Bumpy in the Night

Bumpy in the Night is an 2001 American-Canadian animated musical comedy television spinoff created by Harry Nebel that features the cartoon character Bumpy and his friends in a series of animated segments. Some of the animated segments were re-used from episodes from Mac and Friends.

Intro
The intro shows hundreds of Bumpy clones, who are painted cels, photographed the sheets, making music, voice acting, and putting the cartoon onto a projector so that, at the end of the day, Bumpy, who is wearing a hat to differentiate himself, plays the cartoon to all the Bumpy clones who worked on it, transiting into the ending title card.

Actual Premise
Bumpy in the Night was made to recreate the golden age of animation like Looney Tunes. By using basic colors and the original sound effects, tremendous effort was put forth to capture the look and feel of those cartoons.

Each episode consisted of a variety of cartoons, varying in length from ninety seconds to twelve minutes. These shorts fell into three general types: the brief gag cartoons, the longer character-based cartoons, and the more classically-based "Blob Toons" (usually the show's longest segment). The character-based segments also included "Wordless Songs" carrying on the tradition of that series of theatrical shorts.

Production
Many of the shorts were repeated onto Mac and Friends later on, with some airing for the first time. However, the show's original format have never been seen again. But when the shorts were shown right before and after, two shorts, Taking Care of Bumpy and the Get the Paper segment "The Stolen Mailbox", appear to be the only two shorts that did not re-air on Mac and Friends, because of the former's dark content. Some shorts were originally presented in the full-screen format during their debut and then cropped to widescreen when aired in Mac and Friends (since Mac and Friends was originally produced in widescreen). To date, the show has not received a full home video release.

Three of the gag cartoons were released theatrically with various movies and released to theaters as commercials for the show. These included:


 * Bumpy: Hickory Dickory Bumpy with Atlantis: The Lost Empire
 * Bumpa: Around the World and I'm in Pain with Christmas Carol: The Movie
 * Wordless Songs: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3

Episodes
Main article: Bumpy in the Night/Episode Guide