Template:Italic title Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother is a 1981 animated television special based on Hank Ketcham's 1951 comic strip of the same name.[1] Produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises,[2] the special first aired May 8, 1981 on NBC. This was the first time Dennis the Menace was animated. The storyline was written by Ketcham.[3]
Plot
In the special, it's Mother's Day and Dennis has not decided what to give his mother for a gift.
Cast
The voice cast includes:[3]
- Dennis Mitchell: Joey Nagy
- Alice Mitchell: Kathy Garver
- Henry Mitchell: Bob Holt
- George Wilson: Larry D. Mann
- Martha Wilson: Elizabeth Kerr
- Margaret Wade: Nicole Eggert
Credits
- Created and written for television by Hank Ketcham
- Produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng
- Directors: Bob Richardson, David Detiege, Cullen Houghtaling, Art Leonardi, Nelson Shin, Art Vitello
- Layout: Ric Gonzalez, Martin Strudler
- Animation by: Dong Seo Animation
- Voices of: Nicole Eggert, Kathy Garver, James Hackett, Bob Holt, Elizabeth Kerr, Larry D. Mann, Joey Nagy, Herbert Rudley, Seth Wagerman, Nancy Wible
- Music composed by Joe Raposo
- Conducted by Eric Rogers
- In charge of production: Lee Gunther
- Production managers: Kathy Condon, Steven Hahn
- Film editor: Robert Gillis
- Music editor: Joe Siracusa