The Tomfoolery Show is a 1970–1971 American animated comedy television series, based on the works of Edward Lear which aired on NBC.
[2] The show's writing was credited to Lear, Carroll, and Romeo Muller, the latter being responsible for the adaptations of the earlier writers' works.
Two memorable examples were:- The series was produced by Rankin/Bass, (formerly Videocraft International), who also made the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman television specials.
[4] In Children's Television: The First Thirty-five Years, George W. Woolery said, "A bit too literary and lofty, Tomfoolery was a noble failure.
The problem was that the approach to the material did not do it justice — the program was structured in the style of a revue à la Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In rather than a proper narrative...The odd mélange lasted only a year on the air despite its noble intent.