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

[@jimharper5978]

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

[@adampellett4917]

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.

[@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!

[@privateprivate1865]

I love the stopmotion animation version.

[@jeremybear573]

​@@privateprivate1865Karloff!

[@swarlock]

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

[@aprilzanganeh7171]

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

[@MONGOOSE1ful]

" "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.

[@MONGOOSE1ful]

Rankin-Bass also used Halas-Batchelor animation for their 1970 NBC series, "THE TOMFOOLERY SHOW"

[@WillCWilson]

Thundercats is from 1985, and Silverhawks is from 1986.

[@ironyelegy]

Mushi studios... Aka Osamu Tezuka

[@liamceo]

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!

[@matthewweatherford6566]

I'm glad there are kids today who appreciate old things and parents willing to introduce their kids to old things and not just what's trending now.

[@harveyplissken4604]

Already downloaded this, just in case YT takes this video down.

[@liamceo]

Good idea. This is an absolute treasure. I remember searching for this years ago and there wasn't a trace of it online

[@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.

[@rotapp7268]

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

[@cedk144]

Unexpectedly light music

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

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

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Yeah, it feels an imitation of the real deal. They borrowed many elements from the 1967 movie but that earlier stop-motion one was so charming and fun. Good songs too.

[@anthonyporter5592]

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.

[@user-bf2bm9wc6i]

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

[@brianlawton8172]

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!

[@christianlofwall1427]

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.

[@VintageTVMemories]

Glad you enjoyed this! Happy holidays from Canada!

[@randycurtis4659]

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

[@mariobermudez1228]

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.

[@Bargoth60]

According to Wikipedia, Jules Bass died on October 25th, 3 days prior to Mad Monsters posting.

[@anthonyporter5592]

I never knew that was when Jules Bass passed away. Arthur Rankin Jr passed away not too long before that. Nonetheless they were a good animation team. Thank you both for your style of cartoon entertainment.

[@adampellett4917]

Also Paul Coker, Jr. the original character designer also passed away last year. They did make a short from the Animaniacs reboot to contribute his legacy. @@anthonyporter5592

[@tammylawrence8331]

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

[@nileskelly6466]

This Is Like It's Anime.

[@IceSandwichJohnny]

because it was animated in Japan

[@GarthHughes]

It was animated by Mushi Productions, formerly founded by Osamu Tezuka himself. Rankin-Bass has had a history of outsourcing animation from there and other studios in Japan.

[@nickwerner7983]

21:57 That IS Karen on the diving board. So this is canon to Frosty the Snowman now, huh?

[@christopheracosta2043]

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

[@Enshohma]

Freaking fantastic! Thank you posting this one!

[@gypsybluewaves580]

Thank you so much for this fond memory and happy Halloween ☺

[@sonicmagnus5312]

i must of saw this Masterpiece oh, i can’t even keep count 🦇 🤓 in my 41 years

[@bigb5206]

That’s Boris Karloff voice of the Mad Scientist? It sure sounds like him.

[@tylerdoesstuff6834]

Na, it's voice voice actor Bob Macfadin (doubt I spelled his name right), he replaced Boris since Boris had passed away a year before this was made.

[@marksitts2290]

I remember this cartoon as a kid.

[@chrism.4544]

43:29 that logo with instrumental jingle I haven't seen in many decades. I was 8.

[@Bargoth60]

I'm glad to see the Werewolf actually had a speaking role in this version; versus no dialogue at all, sans howling and growling in Mad Monster Party. Also, why was the Invisible Man chasing the humans? The monsters chasing humans, I can understand---but the Invisible Man? He's only a human being who cannot be seen...right?

[@cedk144]

Claude (Griffin?) seems to sit around so this was exercise for a change.

[@darkd4489]

29:56 That's the Wicked Witch of the East?

[@michelleslutpuppy4355]

I love cartoons 😻 all of them

[@TimKangaroo]

Clean and sharp! Nice work!

[@calvin7740]

I hope to see toons like this on Me Toons next month. And the original movie this was based on Mad Mad Monster Party.

[@VintageTVMemories]

Same. I'm looking forward to the launch of that channel. Canada had Teletoon Retro a few years ago, but it closed in 2015. Hopefully, this channel fairs better.

[@lenathompson1733]

The stop-motion version is quite more interesting as the animated version. And the scientist who look exactly like we-know-who, the greatest horror legend.

[@randycurtis4659]

Thank You

[@vincently1995]

Happy Halloween 🎃🎃🎃

[@Launchpad05]

I recognize Bradly Bolk as Nordbid since his voice sounds similar to Jerboa Jump from 'Tennessee Tuxedo'. Also, they use ALOT of Jay Ward's sound effects.

[@ironyelegy]

sitting here obsessing over the doctor, not realizing that he reminds me a lot of don dracula... manga created by the founder of mushi studios and my personal hero, osamu tezuka :) full circle

[@ronlivingstone1634]

22:01 Gosh golly jee willikers Karen, What magic made you grow so big? It was growing pains, it meens she blossomed into a teen

[@nickwerner7983]

This must take place a few years after Frosty the Snowman.

[@rickshabusky4553]

I think that's franken berries, voice actor as Dr Frankenstein

[@dz5598]

Man would have been so much cooler if they made this like they made Rudolph 😊

[@VintageTVMemories]

Well, there was Mad Monster Party- done is stop-motion just like Rudolph. It preceded this one by 5 years (1967).

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@VintageTVMemories This special is something of a rehash of elements from "Mad Monster Party", a movie I enjoy (with great voice work by Allen Swift, Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller, Gale Garnett, Ethel Ennis ... plus a few fun songs). There are even similar characters/monsters and background scores.

[@crazedlink]

The original Hotel Transylvania

[@dmans441]

Guest starring Allen Swift

[@ERuth0420]

This is basically an alternate timeline of Lord of the Rings, but where Samwise Gamgee just wants to obtain objectified girl, who has three one liners and three frontal frames in the entire movie; hoping its a satire, nostalgic a f; 8.5/10, would recommend.

[@colea2969]

The monsters bride doesn’t look half bad

[@rampagingshark]

cant be coincidence that there's a lot of things similar to mad mad mad monster party lol right? am i the only one seeing it?

[@Alicethegoon-q6y]

This is like Japanese animation tbh. Since some of rankin bass’s animations are animated in Japan

[@DarkSlayer977]

Is this a tie in to mad monster party?

[@veganconservative1109]

Maybe a ripoff? I prefer the Party. Lots of famous actors/actresses doing the voices, liked the animation better.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@veganconservative1109 This was more like a revamp for a later generation of kids, done in standard 2D animation (the bulk of the work done in Japan, like Frosty and a couple other RB cartoon specials and films). I love "Mad Monster Party". Such a hoot. And that opening theme tune is _so_ James Bond.

[@colea2969]

@@veganconservative1109 I’m just glad the monsters are friendlier and non of them die in this

[@jaywordsman2442]

@@veganconservative1109 nope - Allen Swift did them all except Karloff and Phyllis Diller

[@kali3665]

Shame this was cartoon instead of stop-motion like Mad Monster Party. It just doesn't look as classy.