Editing Gerald McBoing-Boing (section)

==Television==
===UPA===
'''''The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show''''' (1956–57)
 
In 1956, [[CBS]] created a half-hour ''Gerald McBoing-Boing Show'', with well-known radio announcer [[Bill Goodwin]] narrating.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=370–371}}</ref> Broadcast at 5:30&nbsp;p.m. on Sunday evenings, it was a showcase for UPA's cartoons, including ''Dusty of the Circus'', ''The Twirlinger Twins'', and ''[[Punch and Judy]]''. The program proved too expensive to continue and lasted only three months.<ref name=Perlmutter>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |pages=239–241}}</ref>

The episodes were repeated on Friday nights in the summer of 1957. Thus, ''The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show'' apparently became the first cartoon series broadcast regularly during [[prime time]], preceding ''[[The Flintstones]]'' by two seasons.

'''TV specials'''

A character similar to Gerald McBoing-Boing appeared as Tiny Tim in the 1962 TV special ''[[Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol]]'', now as a speaking character. A bonus feature of the 2001 ''Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol'' DVD features Gerald McBoing-Boing being babysat by the nearsighted Magoo, also a UPA character. The short is titled "Magoo Meets McBoing-Boing".

===''Gerald McBoing-Boing'' (2005–2007)===
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A series based on the original cartoon started airing on [[Cartoon Network]] (United States) on August 22, 2005, as part of their short-lived ''[[Tickle-U]]'' programming block, and aired on [[Teletoon (Canada)|Teletoon]]/[[Télétoon (Canada)|Télétoon]] (Canada) on August 29 the same year. It uses the same basic art style as the original except more detailed: each 11-minute episode features a series of vignettes with Gerald, of which the "fantasy tales" are done in Seussian rhyme. Sound checks, gags, and "real-life" portions of the show are also included. It was also broadcast on [[ABC TV (Australian TV channel)|ABC]] in Australia.

Gerald still only makes sounds (but is praised for it instead), but now has two speaking friends, Janine and Jacob, as well as a dog named Burp, who only burps. Gerald's parents (names unknown) complete the regular cast, although his mother has black hair in this series instead of blonde. The series was produced in Canada by [[Cookie Jar Entertainment]], and directed by Robin Budd and story edited/written by [[John Derevlany]]. The animation was done by [[Mercury Filmworks]] in [[Ottawa]].