THE MUSEUM OF UNCUT FUNK PRESENTS FUNKY TURNS 40™: BLACK CHARACTER REVOLUTION A RETROSPECTIVE OF 1970‘S CARTOON ANIMATION ART FEATURING BLACK CHARACTERS THE MUSEUM OF UNCUT FUNK PRESENTS FUNKY TURNS 40: BLACK CHARACTER REVOLUTION EXHIBITION INVENTORY Contact Information Museum First Name Last Name Phone Address E-Mail Curator The Museum Of UnCut Funk Pamela Thomas 908-346-0499 908 Valley Road, [email protected] Watchung, New Jersey 07069 Co-Curator The Museum Of UnCut Funk Loreen Williamson 908-346-4499 908 Valley Road, [email protected] Watchung, New Jersey 07069 Art Item Photo Artwork Cartoon Studio Network Run Artwork Size Historical Notes Description (Unframed) I. BLACK CAST CARTOONS: Billy Jo Jive Billy Jo Jive - Original Production Cel Features Billy Billy Jo Jive Sesame Street PBS: Unframed: Billy Jo Jive was a self-described super crime fighting Jo Jive and Ran in the 1970’s 13 3/8 x 11 ace, a prepubescent Black detective in animated Smart Susie and 1980’s segments on Sesame Street in the late 1970s and early Sunset 1980s. Billy Jo Jive and his sidekick, Smart Susie Sunset, originated in a series of children's books by John Shearer, with illustrations by his father Ted Shearer. The series debuted with Billy Jo Jive, Super Private Eye: The Case of the Missing Ten Speed Bike in 1976. The earliest known appearance: Episode 1186 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids Band Practice - Limited Edition Cel Features all Fat Albert And Filmation CBS: Matted: Fat Albert was the third positive Black cast cartoon characters in The Cosby Kids 9/9/72 - 8/10/85 22 x 19 1/4 series and the longest running Black cast cartoon famous junk Run: series. Fat Albert first appeared in the Hey, Hey, yard band 110 episodes, Hey, It’s Fat Albert special on November 12, 1969. scene, which 4 specials This was the first positive Black cast cartoon to appears at the appear on TV. beginning of each episode Football Follies - Original Production Cel Features all Fat Albert And Filmation CBS: Matted: The characters Fat Albert Jackson, Bill Cosby and characters The Cosby Kids 9/9/72 - 8/10/85 21 x 18 Mushmouth were voiced by Bill Cosby. The animators playing in Run: were Ken Mundie and Leo Sullivan. The music for the famous football 110 episodes, special was written and performed by jazz pianist / scene from 4 specials keyboardist Herbie Hancock and was released on the 1969 special album Fat Albert Rotunda. 2 Art Item Photo Artwork Cartoon Studio Network Run Artwork Size Historical Notes Description (Unframed) Fat Albert - Original Production Cel Features Fat Fat Albert And Filmation CBS: Unframed: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids ran for 22 episodes Albert on a go The Cosby Kids 9/9/72 - 8/10/85 14 x 11 from 9/9/72 - 10/27/73, and then again for 14 episodes cart Run: from 9/6/75 - 10/30/76. The New Fat Albert Show ran 110 episodes, for 24 episodes from 9/8/79 - 9/16/81. The Adventures 4 specials of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids ran for 50 episodes from 9/1/84 - 8/10/85. The show was in syndication from 1984 - 1985. Fat Albert - Original Production Cel Features Fat Fat Albert And Filmation CBS: TBD The four Fat Albert specials are: Hey, Hey, Hey It’s Albert gang The Cosby Kids 9/9/72 - 8/10/85 Fat Albert (11/12/69), The Fat Albert Halloween Special from Halloween Run: (10/24/77), The Fat Albert Christmas Special (12/18/77), Special 110 episodes, The Fat Albert Easter Special (4/3/82) 4 specials Fat Albert - Original Production Drawing Features Fat Fat Albert And Filmation CBS: TBD Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids included ten Black and Albert gang The Cosby Kids 9/9/72 - 8/10/85 white advisors who were degreed professional from Halloween Run: psychologists from UCLA. This series had clear Special 110 episodes, educational elements and addressed issues of poverty, 4 specials child abuse, kidnapping, teen parenting, smoking, bullying and vandalism. This series won mass parent approval and Cosby and Filmation Associates kept tight reins on the popular uses of the series. Fat Albert - Original Production Cel Features Fat Fat Albert And Filmation CBS: TBD Gold Key Comics created a comic book adaptation of Albert gang The Cosby Kids 9/9/72 - 8/10/85 Fat Albert which ran for 29 issues, from 1974 - 1979. A from Halloween Run: lunch box, a board game and record album was also Special 110 episodes, produced. A live action film was produced in 2004, 4 specials introducing a new generation to Fat Albert. Fat Albert - Original Production Drawing Features Fat Fat Albert And Filmation CBS: TBD The original cartoon series was released on DVD in Albert gang The Cosby Kids 9/9/72 - 