The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

September 16, 1995 – April 12, 1997

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is an American animated television series produced by Film Roman. The series first aired on September 16, 1995 on CBS lasting for two seasons with the final episode airing on April 12, 1997. The first season consists of 34 episodes while the second season consists of 24.

This is the second television series featuring Felix the Cat; the first was the 1958–1960 series Felix the Cat.

The show has Spanish-dubbed episodes of the series aired on Saturday mornings on Univision in the United States from September 16, 2000 to September 8, 2001 as part of the ¡De Cabeza! block as Los Nuevos Cuentos de Felix el Gato. It also has Spanish-dubbed episodes of the series aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings on Telefutura in 2003 as part of Toonturama as Las Nuevas Aventuras de Felix el Gatoalong with Bruno the Kid and Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm.

Summary

The show was a modern take of the original 1958–1962 series produced by Otto Messmer's former assistant, Joe Oriolo. His son, Don Oriolo, was involved in the creation of this series as well.

In many ways, the show reverts to the silent era of shorts with surreal settings and offbeat character depictions. Felix is also more like his original mischievous adult form, rather than the young and innocent depiction from the 1936 Van Beuren shorts, the 1959 TV series and Felix the Cat: The Movie. It does, however, contain some elements from the 1950s series such as Felix's Magic Bag of Tricks and the characters Poindexter, the Master Cylinder, the Professor and Rock Bottom (though the latter two are actually parodies of the original characters, with their names being the Mad Doctor and Lead Fanny, respectively). The series had a Fleischer Studios-inspired art style.

The series starred Thom Adcox-Hernandez as the voice of Felix the Cat, but since Adcox-Hernandez's voice was apparently a temporary role while the producers kept looking for a more suitable actor by the first season's run, he was replaced by Charlie Adler in Season 2. It was produced by Phil Roman and Timothy Berglund and is reputed to have been one of the most expensive cartoons ever made by Film Roman. Martin Olson and Jeremy Kramer, two comedy writers known for pushing the envelope into the bizarre, wrote both outlines and scripts for the series. The main theme was composed by Don Oriolo, while the musical score and closing theme were composed and performed by the Club Foot Orchestra.

