Vicki Jenson, Phil Lewis, Michelle Moen, Andy Phillipson, Phil Phillipson, Bill Proctor, Jeff Richards, Jeff Riche, Ron Roesch, Peter Van Elk, Dennis Venizelos, Gloria Wood
  • Checking and Scene Planning: Paul Strickland
  • Xerography: Star Wirth
  • Ink and Paint Supervisor: Alison Victory
  • Sound Direction: Dick Olson
  • Technical Supervisor: Jerry Mills
  • Camera: Roy Wade, Steve Altman, Chuck Flekal, Curt Hall, Ralph Migliori, Joe Ponticelle, David Valentine, Jerry Whittington
  • Supervising Film Editor: Larry C. Cowan
  • Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley
  • Music Editors: Terry Moore, Joe Sandusky, Robert Talboy
  • Effects Editors: Mike Bradley, Mary Gleason, Carol Lewis, Catherine MacKenzie, Sue Sawade, Kerry Williams
  • Show Editor: Gil Iverson
  • Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
  • Post-Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
  • Production Manager: James Wang
  • Executives in Charge of Production: Jayne Barbera and Margaret Loesch
  • A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
  • Copr. (c) 1982 HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS, INC.
  • Characters copr. (c) MCMLXXX Hallmark Cards, Inc.

[edit] Season 2 (1983-1984)

  • Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
  • Producer: Kay Wright
  • Story Editor: Bob Ogle
  • Creative Supervisor: Tony Pastor
  • Supervising Director: Ray Patterson
  • Directors: Oscar Dufau, George Gordon, Carl Urbano, John Walker, Rudy Zamora
  • Assistant Directors: Bob Goe, Bill Hutten, Tony Love, Don Lusk, Ann Tucker
  • Story Direction: Dale Barnhart, Ron Campbell, Jim Fletcher, Lew Saw, Mitchell Shauer, Roy Wilson
  • Recording Director: Gordon Hunt
  • Animation Casting Director: Ginny McSwain
  • Voices: Joey Camen, Victoria Carroll, Nancy Cartwright, Brian Cummings, Bernard Erhard, Ernest Harada, Bob Holt, Buster Jones, Howard Morris, Robert Allen Ogle, Pat Parris, Tony Pope, Steve Schatzberg, Ronnie Schell, Marilyn Schreffler, Hal Smith, Fred Travalena, Herb Vigran, Jimmy Weldon
  • Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
  • Titles: Mitchell Shauer
  • Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
  • Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
  • Creative Producer: Iwao Takamoto
  • Design Supervisor: Bob Singer
  • Character Design: Michael Takamoto, Alice Hamm, Judie Clarke, Jim Stenstrum, Sandra Berez, Floro Dery, Gabriel Hoyos
  • Layouts: Jaime Diaz, David Hoover, Richard Hoover, Michael Maliani, John Perry, Mitchell Shauer, Dean Thompson, Roy Wilson
  • Animation Supervisors: Don Patterson, Roger Chiasson, Jaime Diaz, Sean Newton, Don Spencer
  • Sound Direction: Alvy Dorman, Phil Flad
  • Camera: Bob Marples
  • Supervising Film Editor: Larry C. Cowan
  • Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley
  • Music Editors: Terry Moore, Cecil Broughton
  • Effects Editors: Carol Lewis, Jon Johnson, Mary Gleason
  • Show Editor: Gil Iverson
  • Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
  • Post-Production Supervision: Joed Eaton
  • Production Coordinator: Peter Aries
  • Production Manager: James Wang
  • Production Assistant: Robin Carmichael
  • Executives in Charge of Production: Jayne Barbera and Jean MacCurdy
  • Supervising Executive: Margaret Loesch
  • A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
  • Copr. (c) 1983 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
  • Characters copr. (c) MCMLXXX Hallmark Cards, Inc.

[edit] Other media

  • There were also two musical book-and-record sets released by K-tel International under the "Castle Rock" imprint: A Song Saves the Park, and Sunrise Surprise. However, both sets use sound-alikes for the voices, and are presented differently from typical read-alongs.
  • The Shirt Tales appeared in the Robot Chicken episode Dragon Nuts voiced by Seth Green. The segment that features them involved some of the characters switching to more inappropriate slogans to attract the kids of the current (at the time) generation. A tiger (possibly T.J. Tiger) has the shirt "Tigga, Please" while saying this reason. Pammy Panda agrees with the slogan "More Trees, Less Bush." Digger Mole wears a shirt with a cannabis leaf and grows the plant in pots. Bogey Orangutan wears the slogan "Female Body Inspector." Rick Raccoon (with no speaking parts) shows the slogan "Pop 'n Lock," a reference to break dancing. Then, a local zoo's ranger complains about the STSST buzzing around.
  • Shirt Tales was also briefly mentioned by the character Nearl in Frisky Dingo.

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirt_Tales"