1972 - Rankin Bass - Mad Mad Mad Monsters (4K AI Upscale)

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[adampellett]

RIP - JULES BASS 1935-2022 and the character designer PAUL COKER, JR. 1929-2022.
Thanks for the great memories even specialized Christmas specials and movies.
You both shall be missed but not forgotten.

[jimharper]

I was seven years old when I first saw this. I remembered it. Glad to find it here.

[swarlock]

I like how The Bellhop at the hotel thought the monsters were "normal" to him.

[HisNameWasCrazy]

Been obsessed with this since childhood, shame it's not more well known, genuinely think it holds up well all these years later. What a great way to spend Halloween!

[andrewcrumb]

41:55 Now THAT is a monstress! 43:08 And look! They now have a monster baby too! How very clever of Rankin/Bass Productions to make this film.

[aprilzanganeh]

This is a cute shorts to watch anytime beside watching it for Halloween.

[ZbskWlOTP]

O, my goodness. Just the music alone! Thank you!

[SleggarLawlz]

Near to total animation direction and character design by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, who was the original character designer for Mobile Suit Gundam while he was at Mushi Pro, though he was uncredited for years! Thanks for the 4K master.

[DJSKYLINED]

My kids are currently sat in front of me watching this, at the same age I was when I used to watch (x1000 times) my old grainy VHS. Thanks for the upload!

[MONGOOSEful]

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"MAD, MAD, MONSTERS" was originally broadcast on September 23, 1972, on "THE ABC SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE", and was one of four animated one-hour movies that Rankin/Bass produced for The Saturday Superstar" (the others were "Red Baron", "Willie Mays And The Say Hey Kid", and "That Girl"), and animated by Japan's Mushi Studios (who produced the 1967 series "PRINCESS KNIGHT") that many Rankin-Bass animated series-including ABC's "KID POWER" in Fall 1972, was produced. Rankin-Bass also used Toei Studios for their ABC series, "KING KONG (1966), and Halas-Batchelor for their animated "JACKSON FIVE" and "THE OSMONDS" in the 1970s, as Rankin-Bass was known mostly for their great stop motion TV specials and movies, like Embassy Pictures' "MAD, MAD, MONSTER PARTY" (1967, now the property of Lionsgate Entertainment), and "THE DAYDREAMER" (1966), also released by Embassy. Rankin-Bass' last animated TV cartoons were "THE COMIC STRIP" in Fall 1987, and "THUNDERCATS" in 1983, and "SILVER HAWKS" in 1984, which were produced and distributed through Lorimar-Telepictures.

[rotapp]

This is gold. Wasn't around still when this aired but boy I'm glad I found this.

[hanschristianbrando]

It's no "Mad Monster Party." But then Rankin Bass' 2D animation was never a patch on their "Animagic" puppetry.

[christopheracosta]

42:07 Refresh me in physics, what happens when alternate and direct current are together?

[brianlawton]

I remember this as if it were yesterday on ABC tv little touches like invisible man's name being "Claude" (for actor claude raines) and the bell hop Norman (Norman bates I'm guessing add unique humor to great rankin bass memories. Thanks for posting!

[tammylawrence]

I've never seen this. What a treat to find it on YouTube. Thank you

[randycurtis]

I Have Been Trying To Find This Show For A Long Long Time Thank You Very Much 👍👌😎⚡️🎩😀

[christianlofwall]

A schoolmate of mine had this on vhs when was a kid which I constantly borrowed and saw a billion times.
Thank you so much for uploading this on YT.
Love from Sweden.

[anthonyporter]

Glad to have been able to see a cartoon made from what I call the Golden Years of cartooning which in my opinion was up until the 1980's.

[jimbobs]

i have been looking for this for years, i watched it about 78/79 when i was about 8 or 9

[mariobermudez]

Always felt this was one of their more underrated tv specials. I'm so happy to see this posted in such amazing quality after all these years. Also fitting that it was posted on October 28th 2022 since that was the day Jules Bass passed away. Glad to see people still preserve and share these wonderful cartoons that Rankin Bass left us with.