The Space Kidettes
The Space Kidettes | |
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Genre | Animated television series |
Created by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Directed by |
Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
Voices of |
Chris Allen Lucille Bliss Daws Butler Don Messick Janet Waldo |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
Distributor | Dancer Fitzgerald Sample (1966–1973) |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 10, 1966 – February 4, 1967 |
The Space Kidettes is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, originally airing on NBC during the 1966-67 season.
Plot
Set in outer space, the series followed the adventures of a group of child astronauts,[1] who have acquired a treasure map and have to keep it away from their space pirate nemesis Captain Skyhook and his sidekick Static.[2]
Voice cast
- Chris Allen - Scooter
- Lucille Bliss - Snoopy
- Daws Butler - Captain Skyhook
- Don Messick - Countdown, Pupstar, Static[3]
- Janet Waldo - Jenny
Production
Originally airing for one season on NBC as a half-hour program and sponsored by General Mills, The Space Kidettes episodes were later edited down to ten-minute episodes and paired with other General Mills-sponsored shows such as Tennessee Tuxedo and Go Go Gophers to form a full half-hour for syndication.[4]
Edited further, it was later paired with edited reruns of cartoons from another NBC Hanna-Barbera program, (Young) Samson & Goliath to form the syndication package The Space Kidettes and Young Samson.[2] The original master elements for both programs were lost, leaving the syndicated edits as the only extant broadcast quality versions.[2]
All 20 episodes of The Space Kidettes and Young Samson were released on DVD via the Warner Archive Collection manufacture-on-demand program in 2011.[2]
References
- ↑ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.), pg. 777. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- 1 2 3 4 Sinnott, John (March 27, 2011) Review ofSpace Kidettes and Young Samson. DVDTalk. Retrieved 2013-05-07
- ↑ "Behind The Voice Actors - Space Kidettes". Retrieved 2013-05-07.
- ↑ http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2011/04/digital-digest-space-kidettesyoung.html
External links
- The Space Kidettes at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on July 23, 2017.