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 |
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)<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
The Program Exchange (1973–present)
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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. 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 nemesis, Captain Skyhook and his sidekick Static.[2]
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.[3]
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]
Voice cast
- Chris Allen: Scooter
- Janet Waldo: Jenny
- Don Messick: Countdown, Pupstar, Static[4]
- Lucille Bliss: Snoopy
- Daws Butler: Captain Skyhook
References
- ↑ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.), pg. 777. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sinnott, John (March 27, 2011) Review ofSpace Kidettes and Young Samson. DVDTalk. Retrieved 2013-05-07
- ↑ http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2011/04/digital-digest-space-kidettesyoung.html
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- 1960s American animated television series
- 1966 American television series debuts
- 1967 American television series endings
- NBC network shows
- Hanna-Barbera series and characters
- American science fiction television series
- Television series set in the future
- Animated space adventure television series
- English-language television programming
- USA Cartoon Express