Loved this show as a kid. I named my big dufus doggie "Manfred". It suited him to a T. The floppy ears, the lazy-esque attitude. I always referred to him as Manfred the Wonder Dog. He even liked the mailman. Everybody loved Manfred, he was a real treat.
I used to watch this after my older brothers and sisters left for school each day 😂 But alas ,there came a day when I had to go off to school and miss the Captain
The exact same situation for me I would watch captain kangaroo in the morning as my older brother and sister were off to school, but in the fall of 1960 it was off to kindergarten for me.
Oh, what fun that was! I haven't seen this since I was maybe 7 or 8 years old. These Tom Terrific cartoons were just right for children. We incorporated Crabby's name to apply to anyone we knew who was having a less-than-ideal day. We'd say, "Don't be a Crabby Appleton". Great memories. Thanks for allowing us to see Tom and Crabby again.
What a treat it is to see "Tom Terrific" again! And that evil Crabby Appleton! He's rotten to the core!!! YUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:24: Bop! Honk! Bop! Honk! Bop! "My machine doesn't like me anymore!" "It doesn't like me!" Funny for a primitive animation show from 1956 by Gene Deitch. Lionel Wilson had a real inventive voice.
Barry I. Grauman just to let you know I saw TOM TERRIFIC on CAPTAIN KANGAROO in reruns as a kid in the 1970s. Even though this cartoon was from the 1950s.
I'm 65 and I recall this cartoon series on Captain Kangaroo on WCBS TV in NY. It makes sense that it was on that station because by this time 1957 CBS owned Terrytoons as I recall.
I was 4 or 5 when i saw these. I thought it was a great cartoon. As soon as i saw the intro i remembered it. I'm sure i watched this every single day! I did watch it every day because i watched Captain Kangaroo.
Right on, Cole... I'd forgotten those...did you guys ever have "Cap Bombs"? A cap from a cap pistol roll was torn off and inserted into metal Rocket with plunger on front end to explode cap when it hit?
That was Winky Dink that has the 'magic screen'. I remember my sister Janie sent away for it. I don't remember what it cost but I remember putting it on the TV screen and drawing what Winky told us he needed to defeat the bad guy.
Looks like a low budget cartoon. The accordion was an inexpensive way of creating background music. The sound made when Tom changes into something sounds like it was made on a steel drum.
No surprise since the studio, Terrytoons always seemed to have the tightest budget among the studios that released theatrical animated shorts. Especially when CBS took over ownership.
Tom Seaver was nicknamed Tom Terrific after this cartoon. Now Cheating Shady Brady wants to copyright "Tom Terrific" as his moniker for merchandising reasons despite the fact that Seaver will always be rightfully known by that name. But legally, can that asshole Brady copyright this name when it's already a copyrighted cartoon??
When I was watching this when it first aired, I was likely impressed by the animation. Now, as an adult, I'm thinking to myself "geez, that animation is crude and pretty awful".
