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This article is about the animated TV series. For the film, see George of the Jungle (film).


George of the Jungle

Cover to a George of the Jungle VHS tape
Created byJay Ward
StarringBill Scott
Paul Frees
June Foray
Daws Butler
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes17
Production
Producer(s)Jay Ward
Bill Scott
Running time20 minutes
Broadcast
Original channelABC
Original run1967 – 1968
External links
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George of the Jungle was a Saturday-morning animated television program produced by Jay Ward, and Bill Scott, the same people responsible for Rocky & Bullwinkle. It ran for 17 episodes from 1967 to 1968 on the American TV network ABC. The half-hour program was for many years distributed by Worldvision Enterprises, currently part of CBS Paramount Domestic Television.

Program format

The show actually featured three segments in each episode in the form of three unrelated cartoons. The cartoons were George of the Jungle, Tom Slick and Super Chicken. The voices were primarily handled by the same three people over all three segments, Bill Scott, June Foray and Paul Frees.

George of the Jungle

The title segment, George of the Jungle, was a spoof of the popular Tarzan story. The title character, George (voiced by Bill Scott), was a dim-witted but big-hearted "ape man" who lived in the jungle. He is called upon each episode to save its inhabitants from various threats. He is famous for not looking where he is swinging and thus slamming face-first into trees or other obstacles. George's love interest is Ursula (voiced by June Foray), whom George refers to as "Fella." He has an ape for a friend, appropriately named Ape (voiced by Paul Frees), who is far more intelligent than George. Then there is Shep, George's pet elephant who acts like a lap dog, or as George calls him, "great big peanut-luvin' poochie." Also of note is the Tooky Tooky (or Tookie Tookie) bird famous for his call: "ah ah ee ee tooky tooky".

In 1997, the segment was adapted into a live action film, titled George of the Jungle. Brendan Fraser played the title role, with Leslie Mann as Ursula, John Cleese as the voice of Ape, and Thomas Hayden Church as the villain. A direct-to-video sequel, George of the Jungle 2 (without Fraser and Mann) was released in 2003.

2007 Series

Classic Media developed a new George of the Jungle Flash animation series in 2007. It was co-produced with Studio B Productions and Teletoon Canada. The series currently airs on Teletoon in Canada and is scheduled to air on Cartoon Network in the United States and Nicktoons UK in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3]

Cultural references

"Weird Al" Yankovic did a cover version of the George of the Jungle theme on his 1985 album Dare to Be Stupid.

References

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George of the Jungle is a live-action film based on the original cartoon of the same name. This film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and originally released to movie theatres in 1997. It starred Brendan Fraser as the eponymous main character.
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J Troplong "Jay" Ward (September 20, 1920 – October 12, 1989) was an American creator and producer of animated television cartoons. He is known for producing animated series based on characters such as Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman,
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William John "Bill" Scott (August 2, 1920 – November 29, 1985) was an American voice actor, writer and producer for animated cartoons, primarily associated with Jay Ward.

Scott was born August 2, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Paul Frees

a rare onscreen appearance in
The 27th Day (1957)
Birth name Solomon Hersh Frees
Born May 22 1920(1920--)
Chicago
Died November 2 1986 (aged 66)
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June Foray

Born September 18 1917 (1917--) (age 90)
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died

Years active 1943 – present

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Daws Butler (Charles Dawson Butler; November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was a voice actor born in Toledo, Ohio. He originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound.
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways.
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A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting.
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J Troplong "Jay" Ward (September 20, 1920 – October 12, 1989) was an American creator and producer of animated television cartoons. He is known for producing animated series based on characters such as Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman,
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Bill Scott or Billy Scott may refer to:
  • Bill Scott (voice actor), American voice actor and animation writer
  • Bill Scott (author), Australian author
  • Billy Scott (footballer), Irish footballer
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The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show is the collective name for two separate American television animated series: Rocky and His Friends (1959 – 1961) and The Bullwinkle Show (1961 – 1964).
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1930s  1940s  1950s  - 1960s -  1970s  1980s  1990s
1964 1965 1966 - 1967 - 1968 1969 1970

Year 1967 (MCMLXVII
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1930s  1940s  1950s  - 1960s -  1970s  1980s  1990s
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Motto
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Worldvision may refer to:
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  • World Vision, a charitable organization

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CBS Paramount Domestic Television (CPDT) was an American television distribution/production that was formed on January 17, 2006 and owned by CBS Corporation. The company distributed series from Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, Viacom Productions, Republic Pictures
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Tom Slick is the cartoon star of a series of shorts that aired within the half-hour, prime time animated television series George of the Jungle (ABC, 1967-1970). It was the work of Jay Ward Productions, the creators of Rocky & Bullwinkle and other satiric animated
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Super Chicken was an animated television series produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who earlier had created the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. It ran with George of the Jungle and Tom Slick
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Bill Scott or Billy Scott may refer to:
  • Bill Scott (voice actor), American voice actor and animation writer
  • Bill Scott (author), Australian author
  • Billy Scott (footballer), Irish footballer
  • Billy Scott (racecar driver), American racecar driver

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June Foray

Born September 18 1917 (1917--) (age 90)
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died

Years active 1943 – present

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Paul Frees

a rare onscreen appearance in
The 27th Day (1957)
Birth name Solomon Hersh Frees
Born May 22 1920(1920--)
Chicago
Died November 2 1986 (aged 66)
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Tarzan, a fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. He is the son of a British Lord and Lady who were marooned on the West coast of Africa by mutineers.
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  • An ape is a member of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates.
Ape or APE may also refer to:
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