Beetle Bailey - Animation

Animation

A TV version of the strip, consisting of 50 animated cartoon shorts produced by King Features Syndicate, was animated by Paramount Cartoon Studios in the USA and Artransa Film Studios in Sydney, Australia, and was first broadcast in 1963. The opening credits included the sound of a bugle reveille, followed by a theme song specifically composed for the cartoon:

He's the military hero of the nation

Though he doesn't always follow regulation

At the sound of reveille

He is here for you to see

And we know you'll laugh at Private Beetle Bailey—

(Beetle Bailey!)

Ask the General, Colonel, Major and the Captain,

The Lieutenant and the Sergeant and the Corporal,

They will tell you with a shout

They would gladly live without

A certain Private by the name of Beetle Bailey—

(Beetle Bailey!)

Beetle was voiced by comic actor and director Howard Morris with Allen Melvin as the voice of Sarge. Other King Features properties, such as Snuffy Smith and Krazy Kat, also appeared in the syndicated series, under the collective title: Beetle Bailey and His Friends.