

Season - Episode
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1 - 11 Sep 12, 1970
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1 - 22 Sep 19, 1970
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1 - 33 Sep 26, 1970
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1 - 44 Oct 03, 1970
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1 - 55 Oct 10, 1970
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1 - 66 Oct 17, 1970
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1 - 77 Oct 24, 1970
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1 - 88 Oct 31, 1970
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1 - 99 Nov 07, 1970
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1 - 1010 Nov 14, 1970
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1 - 1111 Nov 21, 1970
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1 - 1212 Jan 01, 1970
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1 - 1313 Jan 01, 1970
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1 - 1414 Jan 01, 1970
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1 - 1515 Jan 01, 1970
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1 - 1616 Jan 01, 1970
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1 - 1717 Sep 04, 1971
Overview
The Tomfoolery Show is an American cartoon comedy television series made and first broadcast in 1970, based on the works of Edward Lear. The animation was done at the Halas and Batchelor Studios in London and Stroud. Though the works of other writers were also used, notably Lewis Carroll and Ogden Nash, Lear's works were the main source, and characters like The Yongy Bonghy Bo and The Umbrageous Umbrella Maker were all Lear creations. Some original material was also written based on characters created by Lear, although much of the material was a straight recital of poems and limericks or songs using Lear's poems set to music. A recurring joke had a delivery boy running around trying to deliver a large plant and shouting 'Plant for Mrs Discobolus!'. The series was produced by Rankin/Bass, who also made the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman.