Crazylegs Crane


Crazylegs Crane is a 16-episode made-for-television cartoon series produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises in 1978 for The All New Pink Panther Show on ABC.

Production

This was Crazylegs Crane's first series dedicated solely to him. Previously, he had made regular appearances in the three DePatie-Freleng animated comedies, Tijuana Toads, The Blue Racer and The Dogfather. Larry D. Mann voiced him in all but two of his appearances, with Bob Holt voicing him in the Tijuana Toads short "Flight to the Finish", and Daws Butler voicing him in the Dogfather short "The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg". His personality is similar to the Disney character Goofy. In the German series, this character was known as "Dummvogel", literally "stupid bird".

Plot

In the cartoons that star Crazylegs Crane, he always goes through various misadventures and often deals with his frenemy, a fire-breathing dragonfly.
None of the shorts contained any credit information; only the series title and episode title were shown.

Theatrical shorts

  1. Go For Croak
  2. Snake in the Gracias
  3. Two Jumps and a Chump
  4. The Egg and Ay Yi Yi!
  5. A Leap in the Deep
  6. Flight to the Finish
  7. Blue Aces Wild
  8. Snake Preview
  9. Aches and Snakes
  10. Mother Dogfather

    Episodes

  11. Life With Feather
  12. Crane Brained
  13. King of the Swamp
  14. Sonic Broom
  15. Winter Blunderland
  16. Storky and Hatch
  17. Fly by Knight
  18. Sneaker Snack
  19. Barnacle Bird
  20. Animal Crack-ups
  21. Jet Feathers
  22. Nest Quest
  23. Bug Off
  24. Beach Bummer
  25. Flower Power
  26. Trail of the Lonesome Mine

    Reruns

Crazylegs Crane previously aired as part of The All-New Pink Panther Show on This TV on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 AM Eastern time until September 22, 2011. Also, most of the shorts often air as filler material on Boomerang. Some episodes have also appeared on YouTube, Hulu and other online video sites.

Home video

A DVD and Blu-ray containing the 16 episodes were released on April 26, 2016 from Kino Lorber.