It must be over 30 years since I last saw this; I always asked if anyone remembered Tomfoolery. No one had. Nice to know a few of us on this planet did not forget. I enjoyed this show Sunday Morning around 9am to 11am UK time. Them good ol' days :-)
Oh my God!! I sqaw this EXACT episode some 38 years ago, and never again until tonight! The part I remembered was in the middle of this clip, where the big-headed character was holding up images of himself that went on and on, and the narrator says, This could go on forever! I always wondered what the hell that memory was from! Man, it blows your mind to see something after a lifetime!
Thank you so so so much for showing this, i loved this as a kid (in England) and remember it so clearly, yet no-one else seems to remember it....genius!
awesome! more please! I loved this cartoon when I was a kid. they should have this show on DVD, Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll are public domain anyway.
Wow, I've been thinking about this show heaps lately and the name came to me just now. I remember watching this show in the mid to late 80's when I was about 4 or 5. Good stuff.
o thanks so much for posting this - i haven't seen it since i was young. i lived in california and it was the first show on saturday morning, at 6:30 or 7:00 am as i remember, and i would get up before everyone and watch it. it was vaguely scary, i remember, especially that fish! i hope that sooner or later we can get DVD's of this, i mean how many lidsville DVD's are there already? whoever owns the rights should note how many people remember 'tomfoolery' and how many want to buy it!
THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU!!!CLASSIC THEY DONT MAKE CARTOONS LIKE THIS NO MORE!Why was this cancelled it was hilarious but that bird was anoying!
Hey Guys is it me or does anybody remember Lobo singing "Me and you and a dog named boo" on this show to a cartoon . Anyway thanks for putting this on it really takes me back.
Thanks for uploading this. The theme song brings back memories, but this show was up against the Groovie Goolies and Lancelot Link every Saturday morning so it never stood a chance. I caught the opening song a few times, then stood up and turned the dial (remember those before remotes?) to the Goolies.
A programme that was W-A-A-Y AHEAD of its time! A bit too superbly done and eclectic for Early 1970's Saturday Morning TV...it MIGHT have fared better in Prime Time.. This just brings back a FLOOD of memories! Is this available on DVD *ANYWHERE*??
@Cool2BCeltic I'll go further than that. The voice of the fish is identical to that of the famous Eccles (Spike Milligan) from the pre-python, Goon Show.
I have been looking for this cartoon show for years, everyone I asked thought I was mad when I sang the title tune. I found it by mistake today! Does any one know what year it ran in UK?
jeez....i remember this series quite clearly from back in the early 70's....i dug it, but i can understand how some folks could get a little lost...it was a challenge, and maybe just a little bit ahead of its time...would be interesting if one of today's production houses(Federator, et al)would take a shot at it....might have been just a little overreaching on the part of Rankin-Bass....
Remember when the Enthusiastic Elephant was being slowly dragged down death row? All because his lawyer, the Yongibongibo, refused to give in, maintaining Enthusiastic's innoncence up to the very end - and wouldn't pay a measely fine of just TWO PENNIES!
I'm glad to see this! My sister and I loved this show, but whenever I've mentioned it to anyone else, no one knows what I'm talking about! I'm confused, though. Were there short segments on this show with Jonathan Winters and Joanne Worley? Or am I confusing it with another NBC show that came on later? (I saw from a google search that the two of them were on something called "Hot Dog" later in the morning, but I so clearly remembered them on Tom Foolery.)
Succotash has Identity Problems? (stop the presses) There was no other show like this, you definitely weren't considered cool if you watched this, but some of us never missed an episode, did we?? No, didn't we - ? Did we? Didn't we - oh man which one's right??
My guess would be 1976/77 or 78... only just remember bits of it... I watched it because cartoons ruled - but have to be honest and admit to having got a bit confused and frightened by the fish on stilts MF
Remember when the Enthusiastic Elephant was being slowly dragged down death row? All because his lawyer, the Yongibongibo, refused to give in, maintaining Enthusiastic's innoncence up to the very end - and wouldn't pay a measely fine of just TWO PENNIES!
Great to see it again. I started my career in animation (when animation was done in Britain) in 1970. This was the first show I worked on.
It must be over 30 years since I last saw this; I always asked if anyone remembered Tomfoolery. No one had. Nice to know a few of us on this planet did not forget. I enjoyed this show Sunday Morning around 9am to 11am UK time. Them good ol' days :-)
Oh my God!! I sqaw this EXACT episode some 38 years ago, and never again until tonight! The part I remembered was in the middle of this clip, where the big-headed character was holding up images of himself that went on and on, and the narrator says, This could go on forever! I always wondered what the hell that memory was from! Man, it blows your mind to see something after a lifetime!
Holy shit. I thought I was the only one in the world who remembered this show.
I watched this in my childhood... my earliest exposure to the "good old nonsense" of Edward Lear, and Lewis Carroll too!
This one of my very first memories, the fish on stilts
Thank you-I used to describe this cartoon to people and they thought I was makin it up...
