This INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET (1964) could be described as a throwback, a beautiful anachronism and living relic of a previous era. It could be classified as mixed Animation-Live Action mixed media motion picture. In the final analysis, we could consider this to be a tailor made starring vehicle, designed and personally fit to the very popular 'Barney Fife' of "THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW", character actor/comedian, Mr. Don Knotts.
The film was moderately successful at the Box Office and did both exploit the popularity of Mr. Don Knotts; adding to his renown and fans at the same time. The Comedy-Fantasy blend, which included some neat musical overture, score and incidental musical cues by Frank Perkins (Composer & Conductor) and Carl Brandt (Orchestrations).
OUR STORY .he time was the present day, 1964. The place was the Pentagon, where an urgent emergency, clarion call was put out for those members of the Armed Forces who were involved in the Top Secret operation that involved the military action of a Mr. Henry Limpet, a human fish lover, who had mysteriously and magically been transformed into a fish himself. It seemed that Uncle Sam needed someone to use as a go-between in their research about the porpoise using its shrill, high pitched vocalizations as communications.
We are quickly whisked back in time to World War II and we meet Mr. Henry Limpet, a sort of Walter Middy type who works in an office for a living, but lives to raise more and more aquarium fish, of all kinds. He appears to lead a cuckolded life as His wife, Bessie Limpet (Carole Cook) is definitely too cozily involved with Seaman F.C. George Stickel (Jack Weston) of the U.S. Navy. Limpet wishes and wishes to become a Fish and miraculously, he does just that. He becomes a Fish of unknown Species, who still wears glasses and still looks like Barney Fife.
Limpet and new found Love, Ladyfish (Elizabeth Mac Rae-voice), soon have settled down to a new life, when it is found that a high pitched sound that Limpet makes is a great deterrent to the Nazi German U Boats and their deadly cargo of torpedoes. War over, everybody lives happily ever after.
That is until at the closing of the story we see George Stickel, now an Officer, in a large boat, attempting to make contact in the waters near Florida.
"THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET" gave the public in the middle '60's a little escapism, a few laughs and a reason to watch animation outside of Disney's. It served as an excellent Old School Animation project as well as a Starring Vehicle for Don Knotts. And it was a "G" Rated film to be enjoyed by all; the Kids for the Story Book-Like tall Tale and the Adults for the Humor.
The film was moderately successful at the Box Office and did both exploit the popularity of Mr. Don Knotts; adding to his renown and fans at the same time. The Comedy-Fantasy blend, which included some neat musical overture, score and incidental musical cues by Frank Perkins (Composer & Conductor) and Carl Brandt (Orchestrations).
OUR STORY .he time was the present day, 1964. The place was the Pentagon, where an urgent emergency, clarion call was put out for those members of the Armed Forces who were involved in the Top Secret operation that involved the military action of a Mr. Henry Limpet, a human fish lover, who had mysteriously and magically been transformed into a fish himself. It seemed that Uncle Sam needed someone to use as a go-between in their research about the porpoise using its shrill, high pitched vocalizations as communications.
We are quickly whisked back in time to World War II and we meet Mr. Henry Limpet, a sort of Walter Middy type who works in an office for a living, but lives to raise more and more aquarium fish, of all kinds. He appears to lead a cuckolded life as His wife, Bessie Limpet (Carole Cook) is definitely too cozily involved with Seaman F.C. George Stickel (Jack Weston) of the U.S. Navy. Limpet wishes and wishes to become a Fish and miraculously, he does just that. He becomes a Fish of unknown Species, who still wears glasses and still looks like Barney Fife.
Limpet and new found Love, Ladyfish (Elizabeth Mac Rae-voice), soon have settled down to a new life, when it is found that a high pitched sound that Limpet makes is a great deterrent to the Nazi German U Boats and their deadly cargo of torpedoes. War over, everybody lives happily ever after.
That is until at the closing of the story we see George Stickel, now an Officer, in a large boat, attempting to make contact in the waters near Florida.
"THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET" gave the public in the middle '60's a little escapism, a few laughs and a reason to watch animation outside of Disney's. It served as an excellent Old School Animation project as well as a Starring Vehicle for Don Knotts. And it was a "G" Rated film to be enjoyed by all; the Kids for the Story Book-Like tall Tale and the Adults for the Humor.