Herbert Klynn (Production)

The Duck Factory

The Duck Factory is a 1984 NBC television series produced by MTM Enterprises that is perhaps most notable for being Jim Carrey's first lead role in a Hollywood production. The show was co-created by Allan Burns. The premiere episode introduces Skip Tarkenton, a somewhat naive and optimistic young man who has come to Hollywood looking for a job as a cartoonist. When he arrives at a low-budget animation company called Buddy Winkler Productions, he finds out Buddy Winkler has just died, and the company desperately needs new blood. So Skip gets an animation job at the firm, which is nicknamed "The Duck Factory" as their main cartoon is "The Dippy Duck Show". Other Duck Factory employees seen regularly on the show were man-of-a-thousand-cartoon voices Wally Wooster; comedy writer Marty Fenneman; artists Brooks Carmichael and Roland Culp, editor Andrea Lewin, and business manager Aggie Aylesworth. Buddy Winkler Productions was now owned by his young, ditzy widow, Mrs Sheree Winkler, who had been married to Buddy for all of three weeks before his death. The Duck Factory lasted thirteen episodes; it premiered April 12, 1984. The show initially aired at 9:30 on Thursday nights, directly after Cheers, and replaced Buffalo Bill on NBC's schedule. Jay Tarses, an actor on The Duck Factory, had been the co-creator and executive producer of Buffalo Bill, which had its final network telecast on Thursday, April 5, 1984.

Release Date: 1984-04-12

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 6

The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom

Animated version of the Ogden Nash poem.

Release Date: 1981-01-01

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Vote Count: 1

Bass on Titles

Explores the visual art of Saul Bass and his contributions to film credits.

Release Date: 1977-12-31

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Supervisor

Vote Count: 9

Carnival of the Animals

Bugs and Daffy perform and act out their own version of the classic "Carnival of the Animals."

Release Date: 1976-11-22

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 9

The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical, Mystery Tour

Animated special about two youngsters who are miniaturized and travel through their Uncle's body, to understand more about his health.

Release Date: 1973-02-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

ABC Afterschool Special

Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.

Release Date: 1972-10-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 13

The Wizard of Id

Short cartoon based on the comic strip by Johnny Hart and Brant Parker.

Release Date: 1971-09-02

Department: Production

Job: Producer

The Perils of Pauline

Pauline becomes involved in a series of adventures around the world and is aided by her ever present friend, George.

Release Date: 1967-08-02

Department: Art

Job: Title Designer

Vote Count: 3

The Lone Ranger

An ex-Texas Ranger fights injustice in the Old West his with Native-American partner.

Release Date: 1966-09-10

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 39

Vote Count: 7

The Alvin Show

The Alvin Show is an American animated television series. It was the first to feature the singing characters Alvin and the Chipmunks, although a series with a similar concept The Nutty Squirrels Present had aired a year earlier. It lasted for one season in prime time on CBS, originally sponsored by General Foods, and initially telecast in black and white. The series rode the momentum of creator Ross Bagdasarian's original hit musical gimmick and developed the singing Chipmunk trio as rambunctious kids–particularly the show's namesake star–whose mischief contrasted to his tall, brainy brother Simon and his chubby, gluttonous brother Theodore, as well as their long-suffering, perpetually put-upon manager-father figure, David Seville. The animation was produced by Herbert Klynn's Format Films.

Release Date: 1961-10-04

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 26

Vote Count: 7

Matador Magoo

The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, further lost than usual, mistakes a bullring in Mexico for a highway in the United States, and his myopic wanderings through the arena cause much havoc, and draws very few cheers, especially from the bull.

Release Date: 1957-05-30

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Magoo Goes Overboard

Mr. Magoo and Waldo are on a cruise aboard an ocean liner when the near-sighted MaGoo accidentally falls into the ship's swimming pool and thinks he has fallen overboard. When he tries to rescue one of the swimmers, the ship's captain jumps in and rescues Magoo. The grateful---and talkative---MaGoo informs the ship's captain that he will inform the ship's captain of his good deed and, when last seen, MaGoo is heading in the direction of the swimming pool.

Release Date: 1957-02-21

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Vote Count: 2

Meet Mother Magoo

Mr. Magoo brings in his mail opening up a flyer for a store's "83rd Anniversary Sale". Magoo thinks that the flyer is a letter from his mother about her "83rd birthday" and begins to worry that maybe he hasn't spent enough time with his mother lately. He goes to pay his mother a visit to make up for lost time but upon arriving, Mother Magoo doesn't quite appreciate Magoo's attempts at being helpful such as baking a feather duster thinking it to be a turkey dinner. So she uses psychology to eventually persuade him to go back home (at least until next year).

