The Funky Phantom
- This article is about the TV series. For the character, see Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore.
| The Funky Phantom | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network: | ABC |
| Production company: | Hanna-Barbera |
| Original release: | September 11, 1971―January 1, 1972
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| 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 — visit by an old house. They stumble upon a clock stuck at the wrong time, and 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 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
Doug Wildey drew a piece of concept art featuring earlier designs of the Funky Phantom Crew.
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Episodes
| Title | Number | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| "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
In popular culture
- In the Animaniacs segment "Back in Style," Spunky Phantom is mentioned to have lost ratings by adding the Warner siblings.
