Famous Classic Tales

Ended

Animation·1970·1 Seasons

Famous Classic Tales is a series that airs cartoons from production companies such as Filmation, Rankin-Bass, Ruby-Spears, Air Programs International, Hanna-Barbera, Hanna Barbera Australia, and Southern Star Group. Famous Classic Tales was shown on CBS, and distributed by Kids Klassics Home Video and Storybook World. It had cartoons from API's Family Classic Tales. Featured cartoons included adaptions of classic literature such as Gulliver's Travels, Treasure Island, Black Beauty, Moby-Dick, and many others. The creation of a series of animated features based on classic children's stories was conceived by Jack Thinnes, Media Director at Sive Advertising in Cincinnati, Ohio. The series was created for a Sive client, Kenner Products, and each program was fully sponsored by Kenner on CBS Television Network on Sunday, late afternoon or early evening, during the prime toy selling season before Christmas. The idea to use classic children's books sprang from Thinnes' viewing of a two minute demo of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which was produced by Walter Hucker's studio, API, of Sydney, Australia. API was purchased later by Hanna-Barbera Studios after Thinnes introduced the owners of the studios to one another. After the series ran on CBS for nearly ten years, it was moved into local syndication by Sive's syndication department. However, their adaptation of A Christmas Carol was such a favorite that it continued to run on the network for fifteen years.

Episodes

Season 1
Tales Of Washington Irving

S01 | E01

Tales Of Washington Irving

1970-11-01

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

S01 | E02

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

1970-11-29

A Christmas Carol

S01 | E03

A Christmas Carol

1970-12-13

The Legend Of Robin Hood

S01 | E04

The Legend Of Robin Hood

1971-11-14

Treasure Island

S01 | E05

Treasure Island

1971-11-28

Travels of Marco Polo

S01 | E06

Travels of Marco Polo

1972-01-02

Robinson Crusoe

S01 | E07

Robinson Crusoe

1972-11-19

The Prince and the Pauper

S01 | E08

The Prince and the Pauper

1972-11-26

The Count Of Monte Cristo

S01 | E09

The Count Of Monte Cristo

1973-09-23

Kidnapped

S01 | E10

Kidnapped

1973-10-21

The Swiss Family Robinson

S01 | E11

The Swiss Family Robinson

1973-10-28

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

S01 | E12

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

1973-11-22

The Three Musketeers

S01 | E13

The Three Musketeers

1973-11-23

The Black Arrow

S01 | E14

The Black Arrow

1973-12-02

The Gentlemen Of Titipu

S01 | E15

The Gentlemen Of Titipu

1974-01-13

Moby Dick

S01 | E16

Moby Dick

1975-01-01

The Mysterious Island

S01 | E17

The Mysterious Island

1975-11-15

The Last Of The Mohicians

S01 | E18

The Last Of The Mohicians

1975-11-27

Ivanhoe

S01 | E19

Ivanhoe

1975-11-27

From The Earth To The Moon

S01 | E20

From The Earth To The Moon

1976-01-01

Details

First Aired
1970-11-01
Last Aired
1983-11-25
Status
Ended
Network
CBS
Production
Creator