Description:  Fabulous Funnies is a 1978-1979 animated television series that served as an anthology of stories based on various classic American newspaper comic strips, each episode focusing on a specific pro-social or moral message. The show was produced by Filmation and aired on NBC for one season.

Description

The series featured a mix of animated adaptations from different comic strips within each episode, with the goal of entertaining children while also imparting moral lessons about topics such as honesty, fear, environmentalism, and even alcoholism. The animation style closely mimicked the original artwork of each individual comic strip, requiring the animators to work in several different visual styles for the program. Foozy, a character from the Alley Oop comic strip, served as the host for the show, typically speaking in rhyming verse to introduce the segments and the episode's overall theme.

Featured Comic Strips and Characters

The animated show included segments from several well-known comic strips: Alley Oop: Featured the time-traveling caveman Alley Oop and the host, Foozy. Broom Hilda: Included the thousand-year-old witch and her interactions. The Captain and the Kids: Showcased the antics of the long-running German-American comic strip characters. Nancy: Featured the young, pragmatic girl and her friend Sluggo. Emmy Lou: Based on the panel comic about an awkward teenager. Tumbleweeds: The main characters appeared in the first episode, but were removed due to rights issues.