Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?

"Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?" is a 1980 animated television special written by Dr. Seuss, directed by Gerard Baldwin, and produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises.

Plot

Pontoffel Pock wishes he could get away from it all, after being fired from working at a dill pickle factory (he pushed the "pull-em" and pulled the "push-em," devices for placing pickles into jars). Fortunately, a male fairy named McGillicuddy appears and says, "Pontoffel Pock, your wish has been heard, and your wish has been granted." McGillicuddy and his fairy associates, Humboldt and Higbee (and later on, Hoikendorf), give him a magical flying piano that takes him anywhere in the world. To do so, Pontoffel Pock plays these six very simple notes (C, C, C, D, D#, E) and then he chooses a destination by pressing one of many differently-colored buttons, which fly him to his destination. His first stop is Groogen (based on Switzerland). Later, after messing up at Groogen, Pontoffel flicks on a twig ("twitch the Homing Pigeon Switch") that sends him and the piano home. After given another chance, he goes to Casbahmopolis (based on The Middle East), where he falls in love with a girl named Neefa Feefa, a famous eyeball dancer who, like Pontoffel, wants to "get away from it all". Unfortunately, Pontoffel and Neefa Feefa can't get home (because the homing pigeon switch had been broken by a palace guard). When they decide to go somewhere else, Neefa Feefa slips off the piano, so Pontoffel has to go to a lot of places (which are based on many "real" places such as the North Pole, Congo, Spain, Japan and others) to find her. The fairies look for him by song, "Pontoffel Pock, where the heck are you?" Finally, Pontoffel Pock remembers where Neefa Feefa is, and goes straight to her. They are sent home, and for proving Pontoffel's worth, he is rehired as the member of the Dill Pickle factory.

Cast

* Ken Lundie ... (voice)
* Joe Raposo ... (voice)
* Wayne Morton ... Pontoffel Pock (voice)
* Hal Smith ... McGillicuddy (voice)
* Sue Allen ... Neefa Feefa (voice)
* Don Messick ... (voice)

Trivia

*This was the final cartoon done under the DFE films banner as the studio would be sold to Marvel Comics and become Marvel Productions in 1981.

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