THE WORLD - COLOR IT HAPPY

Here's a fun little curio from animation history, courtesy of Mark Evanier. In 1967, the Hanna-Barbera studio attempted to launch their own TV anthology series in the vein of The Wonderful World of Disney. Their pilot for The World - Color It Happy brought together such diverse talents as Woody Allen, Hal David and Burt Bacharach, but only got as far as the pilot stage.

(Man, before Woody Allen became, you know, Woody Allen, the guy was simply everywhere in the 1960s. He turns up in the credits for just about everything made around 1966 or so, either for acting or writing or both. I wouldn't be surprised if you can spot him lurking behind the monolith at the beginning of 2001.)



Mr. Evanier has a little more info on his blog.


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