Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody
Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody is a 30-minute animated television special loosely based on the song Puff, the Magic Dragon by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow.[1] This film is produced by Fred Wolf Films. The title character was voiced by Burgess Meredith, and the film also featured the voice of David Mendenhall. The special first aired May 17, 1982 on CBS.[2]
| Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation Short Family Fantasy |
| Written by | Romeo Muller (story) Romeo Muller (teleplay) |
| Directed by | Fred Wolf |
| Starring | Burgess Meredith David Mendenhall Diana Dumpis Joan Gerber Bob Holt Billy Jayne Hal Smith Robert Ridgely |
| Theme music composer | David Richard Cambell Peter Yarrow |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Kevin Hunter Robert L. Rosen |
| Producers | Romeo Muller Peter Yarrow |
| Editor | Rich Harrison |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | My Company Murakami Wolf Swenson |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | May 17, 1982 |
This is the third Puff the Magic Dragon special, following Puff the Magic Dragon (1978) and Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies (1979).
Plot
Puff finds a young boy named Terry who has an overactive imagination, and who therefore has trouble making friends with other children. Instead he has an imaginary friend; a duck wearing a saucepan with a feather as a hat named Mr. Nobody. When Terry's imagination starts to get him in trouble, Terry begins to blame Mr. Nobody for imagining the things that he has dreamed up, until he ceases to believe that he has any imagination of his own. Eventually, Mr. Nobody abandons him, and Puff must take Terry on a quest to find Mr. Nobody, teaching him along the way to embrace his creativity.
Ratings
The TV short has a rating of 7.7/10 from 64 votes on IMDb.
Voice cast
- Burgess Meredith as Puff
- David Mendenhall as Terry
- Joan Gerber as Mother/Teacher
- Bob Holt as Father
- Billy Jayne as Boy
- Diana Dumpis as Girl
- Hal Smith as Professor Katzendorfer/Bust/World
- Robert Ridgely as Mr. Nobody/Guard
References
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 311. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 315–316. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.