Well, technically the "Ant and the Aardvark" were theatrically released as a series of shorts by United Artists in the 1970s. They just decided to use them in television reruns as a backup on "The Pink Panther."
As for backups, well, I like "Fractured Fairy Tales" in "Bullwinkle."
I do, too. I have some from WinMX/PiePatch. One interesting thing about oen of these, "The Ugly Duckling", is interesting because like a few others it has underscore , the "Seely-Loose"/Capital score (actually subcontracted from Phillip Green, the "Weasel While You Work" toboggan tune, "Custard pie Caper' retitled by Capitol "Coemdy Circus" (they did this a lot for their won and for other cues, they often accquired cues)-the REAL "Toboggan Run" is a Jack Shaindlin cue used on Yogi bear trilogy.
Speaking of Jack Shaindlin, his music is used on that ugly Duckling spoof, and it is gfamilair form Hanna Barbera, notably "Quick Draw McGraw"'s title segment but also from at least one Huckleebrry Hound title with that sncikering Don Messick mutt "Nutts Over Mutts",a tragicomic sad silent movie tearjeker (think Rogers and Hammerstein's "Oh what a beautiful mornign" sung by Paggliaci the clown(with the sad face) and ending like a (Tommy Dorsey)"Sentimental over you" out of tune parody),used when the "Messick mutt" pretends to be limping...Fractured Fairy Tales used that piece for the Ugly Duckling..odd hearing ANY score under the late Edward Everett Horton's narration. Also at least one "Aesop's Fable' with the un credited and also late Charles Ruggles and Daws Butler about the Lion and the Mouse used Quick Draw music.
The ugly Duckling's trying to fit in with Holllywood so his "sentient friend th talking Schwab's (drugstore-namesake) pond" (Don't ASK!) advises plastic surgery! Sounds like a cross between Butkler's familiar Shelley Berman imptresison for Fibber Fox only lower pitched, Jerry Lewis and the very early Daffy Duck (in fact "You oughta be in picuttres" is sung by Daws Butler at the start!!!!)
Endless "Sleeping Beauty " variaitons abounded on that show.
"Clyde Crashcup" on the original Chipmunks was hilarios to see too, with the precise British professor drawing things come life with the "Jay Ward" (Spike Jones sound FX man Joe Siracusa who'd come up through UPA) like the famed "Uncle Waldo/Superchicken" clockwork SFX<also in Dick Tracy.
Also "Henry and Rodgy",an attempted Clokey series which tried cool jazz then the more familair John Seely Associates/Capitol Hi_Q Special products underscore that was used on about half a doezen to ten WB shorts and mentioned above as used in "Fractured Fairy Tales" and of course by Hanna Barbera and their parent Columbia (TV) and their sister Screen Gems and "My 3 Sons" and "Ozzie and Harriet".This "Henry and Rodgy" were a clay bear and clay bird come to life. Rodgy was the pessimist. Henry was a change-voice character...never having the same voice twice!
--"Who's What?"
--"Dragon Witch"
--"Treasure for henry"
(you know the last is the last since Henry acts different, there is the usual title overlay, whiel the first two have that blue background for the white titles, and the cool jazz music in the first two isn';t there. BTW the "cool jazz" is from John Seely's Capitol LP X-44 to 46. (No composer known here.Credit: "'Dan Matheson" aka BlakeWolverton from bcdb.comThe opening of the last is George Hormel's "Comedic Underscore" from the "Ruff and Reddy" shows and very early Huck/Yogi/Jinks-Pixie Dixie seres--"9-ZR-53"---from the Seely "Metro Movement L-4"I(NOTE: X = experimentla, L=light)
BTW I mentioned Uncle Waldo, I've always loved the Hoppity Hooper show butt hat;s a headliner,so I'll leave it for a future topic.:p