Sound Effects Used

• Advantage Audio Fall Sound (Heard in "Felix in Nightdrop Land".)
• Bainbridge Records, Herd Of Cows Mooing
• Cartoon Suction Sound 2
• Disney - SMALL BONK
• H-B SQUEAK, CARTOON - ROLLING WHEEL SQUEAKS (Heard once in a low pitch in "Guardian Idiot".)
• Hollywoodedge, Baby Crying Slowly PE144001
• Hollywoodedge, Belch 7 Long Disgusti PE138601 (Heard once in a low pitch in "Space Time".)
• Hollywoodedge, Big Single Gulp ie Dr CRT026803/Sound Ideas, GULP, CARTOON - BIG GULP, HUMAN (Heard once in "Superfelix".)
• Hollywoodedge, Bird Hawk Single Scre PE020801/Hollywoodedge, Hawk Screech Single AT082901
• Hollywoodedge, Bird Rooster 2 Crow PE021501
• Hollywoodedge, Bubbles Gurgling Up PE052701 (Heard once in "Guardian Idiot".)
• Hollywoodedge, Cats Fighting Loud Sc PE917007/Hollywoodedge, Cats Two Angry YowlsD PE022601 (4th yowl; heard once in "Superfelix".)
• Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Glass PE110801
• Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110201
• Hollywoodedge, Fake Teeth Chatter PE941902
• Hollywoodedge, Magic Wand Zaps CRT050901 (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Hollywoodedge, Medium Exterior Crow PE140501
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Short Ascendi CRT048404 (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Hollywoodedge, Radio Beeps Static CRT051408 (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Hollywoodedge, School Bell Long Ring PE193201 (Used once as a bank alarm in "News Blues".)
• Hollywoodedge, Screams 3 Woman Singl PE133701 (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Hollywoodedge, Sheep Baa Medium Pers PE027001
• Hollywoodedge, Small Animal Laugh CRT013301
• Hollywoodedge, Train Exterior Persp PE064701 (Heard once in "Space Time".)
• Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OCKnob Ratt PE180201
• Hollywoodedge, Wubble Wobble Spring PE940704/OMI, Cartoon FX - Warble (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• OMI, Noisemakers - Klaxon
• Sound Ideas, ARROW, CARTOON - ARROW HIT 01
• Sound Ideas, BELL, DOOR - TUBULAR BELLS, DING DONG 01
• Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG CHOMP
• Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BONE BITE
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - GOOD SPRONG 01 (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - RISING WIGGLE BOWANG (Heard once in a fast speed in "Viva Lost Wages".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON - CRAZY REACTION (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CRASH - LARGE JUNK CRASH 01
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SEVERAL RUBBER SQUEAKS, STRETCH (Heard once in "Don't String Me Along".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SHORT WOOD SQUEAK
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - SINGLE FAST WHIPPY SWISH BY
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TWANG - WOBBLING TWANG
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: FAST ZIP UP
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: LONG SLIDE DOWN, ZIP (Heard once in "Dueling Whiskers".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE, UP, LONG
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - TAKE OFF ZIP 01 (Heard once in "Comicalamities" and "Superfelix".)
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - CRAZY BASS DRUM AND CYMBAL CRASH, MUSIC, PERCUSSION 02
• Sound Ideas, ELEPHANT - ELEPHANT TRUMPETING, THREE TIMES, ANIMAL
• Sound Ideas, HEAD SHAKE, CARTOON - XYLO HEAD SHAKE
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BILP
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BRAKE DRUM AND BULB HORN HIT
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - FLAT BONK
• Sound Ideas, HIT, HUMAN - BIG HEAVY FACE SLAP, CARTOON 01
• Sound Ideas, PLINK, CARTOON - SOUR PLINK (Heard once in "Superfelix".)
• Sound Ideas, PLUCK, CARTOON - VAROOP (Heard once in "Comicalamities" and "Superfelix".)
• Sound Ideas, POOF, CARTOON - BIG VOCAL POOF (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 07 (varying pitches)
• Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - JET TUBE RICCO (Heard once in "Superfelix".)
• Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - SLICK RICCO 02
• Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - BLOP GALLOP, LONG/SHORT
• Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - TEMPLE BLOCK RIOT, LONG/MEDIUM/SHORT (Heard once in a low pitch in "Attack of the Robot Rat".)
• Sound Ideas, SCREAM - FEMALE, SHORT, HUMAN, HORROR 01 (Heard in "Felix in Nightdrop Land".)
• Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE DOWN 01 (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE UP 01 (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - QUICK SLIDE DOWN
• Sound Ideas, SQUEEZE, CARTOON - SQUINGE (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Sound Ideas, SQUISH, CARTOON - SOFT SQUISH
• Sound Ideas, STRETCH, CARTOON - RUBBER STRETCH, LONG
• Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - FAST TWIRLING SWISH, LONG
• Sound Ideas, TAKE, CARTOON - WHISTLE TAKE
• Sound Ideas, THUMP, CARTOON - HEAVY THUMP
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CRACK AND RUMBLE, WEATHER
• Sound Ideas, WHINE, CARTOON - SHELL SCREAMING WHINE DOWN
• Sound Ideas, WIND - SIBERIAN WIND, WEATHER
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING IN
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - HOYT'S ZIP
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT, HIGH (Heard once in "Comicalamities".)
• Sound Ideas, ZONK, CARTOON - HEAVY ZONK
• Unknown Slide Whistle Gliss Up Sound 02
• WB CARTOON, THUNK - SMALL THUNK

Image Gallery

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat/Image Gallery

External Links

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