Alice in Wonderland (1966)

Subtitled “What’s a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?”, this one-hour made-for-TV animated movie from Hanna-Barbera had a typical mid-1960s suburban American teenage girl bumping her head while doing a book report on Alice in Wonderland.

Concussed, she chases her dog, Fluff, into her TV set and falls into Wonderland, populated by characters from the book.

Stars providing voices included Zsa Zsa Gabor as the Queen of Hearts (“Off viss zerr heads, dahlink”); Sammy Davis Jr as a beatnik Cheshire Cat; Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper as the Mad Hatter’s wife; and Bill Dana (who wrote the story for the film) as a diminutive White Knight.

Fred Flintstone (Alan Reed) and Barney Rubble (Mel Blanc) make a guest appearance as a singing two-headed Caterpillar.

The film first aired in the US as a prime-time special on ABC-TV on 30 March 1966. The title theme song, sung by Sammy Davis Jr, became a top-ten hit on the Billboard charts.

The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Sammy Davis Jr.
The Queen of Hearts (voice)
Zsa Zsa Gabor
The White Knight (voice)
Bill Dana
The White Rabbit (voice)
Howard Morris
Alice (voice)
Janet Waldo
The Talking Caterpillar / Fred Flintstone (voice)
Alan Reed
The Talking Caterpillar / Barney Rubble / Bailiff (voice)
Mel Blanc
The Mad Hatter (voice)
Harvey Korman
Hedda, the Mad Hatter’s Wife (voice)
Hedda Hopper
Alice’s Father / Humphrey Dumpty (voice)
Allan Melvin
The King of Hearts / The March Hare / Sportscaster / Defense Attorney (voice)
Daws Butler
Alice (singing voice)
Doris Drew
The Dormouse / Fluff (voice)
Don Messick

Director
Alex Lovy

Video