George of the Jungle
Cover to a George of the Jungle VHS tape
Genre	Animated
Created by	Jay Ward
Starring	Bill Scott Paul Frees June Foray
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	17
Production
Produced by	Jay Ward Bill Scott
Running time	20 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	1967 – 1968
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George of the Jungle was a Saturday-morning animated television program produced by Devon Corey, 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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... J. Troplong Jay Ward (September 20, 1920–October 12, 1989) was a creator and producer of animated television cartoons. ... Paul Frees (June 22, 1920 - November 2, 1986) was a voice actor born in Chicago. ... June Foray (born September 18, 1917) is an extremely versatile voice actor who has worked for most of the studios which produced animated films since the 1940s. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bill Scott (August 2, 1920 - November 29, 1985), born William John Scott in Philadelphia, died in Tujunga, California, was a voice actor, writer and producer for animated cartoons, primarily associated with Jay Ward. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... Television series redirects here. ... J. Troplong Jay Ward (September 20, 1920–October 12, 1989) was a creator and producer of animated television cartoons. ... Bill Scott (August 2, 1920 - November 29, 1985), born William John Scott in Philadelphia, died in Tujunga, California, was a voice actor, writer and producer for animated cartoons, primarily associated with Jay Ward. ... The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (also known as Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show) was a television animated series created and produced in the USA by Jay Ward. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... WorldVision Enterprises, Inc. ... CBS Paramount Domestic Television (CPDT) (formerly CBS Films, Viacom Enterprises, Paramount Domestic Television, and WorldVision Enterprises) is an American television distribution/production that was formed on January 17, 2006 and owned by CBS Corporation. ...

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. 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). ... Super Chicken was a cartoon produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who earlier had created the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. ... Bill Scott (August 2, 1920 - November 29, 1985), born William John Scott in Philadelphia, died in Tujunga, California, was a voice actor, writer and producer for animated cartoons, primarily associated with Jay Ward. ... June Foray (born September 18, 1917) is an extremely versatile voice actor who has worked for most of the studios which produced animated films since the 1940s. ... Paul Frees (June 22, 1920 - November 2, 1986) was a voice actor born in Chicago. ...

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". James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series 1964 Edition of Tarzan of the Apes 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. ... This article is about Jungle, the terrain. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... Families Hylobatidae Hominidae Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, which includes humans. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas antiquus † Elephas beyeri † Elephas celebensis † Elephas cypriotes † Elephas ekorensis † Elephas falconeri † Elephas iolensis † Elephas planifrons † Elephas platycephalus † Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea... Binomial name Arachis hypogaea L. This article is about the legume. ... “Aves” redirects here. ...

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 and John Cleese as the voice of Ape. George of the Jungle is a live-action film based on the original cartoon of the same name. ... Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is a Canadian/American film actor. ... Leslie Mann (born November 11, 1972 in San Francisco, California, USA) is an American actress. ... John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award winning English comedian and actor best known for being one of the founding members of the renowned comedy group Monty Python. ...

Cultural references

"Wierd Al" Yankovic did a cover version of the George of the Jungle theme on his 1985 album Dare to be Stupid. Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is a Grammy award winning American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. ... Dare to Be Stupid is the third album by Weird Al Yankovic, released in 1985. ...