The Funky Phantom
- This article is about the TV series. For the character, see Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore.
The Funky Phantom | |
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On-screen title card. | |
Network | ABC |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
Original release | September 11, 1971―January 1, 1972 |
Starring | Daws Butler Tommy Cook Micky Dolenz Kristina Holland Don Messick |
Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
The Funky Phantom is an American animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera (H-B) for ABC's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1971 to 1972, airing 17 episodes that spanned one season.
On a dark and stormy night, three teenagers — Augie, April and Skip, plus their dog Elmo — enter an an old house for shelter. While entering, they stumble upon a clock stuck at the wrong time. Upon resetting it to midnight, they release two ghosts from the American Revolution: patriot Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore, and his pet cat named Boo. Now freed from their confined prison, Mudsy and his cat join with the teens in a cross-country tour, while also helping them out in solving strange cases.
The entire series has been released on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Episodes
Title | Number | Original air date |
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"Don't Fool With a Phantom" | 1x01 | September 11, 1971 |
"Heir Scare" | 1x02 | September 18, 1971 |
"I'll Haunt You Later" | 1x03 | September 25, 1971 |
"Who's Chicken" | 1x04 | October 2, 1971 |
"The Headless Horseman" | 1x05 | October 9, 1971 |
"Spirit Spooked" | 1x06 | October 16, 1971 |
"Ghost Town Ghost" | 1x07 | October 23, 1971 |
"We Saw a Sea Serpent" | 1x08 | October 30, 1971 |
"Haunt in Inn" | 1x09 | November 6, 1971 |
"Mudsy Joins the Circus" | 1x10 | November 13, 1971 |
"Pigskin Predicament" | 1x11 | November 20, 1971 |
"The Liberty Bell Caper" | 1x12 | November 27, 1971 |
"April's Foolish Day" | 1x13 | December 4, 1971 |
"The Forest's Prime-Evil" | 1x14 | December 11, 1971 |
"The Hairy Scary Houndman" | 1x15 | December 18, 1971 |
"Mudsy and Muddlemore Manor" | 1x16 | December 25, 1971 |
"Ghost Grabbers" | 1x17 | January 1, 1972 |
Cast
- Daws Butler as Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore
- Tommy Cook as Augie Anderson
- Micky Dolenz as Skip Gilroy
- Kristina Holland as April Stewart
- Don Messick as Elmo and Boo