In 1958, Joe became a business partner with William O. Sullivan, brother of Pat Sullivan, the original copyright owner of Felix the Cat. Together, they formed Felix the Cat Productions, Inc (named after the famous character of same name) and created the pilot show for the award-winning "Felix the Cat" television series. Making use of many former Fleischer/Famous directors, 260 Felix shorts were made for television syndication in 1960. Oriolo built on this success in 1963 with both "The Mighty Hercules" and "Beetle Bailey". In 1967 Oriolo Studios created "Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero". In 1969, "Ribbon no Kishi" was brought to the U.S. by Joe Oriolo and Burt Hecht. It was retitled "Princess Knight" and purchased from Mushi Productions; English dialogue scripts were written and voices dubbed. Later, the business arrangement between Oriolo and Hecht fell apart; and as part of the settlement, Hecht departed with the "Princess Knight" masters in 1970. As a result, the company ultimately scrapped the show before it could be broadcast. For a number of years it was thought that all of the English-language dubs of the series had been either lost or destroyed. However, the English-language masters of the series were found in the Netherlands in 1996.