Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This?

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For the soundtrack, see Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This? (soundtrack). For the audio adaptation, see Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This? (LP).
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This?
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Production company Hanna-Barbera
Release date March 30, 1966
Run time 44:55
Starring Sammy Davis
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Bill Dana
Howard Morris
Hedda Hopper
Janet Waldo
Don Messick
Allan Melvin
Harvey Korman
Daws Butler
Alan Reed
Mel Blanc
Doris Drew Allen
Producer(s) Alex Lovy
Music composed by Charles Strouse
Lee Adams
Screenplay by Bill Dana
Director(s) Alex Lovy
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Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place like This? is an American animated musical fantasy television special based on the 1900 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by British author Lewis Carroll. It aired on March 30, 1966 on ABC. It was written by Bill Dana, produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and directed by Alex Lovy.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Alice Janet Waldo
Doris Drew Allen (singing)
Fluff Don Messick
Elizabeth Janet Waldo
John Allan Melvin
White Rabbit Howard Morris
Cheshire Cat Sammy Davis
Mad Hatter Harvey Korman
March Hare Daws Butler
Cousin Freddie
Mrs. Thompson
Mr. Crane
The Dormouse Don Messick
Hedda Hedda Hopper
Fred Flintstone Alan Reed
Barney Rubble Mel Blanc
White Knight Bill Dana
King of Hearts Daws Butler
Sports commentator Daws Butler
Queen of Hearts Zsa Zsa Gabor
Bailiff Mel Blanc
Defence attorney Daws Butler
King of Hearts' son Mel Blanc
Prison guard Unavailable
Humphrey Dumpty Allan Melvin
Tower guard Unavailable
Knight Unavailable


Locations

Objects

Vehicles

  • King of Hearts' train

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1966.

Music

Main article: Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This? (soundtrack)

The music and lyrics were composed and written by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, with arrangement by Marty Paitch and Hoyt Curtin.

Songs

  1. "Life's a Game" - Howard Morris and Doris Drew Allen
  2. "What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This?" - Sammy Davis
  3. "They'll Never Split Us Apart" sung by Henry Corden and Mel Blanc
  4. "Today's a Wonderful Day" - Doris Drew Allen and Bill Dana
  5. "I'm Home" - Doris Drew Allen

Crew credits

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: March 30, 1966 on ABC

Behind the scenes

  • In the opening credits, Alan Reed and Mel Blanc are credited as the Caterpillar(s), but within the movie, they are still called Fred and Barney. They don't seem to be their Flintstones selves, but they sure act like it, nonetheless.
  • The White Rabbit refers to the L. Frank Baum's 1900 book (and later MGM's 1939 movie) The Wizard of Oz.
  • The Dormouse said "S'alright" in an allusion to what Spanish ventriloquist Senor Winces would say.

Errors

  • An unrelated girl called Alice also falls into Wonderland. What are the chances of that?

Everlasting influence

  • Scenes from this movie are used in the "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" musical sequence in the 1987 television film Rock Odyssey.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

  • Not available. 😢

References