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Hammocks Animation was the original production company for Nature Cat (formerly known as Fred and the Nature Gang.)
History
It was founded in 1957, when the company first made a comic series called Five K. Gagnon, which ran from the late 50's to the early 60's. A TV series based on the comics aired on CC Network from 1962 to 1981. They also co-produced Frosty the Snowman. In 1976, they co-produced Frosty's Winter Wonderland. In the late 70s, the company began producing children's animated television series. Those are Wally Down Under (1977-1978), which was the first show by the company, Fred and the Nature Gang (1979-1983; 1988-1994), which was the company's most famous work, Adventures of Benjamin the Magical Train (1981-1982), Lenny the Genius (1983-1993), and the animated soap operas Beautiful Times (1968-1995), Southland (1978-1995) and The Animals (1983-1995), which was co-produced with Procter & Gamble Animation, along with Beautiful Times and Southland. There was a short series for Fred and the Nature Gang in 1978, before the actual series started a year later. The company continued to produce the 6 TV specials for Fred and the Nature Gang (later known as Nature Cat in 1994), in association with H.O.T Entertainment. In 1992, they co-produced Frosty Returns. In 1996, the company became defunct (2 years after the Fred and the Nature Gang series finale.) company's founder, Thomas Hammocks, died from a stroke at the age of 87 on May 26, 2010. Ten years later in 2006, a new animation studio under the name of Hammocks Digital Studios was formed by Amber, Byron, and Melanie Hammocks.
Filmography
Animated series
- ~ Hammocks produced the show until 1995.
- ^ Co-produced with Procter & Gamble Animation
- - Co-produced with Hanna-Barbera Productions
- Distributed by Claster Television
| Title | Network | Premiere | Finale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five K. Gagnon | CC Network | September 21, 1962 | March 27, 1981 |
| Beautiful Times
~^ |
NET (1968–1970) PBS (1970–2005) |
June 3, 1968 | October 28, 2005 |
| Wally Down Under | September 2, 1977 | March 31, 1978 | |
| Southland
~^ |
Pinwheel (1978–1979) Nickelodeon (1979–2014) |
August 8, 1978 | November 12, 2014 |
| Fred and the Nature Gang | ABC | September 10, 1979 | November 25, 1994 |
| Adventures of Benjamin the Magical Train | ABC | September 7, 1981 | December 25, 1982 |
| Snuffysticks | March 4, 1982 | December 12, 1982 | |
| Lenny the Genius | August 17, 1983 | April 21, 1993 | |
| The Animals
~^ |
Disney Channel | September 16, 1983 | present |
| The Rock N' Roll Kids | September 9, 1985 | January 24, 1986 | |
| The Fred and the Nature Gang/Scooby Doo Hour
- |
ABC | September 7, 1985 | September 6, 1986 |
| Froggy's Playhouse | September 16, 1985 | December 4, 1987 | |
| Alan's Travelling Adventures | September 14, 1987 | January 31, 1988 | |
| Cats & Dogs | September 3, 1988 | December 22, 1989 | |
| September 18, 1989 | February 20, 1995 |
Animated specials
- Frosty the Snowman (1969) (co-production)
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976) (co-production)
- Penguin Squad (1984)
- Nature Cat's Biggest Adventure (1985)
- A Rich Christmas (1986)
- Jacob and Susan (1987)
- Fred and the Nature Gang: Warriors of Nature! (1988)
- Ben and the Wild West (1988)
- Basketville (1989)
- Fred and the Nature Gang: Halloween Special (1989)
- Fearless Wanda: The Treasure of Copper Island (1990)
- Fred and the Nature Gang: Hal's Puppyhood (1990)
- Fred and the Nature Gang: Battle of The Bands (1991)
- Frosty Returns (1992) (co-production)
- The Beetles (1992)
- Christmas in July (1993)
- Nature Cat's 15th Anniversary Special (1994)
- Nature Cat LIVE! (1994)
- Dapple the Dinosaur (1995)
Other
- Five K. Gagnon (1957-1963) (comic series)
- Wally's Adventures in the Outback: The Egg-stravaganza! (1991) (animated pilot for the cancelled 1991 revival series of Wally Down Under.)
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