The Ant and the Aardvark

1969

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Released: 05 March 1969 Ended
Producted By: The Mirisch Corporation
Country: United States of America
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The Ant and the Aardvark is a series of 17 theatrical short cartoons produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and released by United Artists from 1969 to 1971.

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John Byner

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The Mirisch Corporation

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Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
charlythemouse The Ant and the Aardvark is the series that I have been watching and enjoying the most in the new Pink Panther show and I'll never forget the cartoon. It's a lot of memories watching these when I was a primary-school kid. For me, the graphics in the whole series is too simple and not too colorful, but I always enjoy the gags and the awesome quotes that came from both 2 characters. Charlie the Ant and the Blue Aardvark are very likable, especially when John Byner voiced as both of them. Charlie mostly wins in most episodes. Friz Freleng is famous for re-issuing the scenes that came from either Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies. And the episode "from bed to worse" is an example to it. Conclusion : it's a kinda simple story (everyone knows it), but the show is absolutely funny. I strongly recommend this for everyone. 9/10 - Great
phoenix2rachelsummers From 1969 to 1971, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, the same studio responsible for the often wonderful Pink Panther and The Inspector cartoons, produced 17 cartoons featuring The Ant and the Aardvark. They always focused on a frustrated aardvark (for those who don't know, aardvarks are a species closely related to anteaters) in his hopeless pursuit of one clever, smart-mouthed ant. The characters were designed in same witty style as the Pink Panther and Inspector characters, and John Byner, who was at the time a very popular TV comedian, did both their voices perfectly. The title sequence was charming, with the letters coming to life and chasing each other, and most of all, the delightfully upbeat music, composed and conducted by Doug Goodwin, was so good that every member of the studio band was listed in the credits.Unfortunately, the Ant and Aardvark cartoons were just never that funny. Despite having the same writers as the Pink Panther and Inspector, the jokes and slapstick almost always fell flat. Part of the problem was that the basic concept was derived from the Tweety and Sylvester cartoons which producer and studio head Friz Freleng had directed during the 40s and 50s. The Ant and the Aardvark series was never able to transcend its derivative nature, to the point where the final cartoon, "From Bed to Worse," was a scene-by-scene ripoff of one of the Tweety and Sylvester cartoons.This is a real shame, because there was potential here for something much more enduring. The Ant and the Aardvark is one of the few cartoon series that I actually would like to see remade by modern animation talents, in the hopes of unearthing that potential.
au_law2001 Back when in the States, I was like about 7 or 8, I always woke early, just to watch this, together with a whole bunch of other cartoons like HootKloot, The Road Runner Show, The Pink Panther. But this was perhaps one of the most memorable and funny animated works out there, and I still find it very funny today, I'll never forget the episodes, like the one where two aardvarks were fighting over the can of chocolate ant pudding? or the one where the aardvark is trying to reach the island where all the ants are at, and my personal favorite, the one where the ant, the aardvark and a dog end up in an animal hospital, which would later be the basis of a similar Looney Toon cartoon with Sylvester, Tweety and the bulldog. This is one of the most unforgettable cartoons out there in which anyone would love to revisit, I would. An excellent series.
raysond As a child growing up watching Saturday Morning TV in the 1970's,there was one show in particular that was so funny when it first came on that I almost laughed my head off and had my laughing and crying tears at the same time. The Ant and the Aardvark was one such show. Believe me, it was just that funny. Jackie Mason was a one man riot as the voice of the Aardvark. There was always a sight gag or a slight hence of smart aleck dialogue that made that cartoon flow(even though it ran for eight minutes). You'll never know what that Aardvark would do next to get the Ant,but he was always unpredictable in achieving that task. It was on the same level as "Sylvester and Tweety"(whom Friz Freleng produced this as part of "The Pink Panther Show"),but in turn was one of the funniest and sometimes hilarious cartoon ever devised for Saturday Mornings.If you're a fan of Jackie Mason, you'll don't want to miss any of this show. See it on Cartoon Network.

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