Release Date: 1956-12-27

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show

Release Date: 1956-12-16

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 1

Trailblazer Magoo

The near-sighted one decides to take a hunting-and-fishing trip, and hires a Native American guide. He quickly grows impatient with the guide and takes over leading the way. He winds up in a big city and in a park lake, trail-blazing his way over park benches, statutes and through the zoo, releasing a lion along the way.

Release Date: 1956-09-13

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Magoo Beats the Heat

Mr. Magoo, intent on going to the beach, winds up in the desert instead. Thinking himself to be at the beach, he tries fishing (he hooks a turtle which he mistakes for a crab) and swimming. Meanwhile, a desert wanderer and his horse are lost beyond hope when suddenly they lay eyes on Magoo's set up. Thinking the whole thing to be a mirage, they decide to make the best of it by devouring Magoo's picnic lunch and refreshments despite Magoo's protests. After the hearty meal, the man wants to thank Magoo before he "fades away" by giving him the only gold nugget he found while trekking the desert. Magoo thinks the gold is a sea-shell and plans to give it to Waldo to add to his collection!

Release Date: 1956-06-21

Department: Production

Job: Executive In Charge Of Post Production

Calling Doctor Magoo

When Rodney, a friend of the nearsighted Mr. Magoo, goes to the hospital, Mr. Magoo decides to visit him and to take along some of his cure-all, homemade elixir. But he makes a wrong turn and ends up on a docked-ship visiting a stranger wearing a turban, thanking he is Rodney, and gives him some of the elixir. He returns home and gets a telephone call from Rodney who is waiting for his visit. He thinks Rodney is delirious and ventures forth for another visit carrying a giant-size bottle of his elixir.

Release Date: 1956-05-24

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Magoo Goes West

Mr. Magoo is depressed over the constant rainy weather. Well, actually, it isn't raining; he's just left the sprinkler running. Fed up, he plans to venture to California in search of sunny weather. Even though he never actually leaves town, the trip is a long one with Magoo driving through city parks and water fountains. Finally believing himself to be on the home stretch when going through a car wash, he is convinced he has finally made it to California when he crashes into a billboard advertisement for Florida.

Release Date: 1956-04-18

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Vote Count: 1

Magoo's Canine Mutiny

The nearsighted Mr. McGoo goes shopping for a dog as a pet, and enters the pet store just as it is being robbed by a crook wearing a fur coat. McGoo puts a leash on him and heads for home as the crook thinks this will afford him a safe escape. But a policeman puts the collar on the thief and takes him to jail. McGoo, still wanting a dog, goes shopping for a replacement but ends up in a record store. He exits dragging a s statue of a dog, the 'His Master's Voice' trademark of a record company

Release Date: 1956-03-08

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Vote Count: 2

The Rise of Duton Lang

Professor Duton Lang is an obese scientist who has made many great discoveries. When he finally weights 497 pounds he develops a compound which permits him to eat as much as he wants and still lose weight. He gets down to 150 pounds in weight but is still the same body-size as when he weighed nearly 500 pounds. Eventually, he becomes a minus-weight and floats off into outer space.

Release Date: 1955-12-01

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Vote Count: 1

Magoo Makes News

Mr. Magoo misreads a newspaper flyer thinking it is a letter from his power company saying they are shutting off his power. Outraged, Magoo heads for the power company intent on giving them a piece of his mind. However, instead of going to the power company, he goes to a newspaper printing officer by mistake getting tangled up in the machinery all the while thinking he is being given "the bum's rush". He returns to his house with the power back on thinking he has won. But the next day, he doesn't like the paper's editorial and heads to the newspaper office wanting to give them a piece of his mind!

Release Date: 1955-11-15

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Vote Count: 1

Madcap Magoo

Expecting a visit from his practical joker friend Smiley, Mr. Magoo instead entertains an escaped mental patient.

Release Date: 1955-06-23

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Vote Count: 1

Baby Boogie

A little girl asks her parents, in song, where babies come from. They decide not to tell her the truth, so she starts searching out the answer. She's finally told that they come from "the hospitl".

Release Date: 1955-05-18

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

The Tell-Tale Heart

One of the most discussed and imaginative cartoons of any era. It tells the famous Edgar Allan Poe story of the deranged boarder who had to kill his landlord, not for greed, but because he possessed an "evil eye." The killer is never seen but his presence is felt by the use light-and-shadow to give the impression of impending disaster.

Release Date: 1953-12-17

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Vote Count: 79

The Wonder Gloves

Uncle George is showing Little Johnny, his nephew, the pair of boxing gloves he claims enabled him, when he was the janitor at a training-gym, to beat up the bullying prizefighting champion. Little Johnny scoffs at the tale until the 'wonder gloves' gives him a spanking.

Release Date: 1951-11-29

Department: Production

Job: Production Manager

Vote Count: 1