"Fractured Flickers" (1963) TV series

Creator:

Chris Hayward
(more)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

1963 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Take old movies, throw away any soundtracks, and add your own voices and sound effects to create comedy masterpieces.

Plot Keywords:

Spoof

Cast

Hans Conried

...

Host / ... (26 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Writing credits
Chris Hayward		(26 episodes, 1963-1964)
George Atkins		(2 episodes, 1963)
Jim Critchfield		(2 episodes, 1963)
Bill Scott		(2 episodes, 1963)

Series Produced by
Ponsonby Britt	....	executive producer (26 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bill Scott	....	producer (2 episodes, 1963)
Jay Ward	....	producer (2 episodes, 1963)

Series Original Music by
Dennis Farnon		(1 episode, 1963)
Fred Steiner		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Skip Craig		(1 episode, 1963)

Series Sound Department
Roger Donley	....	sound editor (1 episode, 1963)

Series Animation Department
Jim Hiltz	....	animator: title animation (1 episode, 1963)
William T. Hurtz	....	animator: title animation (1 episode, 1963)

Production Companies

• Jay Ward Productions
• P.A.T.

Distributors

• Desilu Studios
• Producers Associates for Television (PAT)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Jay Ward Productions

Trivia:

This was the only live action show produced by Jay Ward.

Then: The Best Thing on the T.V. Now: Just as Funny Four Decades Later!

We were all familiar with that Jay Ward-Bill Scott sense of humor when FF made its debut in the Autumn of 1963. After all, just about everybody watched ROCKY & FRIENDS, which became THE BULLWINKLE SHOW for Sunday evening colorcasts on the NBC Television Network. It was an instant success with our crowd, and we tried not to miss it.

It is understandable why Silent Film Purists would pan FF. It was quite irreverent to the well known,but now in Public Domain, Silent Film actors. Each fracturing made use of the most outlandish comments and sound effects. They were added to absurd story lines. The end result was as fast a moving half hour as was on the small screen, ever.

The "fracturing" of each film made the names of such luminaries of the silent screen as John Barrymore,Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria Swanson, et al.,now familiar to a new generation. The titles of the great works of the era were also brought to the forefront. After a season of FRACTURED FLICKERS, we were all given a sort of class in the Silent Cinema. I can testify that our family, as well as other kids in neighborhood, were interested in the "Old Time Movies" after that season. We were interested to either rent or buy copies.

We suppose that it was like taking a little honey or maple syrup to get the medicine down.