Hammocks Animation

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**Hammocks Animation** was the original production company for Nature Cat (formerly known as Fred and the Nature Gang.)

## History

It was founded in 1957, when the company first made a comic series called Five K. Gagnon, which ran from the late 50's to the early 60's. A TV series based on the comics aired on CC Network from 1962 to 1981. They also co-produced Frosty the Snowman. In 1976, they co-produced Frosty's Winter Wonderland. In the late 70s, the company began producing children's animated television series. Those are Wally Down Under (1977-1978), which was the first show by the company, Fred and the Nature Gang (1979-1983; 1988-1994), which was the company's most famous work, Adventures of Benjamin the Magical Train (1981-1982), Lenny the Genius (1983-1993), and the animated soap operas Beautiful Times (1968-1995), Southland (1978-1995) and The Animals (1983-1995), which was co-produced with Procter & Gamble Animation, along with Beautiful Times and Southland. There was a short series for Fred and the Nature Gang in 1978, before the actual series started a year later. The company continued to produce the 6 TV specials for Fred and the Nature Gang (later known as Nature Cat in 1994), in association with H.O.T Entertainment. In 1992, they co-produced Frosty Returns. In 1996, the company became defunct (2 years after the Fred and the Nature Gang series finale.) company's founder, Thomas Hammocks, died from a stroke at the age of 87 on May 26, 2010. Ten years later in 2006, a new animation studio under the name of Hammocks Digital Studios was formed by Amber, Byron, and Melanie Hammocks.

## Filmography

### Animated series

* ~ Hammocks produced the show until 1995.
* ^ Co-produced with Procter & Gamble Animation
* - Co-produced with Hanna-Barbera Productions
* Co-produced with Mathieu Boucher Productions
* ` Co-produced with Marvel Productions Ltd.
* Distributed by Claster Television

### Animated specials

* Frosty the Snowman (1969) (co-production)
* Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976) (co-production)
* Here Comes Garfield (1982)
* Garfield on the Town (1983)
* Penguin Squad (1984)
* The Get Along Gang (1984)
* Garfield in the Rough (1984)
* Nature Cat's Biggest Adventure (1985)
* Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985)
* Garfield in Paradise (1986)
* A Rich Christmas (1986)
* Jacob and Susan (1987)
* Garfield Goes Hollywood (1987)
* The Day in the Life of The Jungle (1987)
* A Garfield Christmas (1987)
* Fred and the Nature Gang: Warriors of Nature! (1988)
* Ben and the Wild West (1988)
* Garfield: His 9 Lives (1988)
* Basketville (1989)
* Fred and the Nature Gang: Halloween Special (1989)
* Fearless Wanda: The Treasure of Copper Island (1990)
* Fred and the Nature Gang: Hal's Puppyhood (1990)
* Fred and the Nature Gang: Battle of The Bands (1991)
* Frosty Returns (1992) (co-production)
* The Beetles (1992)
* Christmas in July (1993)
* Nature Cat's 15th Anniversary Special (1994)
* Nature Cat LIVE! (1994)
* Dazzle the Dinosaur (1995)

### Animated films

#### Theatrical

* Fred and the Nature Gang: The Return of the Gopher

### Other

* Five K. Gagnon (1957-1963) (comic series)
* Wally's Adventures in the Outback: The Egg-stravaganza! (1991) (animated pilot for the cancelled 1991 revival series of Wally Down Under.)

## Gallery

The promotional logo for Hammocks Animation.