[2] In 1995, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

As the boy grows up, he picks up more sounds and is able to make communicative gestures, but is still unable to utter a single word of the English language.

In spite of this, he is admitted to a general public school, but more problems arise when he is chided by his peers and given the derogatory name "Gerald McBoing-Boing".

The shorts were presented in sub-par quality, especially Planet Moo, which was squeezed to fit the CinemaScope frame to standard TV screen size.

In January 2006, Sony re-issued the four shorts on DVD, featuring cleaned-up prints and all presented in their original aspect ratio.

[6] Broadcast at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday evenings, it was a showcase for UPA's cartoons, including Dusty of the Circus, The Twirlinger Twins, and Punch and Judy.

Thus, The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show apparently became the first cartoon series broadcast regularly during prime time, preceding The Flintstones by two seasons.

It uses the same basic art style as the original except more detailed: each 11-minute episode features a series of vignettes with Gerald, of which the "fantasy tales" are done in Seussian rhyme.

Gerald's parents (names unknown) complete the regular cast, although his mother has black hair in this series instead of blonde.