Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody
{{Short description|1982 animated TV special}}
{{Infobox television
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| genre = Animation
Short
Family
Fantasy
| creator =
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| story = Romeo Muller
| teleplay = Romeo Muller
| director = Fred Wolf
| starring = Burgess Meredith
David Mendenhall
Diana Dumpis
Joan Gerber
Bob Holt
Billy Jayne
Hal Smith
Robert Ridgely
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer = David Richard Cambell
Peter Yarrow
| country = United States
| language = English
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| executive_producer = Kevin Hunter
Robert L. Rosen
| producer = Romeo Muller
Peter Yarrow
| editor = Rich Harrison
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| runtime = 24 minutes
| company = My Company
Murakami Wolf Swenson
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| network = CBS
| released = {{Start date|1982|05|17}}
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Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody is a 24-minute animated television special that first aired May 17, 1982 on CBS.{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987 |date=1989 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2198-2 |accessdate=27 March 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/animatedtvspecia0000wool/page/314/mode/2up |pages=315–316}} The third in a series, it serves as a sequel to Puff the Magic Dragon (1978) and Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies (1979),{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/311/mode/2up |page=311}} with Burgess Meredith returning as the voice of the title character. The special was produced by Fred Wolf Films and also featured the voice of David Mendenhall.
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 7.6/10 from 99 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
External links
- {{IMDb title|0355922}}
{{Children's programming on CBS in the 1980s}}
Category:Puff, the Magic Dragon
Category:1982 television specials
Category:1980s American television specials
Category:1980s animated television specials
Category:CBS original programming
Category:CBS television specials
Category:Animated films about dragons
Category:Television shows written by Romeo Muller
Category:1980s English-language films
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