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''George of the Jungle'' is an American animated series produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who created ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show''. The character George was inspired by the legend of Tarzan and a cartoon characterization of George Eiferman (Mr. America, Mr. Universe, IFBB Hall of Famer) drawn by a cook on his mine sweeper in the Navy during WW2. It ran for 17 episodes on Sunday mornings from September 9 to December 30, 1967, on the American TV network ABC. The half-hour program was distributed for many years by Worldvision Enterprises, currently part of CBS Television Distribution. ==Program format== Each episode featured three segments in the form of three unrelated cartoons: ''George of the Jungle'', ''Tom Slick'', and ''Super Chicken''. Each of the cartoons ended with a strike on the Tympani (Kettledrum), which changed to an ascending tone, following a bad pun. Unlike previous Ward series, the animation production was done in Hollywood using veteran animators Phil Duncan, Rod Scribner, and Rudy Zamora, among others. Each segment's theme song was written by the team of Stan Worth and Sheldon Allman, though the cartoons themselves had little or no music scoring, as with ''Bullwinkle''. Ward mainstays Bill Scott, June Foray, Paul Frees, and Daws Butler provided most of the character voices over all three segments. The cartoons are technically more advanced than the rather crude animation in Ward's earlier series, which originated from a Mexican studio sponsored by Ward. He was so pleased with ''George of the Jungle'' that he allowed production to go over-budget, which resulted in considerable financial loss, ultimately limiting the series to 17 episodes. The complete series is available now on DVD.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Box Art for George of the Jungle – The Complete Series )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George of the Jungle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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