The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show
A short-lived television series featuring Gerald McBoing-Boing, a little boy who speaks through sound effects instead of spoken words. The series was based on several animated short films from the animation studio UPA, themselves adaptations of a story by Dr. Seuss. The series served as a showcase for other series by UPA, such as "Dusty of the Circus", "Punch and Judy", and "The Twirlinger Twins". The series only lasted for 3 months due to budget problems, though it was available for reruns in the summer of 1957.
- 1956-1958
- 2 seasons
- CBS
- Animation, Comedy, Family
A short-lived television series featuring Gerald McBoing-Boing, a little boy who speaks through sound effects instead of spoken words. The series was based on several animated short films from the animation studio UPA, themselves adaptations of a story by Dr. Seuss. The series served as a showcase for other series by UPA, such as "Dusty of the Circus", "Punch and Judy", and "The Twirlinger Twins". The series only lasted for 3 months due to budget problems, though it was available for reruns in the summer of 1957.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1957
Episode 1
A Horse of Course/The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy/Miserable Pack of Wolves
Sun, Dec 16, 1956
Episode 2
The Twelve Days of Christmas/The Freezee Yum Story/Alouette
Episode 3
Twirlinger Twins in Alphabet Song/The Merry Go Round in the Jungle
Episode 4
Outlaws/The Day of the Fox/A Wounded Bird
Sun, Aug 30, 2026
Episode 5
Twirlinger Twins in Average Giraffe/Colonel Puffington and Mr. Finch/Mr. Buzzard/Martians Come Back
Sun, Aug 30, 2026
Episode 6
The Election/The Fifty-First Dragon/Twirlinger Twins in the Ballet Lesson
Sun, Aug 30, 2026
Episode 7
Twirlinger Twins in Follow Me/Mr. Tingley's Tangle/The Little Boy Who Ran Away
Episode 8
One Wonderful Girl/Just Believe in Make Believe/Quiet Town/Old MacDonald
Sun, Aug 30, 2026
Episode 9
The Lion Hunt/The Last Knight/Persistent Mr. Fulton
Episode 10
I Had a Bird/Meet the Inventor: Samuel F. B. Morse/Mr. Charmley Greets a Lady
Sun, Aug 30, 2026
Episode 11
Blues Pattern/Dusty of the Circus in Turned Around Clown/Prehistoric Eohippus
Episode 12
The Performing Painter/Dusty of the Circus in The Sad Lion/The Magic Fiddle
Episode 13
The Unenchanted Princess/Dusty of the Circus in the Five-Cent Nickel/Be Quiet, Kind and Gentle
Sun, Mar 10, 1957
