The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
movie

Released April 07, 1970
Overview
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians is a 1970 American animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. After the Christmas special Frosty the Snowman (1969), it was Rankin/Bass' second hand-drawn animated work to be outsourced to Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production in Tokyo, Japan. The show aired on ABC on April 7, 1970 before the airing of that year's Oscars. It was a tribute to early vaudeville, and featured animated reworkings of various famous comedians' acts.
Cast

Jack Benny
as
Self (voice)

George Burns
as
Self (voice)

Phyllis Diller
as
Self (voice)

George Jessel
as
Self (voice)

Jack E. Leonard
as
Self (voice)

Groucho Marx
as
Self (voice)

Tom Smothers
as
Self (voice)

Flip Wilson
as
Self (voice)

Henny Youngman
as
Self (voice)

Paul Frees
as
W.C. Fields / Chico Marx / Zeppo Marx / Announcer (voice)

Dick Smothers
as
Self (voice)


