The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican

The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican
The opening title card to "The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican"
GenreAdventure
Comedy
Created bySam Singer
Directed bySam Singer
Voices ofSam Singer
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time5 minutes
Production companyTempe-Toons (referred to as "Medallion Productions" during the end titles)
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 11 (1950-09-11) 
October 13, 1950 (1950-10-13)

The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican is an American animated television series that debuted on local stations in Chicago during the 1950s. It is exceedingly rare, but has gained some fame for appearing on Jerry Beck's Worst Cartoons Ever. On the DVD, Beck states that he has not found any evidence that this particular animated adaptation was aired on TV, although there is evidence that the Paddy the Pelican character began in 1950 as a local TV puppet show on Chicago's WENR-TV (now WLS-TV), with Helen York and Ray Suber as puppeteers.