| 1 | Total Television was a Manhattan-based TV animation production company of the 1960s, best known for ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}''. The company was founded in 1959, and operated in close conjunction with another company named Leonardo Productions. It folded in 1969. |
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| 3 | Total Television's cartoons, which originally aired on [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday mornings]], were first animated at TV Spots, then animation moved to Gamma Productions/Producciónes Animadas Gamma SA, a Los Angeles/Mexico City studio formerly named Val-Mar that also worked on ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''. |
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| 5 | Head writers W. Watts "Buck" Biggers and Chet Stover, along with art director Joe Harris, came from the Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample advertising agency that handled the General Mills account at the time and [[http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-origin-of-the-trix-rabbit/ created the first]] Advertising/TrixRabbit commercials. Unlike the Creator/JayWard cartoons they are often conflated with, Total Television's cartoons tended toward the repetitive and formulaic. Syndication packages would combine Jay Ward and Total Television cartoons willy-nilly, further adding to the confusion. |
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| 7 | Regular voice actors included Allen Swift, Delo States, George S. Irving, Kenny Delmar and Sandy Becker. |
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| 9 | !!Cartoons produced by Total Television: |
| 10 | [[index]] |
| 11 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBeagles'' |
| 12 | * ''WesternAnimation/GoGoGophers'' |
| 13 | * ''WesternAnimation/KingLeonardoAndHisShortSubjects'' |
| 14 | * ''WesternAnimation/TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales'' |
| 15 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' |
| 16 | * ''Klondike Kat'' (a segment of ''Underdog'') |
| 17 | * ''The Hunter'' (a segment of ''King Leonardo'') |
| 18 | * ''Tooter Turtle'' (a segment of ''King Leonardo'') |
| 19 | * ''The Colossal Show'' (unsold pilot never aired; farmed out to Terrytoons) |
| 20 | * ''Cauliflower Cabbie'' (unsold pilot in the ''Underdog'' syndication package) |
| 21 | * ''Gene Hattree'' (unsold pilot in the ''Underdog'' syndication package) |
| 22 | * ''The World Of Commander [=McBragg=]'' (segment of ''Underdog''; also occasionally included in syndication packages of ''Rocky & Bullwinkle'') |
| 23 | [[/index]] |
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