8/10/85 2005 - 2006. The cartoon specials were released on from Halloween Run: DVD in 2008 - 2009. Special 110 episodes, 4 specials Fat Albert - Original Production Drawing Features Fat Fat Albert And Filmation CBS: TBD Albert gang The Cosby Kids 9/9/72 - 8/10/85 from Halloween Run: Special 110 episodes, 4 specials Harlem Globetrotters Meadowlark Lemon - Original Production Features Harlem Hanna-Barbera CBS: Unframed: Harlem Globetrotters was the first positive Black Cel George Globetrotters 9/12/70 - 9/2/72 17 x 11 cast cartoon series and the first to feature a Black “Meadowlark” Run: sports team. For perspective, this cartoon aired six Lemon 22 episodes years after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act, (16 - 70-71; and only two years after racist cartoon shorts 6 new plus featuring derogatory depictions of Black characters repeats - 71-72) were banned from television syndication. J.C. “Gip” Gibson - Original Production Features Harlem Hanna-Barbera CBS: Unframed: The Harlem Globetrotters featured the following Cel J.C. "Gip" Globetrotters 9/12/70 - 9/2/72 13 x 11 players: George “Meadowlark” Lemon, Freddie “Curly” Gipson Run: Neal, Hubert “Geese” Ausbie, J.C. "Gip" Gipson, 22 episodes Bobby Joe Mason and Pablo Robertson. Scatman (16 - 70-71; Crothers provided the voice of Meadowlark Lemon. 6 new plus Meadowlark Lemon also contributed to the series. He repeats - 71-72) was the only Globetrotter to do so. 3 Art Item Photo Artwork Cartoon Studio Network Run Artwork Size Historical Notes Description (Unframed) Harlem Globetrotters - Original Features J.C. Harlem Hanna-Barbera CBS: Unframed: The series was an instant hit, earning the highest Production Cel "Gip" Gipson, Globetrotters 9/12/70 - 9/2/72 12 1/2 x 10 ratings in Saturday morning television history. It was Bobby Joe Run: 1/2 syndicated to more than 30 countries, the first time any Mason, Pablo 22 episodes sports team had its own network television series. In Robertson (16 - 70-71; 1972 / 1973, The Harlem Globetrotters made three 6 new plus appearances on The New Scooby-Doo Movies. In repeats - 71-72) 1978, the series was re-run as the Go-Go Globetrotters, a two hour program that also included old episodes of The C.B. Bears, The Herculoids and Space Ghost. The Globetrotters were featured in a third cartoon series in 1979, The Super Globetrotters. In spring 1999, TV Land aired repeats of the Harlem Globetrotters on Saturday mornings. A new Harlem Globetrotters cartoon is rumored to be in the works. Harlem Globetrotters - Original Features J.C. Harlem Hanna-Barbera CBS: Unframed: In April 1972, Gold Key Comics launched a comic book Production Drawing "Gip" Gipson, Globetrotters 9/12/70 - 9/2/72 12 1/2 x 10 adaptation of the Harlem Globetrotters animated series. Pablo Run: 1/2 Their first comic book appearance was in issue #8 of Robertson 22 episodes Gold Key's Hanna-Barbera Fun-In, published in July (16 - 70-71; 1971. The comic series followed and lasted for 4 years 6 new plus and 12 issues through January 1975. A board game, repeats - 71-72) lunch box and a record album, The Globetrotters, was also produced. Harlem Globetrotters - Original Features Curly Harlem Hanna-Barbera CBS: Unframed: Production Drawing Neal Globetrotters 9/12/70 - 9/2/72 12 1/2 x 10 Run: 1/2 22 episodes (16 - 70-71; 6 new plus repeats - 71-72) I Am The Greatest Muhammad Ali - Original Production Cel Features I Am The Farmhouse NBC: Unframed: Muhammad Ali was the second Black athletic Muhammad Ali Greatest: The Films, Fred 9/10/77 - 9/2/78 12 1/2 x 10 personality to lead a positive cartoon series, Adventures Of Calvert Run: 1/2 following the Globetrotters. He voiced his own Muhammad Ali Productions, 13 episodes character. Ali’s public relations agent, Frank Bannister, TCF also voiced his character. Muhammad Ali - Original Production Features I Am The Farmhouse NBC: Unframed: Muhammad Ali’s adventures dealt with Drawing Muhammad Ali Greatest: The Films, Fred 9/10/77 - 9/2/78 12 1/2 x 10 unexplained mysteries and solving crimes. Other Adventures Of Calvert Run: 1/2 characters in his entourage were his niece Nicky Muhammad Ali Productions, 13 episodes and nephew Damon (voiced by real-life siblings TCF Patrice and Casey Carmichael). Jackson 5ive Michael Jackson - Original Production Cel Features Jackson 5ive Rankin-Bass ABC: Unframed: The Jackson 5ive cartoon was the second positive Michael, Rosie 9/11/71 - 9/1/73 17 3/8 x 11 Black cast cartoon series and Motown Productions' “The Run: first television series. Motown executives had to Crusher” 23 episodes "approve every aspect of the series" and they rejected (Snake), and a number of writers' scripts before things met their Ray and approval.