"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.

A brief flicker of brilliance.

Of all the Jay Ward productions this was FAR AND AWAY MY FAVORITE!!! Rocky and Dudley and George and all were great, but this is the show that every week would set me off laughing. The voice-overs had a wild free-wheeling style that felt like spontaneous jokes flowing out of their heads -- though of course they were scripted to match the wonderful visuals. These were either a brilliant re-editing of a single movie, or a fantastic hybrid of dozens of them, reassembled to tell an entirely new story. That sort of work requires a prodigious visual memory and a great sense of humor. And Hans Conried was the perfect cherry topping it all off.

Now despite what the cranky Mr. Vogel says below, this show introduced me to silent movies, the same way I first learned classical symphonic music through Warner Bros. cartoons. The distinctive look of the early film stock, cinematography, and acting is now so closely associated with the pleasure centers of my brain that whereas most people can now barely tolerate black and white anymore, I don't even need the incidental music and can sit in pure silence for hours just treating my eyes to silent movies. Thanks to Jay Ward, I like flickers, even unfractured.