Thank you so so so much for showing this, i loved this as a kid (in England) and remember it so clearly, yet no-one else seems to remember it....genius!
Thanks a lot for posting this - takes me back! "Hi, mountains!" "'Lo, plains". Amazing what stays with you...
PETE121NICE
I think it was in the early 70's .
I remember watching it as a kid , I loved it!
I used to get up early to watch this show. Crazy.
This show was amazing. They should rerun it :)
excellent! thanks for that episode. brings back memories...
I can remember seeing this as a kid. Does anyone else think Tomfoolery was ever so slightly Pythonesque?
awesome! more please! I loved this cartoon when I was a kid. they should have this show on DVD, Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll are public domain anyway.
I remember this! never knew what it was called.
I must have been 6 or 7 when this ran. Thank you!
That was enjoyable!
It's a shame we don't toon like this or stuff like The Cattanooga Cats or The Raccoons on TV anymore!
This was done at Halas and Batchelor in London and two of the notable animators were Tony Guy and Harold Whitaker. Great people, terrific animators.
Thanks for this post brings back happy schoolday memories
Wow, I've been thinking about this show heaps lately and the name came to me just now. I remember watching this show in the mid to late 80's when I was about 4 or 5. Good stuff.
o thanks so much for posting this - i haven't seen it since i was young. i lived in california and it was the first show on saturday morning, at 6:30 or 7:00 am as i remember, and i would get up before everyone and watch it. it was vaguely scary, i remember, especially that fish! i hope that sooner or later we can get DVD's of this, i mean how many lidsville DVD's are there already? whoever owns the rights should note how many people remember 'tomfoolery' and how many want to buy it!
THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU!!!CLASSIC THEY DONT MAKE CARTOONS LIKE THIS NO MORE!Why was this cancelled it was hilarious but that bird was anoying!
Hey Guys is it me or does anybody remember Lobo singing "Me and you and a dog named boo" on this show to a cartoon . Anyway thanks for putting this on it really takes me back.
Thanks for uploading this. The theme song brings back memories, but this show was up against the Groovie Goolies and Lancelot Link every Saturday morning so it never stood a chance. I caught the opening song a few times, then stood up and turned the dial (remember those before remotes?) to the Goolies.
A programme that was W-A-A-Y AHEAD of its time!
A bit too superbly done and eclectic for Early 1970's Saturday Morning TV...it MIGHT have fared better in Prime Time..
This just brings back a FLOOD of memories!
Is this available on DVD *ANYWHERE*??
@Cool2BCeltic I'll go further than that. The voice of the fish is identical to that of the famous Eccles (Spike Milligan) from the pre-python, Goon Show.
That was Hot Dog you were thinking of.
I have been looking for this cartoon show for years, everyone I asked thought I was mad when I sang the title tune. I found it by mistake today! Does any one know what year it ran in UK?
haha!you have just made a 45 year old feel not 45!
jeez....i remember this series quite clearly from back in the early 70's....i dug it, but i can understand how some folks could get a little lost...it was a challenge, and maybe just a little bit ahead of its time...would be interesting if one of today's production houses(Federator, et al)would take a shot at it....might have been just a little overreaching on the part of Rankin-Bass....
PETE121NICE
I think it was in the eary 70.s about 72 if I remember right.
I thought it was brilliant.
All together, repeat after me:
We want Tomfoolery DVDs!
We want Tomfoolery DVDs!
We want Tomfoolery DVDs!
We want Tomfoolery DVDs!
any chance of seeing another episode?
It's like the animaniacs of thier time. I wish cartoons were this funny now days. I missed out cus i wasn't even born bak then.
Remember when the Enthusiastic Elephant was being slowly dragged down death row? All because his lawyer, the Yongibongibo, refused to give in, maintaining Enthusiastic's innoncence up to the very end - and wouldn't pay a measely fine of just TWO PENNIES!
I'm glad to see this! My sister and I loved this show, but whenever I've mentioned it to anyone else, no one knows what I'm talking about!
I'm confused, though. Were there short segments on this show with Jonathan Winters and Joanne Worley? Or am I confusing it with another NBC show that came on later? (I saw from a google search that the two of them were on something called "Hot Dog" later in the morning, but I so clearly remembered them on Tom Foolery.)
Succotash has Identity Problems?
(stop the presses)
There was no other show like this, you definitely weren't considered cool if you watched this, but some of us never missed an episode, did we??
No, didn't we - ? Did we? Didn't we - oh man which one's right??
Halas and Batchelor -British of course...
My guess would be 1976/77 or 78... only just remember bits of it... I watched it because cartoons ruled - but have to be honest and admit to having got a bit confused and frightened by the fish on stilts MF
classic nonsense, excellent
mikee Silly Mixtures
joy
It seems to be trying very hard.
Remember when the Enthusiastic Elephant was being slowly dragged down death row? All because his lawyer, the Yongibongibo, refused to give in, maintaining Enthusiastic's innoncence up to the very end - and wouldn't pay a measely fine of just TWO PENNIES!