TV series

Around the World in 79 Days
1969 · 1 season
A breezy, silly cartoon chase full of slapstick gags and globe-trotting antics that plays best as light background fun.
- Created by
- Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy, Kids
- Starring
- Don Messick, Janet Waldo, Allan Melvin
- Overview
- This is a story involving balloonist Phinny Fogg. He and reporter teenagers Jenny and Hoppy set out on a globetrotting adventure to travel around the world in 79 days and beat the original record set by Phinny's father. The trio are in competition for both the record and a £1,000,000 prize against the sinister Crumden. Crumden is aided by his idiotic chauffeur Bumbler and his pet monkey Smirky.
- How it feels
- Brisk and fine in the background.
- About
- Ambition, class, loyalty
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy, Kids
- Starring
- Don Messick, Janet Waldo, Allan Melvin





