The Space Kidettes
GenreScience fiction
Runtime30 minutes
CreatorWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
DirectorJoseph Barbera
William Hanna
ProducerJoseph Barbera
William Hanna
VoicesChris Allen
Lucille Bliss
Daws Butler
Don Messick
Janet Waldo
CompanyHanna-Barbera Productions
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
NetworkNBC
First airedSeptember 10, 1966
Last airedFebruary 4, 1967
Num episodes20

The Space Kidettes is an American Saturday morning animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, originally airing on NBC during the 1966–67 season. In the show, junior rangers Snoopy, Jenny, Countdown and Scooter patrol the cosmos from their space-capsule clubhouse, with help from their dog Pupstar.[1] Twenty episodes were produced.[2]

Plot

Set in outer space, the series followed the adventures of a group of child astronauts,[3] who have acquired a treasure map and have to keep it away from their space pirate nemesis Captain Skyhook and his sidekick Static.[4]

Episodes

  1. Molemen Menace (1966-09-10)
  2. Jet Set Go (1966-09-17)
  3. Space Indians (1966-09-24)
  4. Swamp-Swamped (1966-10-01)
  5. Space Heroes (1966-10-08)
  6. Space Witch (1966-10-15)
  7. Tale of a Whale (1966-10-22)
  8. Space Giant (1966-10-29)
  9. Space Carnival (1966-11-05)
  10. The Laser-Breathing Space Dragon (1966-11-12)
  11. The Flight Before Christmas (1966-11-19)
  12. Beach Brawl (1966-11-26)
  13. Dog-napped in Space (1966-12-03)
  14. Secret Solar Robot (1966-12-10)
  15. King of the Space Pirates (1966-12-17)
  16. Planet of Greeps (1966-12-24)
  17. Cosmic Condors (1966-12-31)
  18. The Space Mermaid (1967-01-07)
  19. Haunted Planet (1967-01-14)
  20. Something Old, Something Gnu (1967-01-21) [5]

Voice cast

  • Chris Allen – Scooter (freckled kid, blue suit)
  • Lucille Bliss – Snoopy (kid with white hair, orange suit)
  • Daws Butler – Captain Skyhook
  • Don Messick – Countdown (leader / kid with glasses, green suit), Pupstar (dog), Static[6]
  • Janet Waldo – Jenny Jet (girl with cap and dress)

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.[7]

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.[4] The original master elements for both programs were lost, leaving the syndicated edits as the only extant broadcast quality versions.[4]

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.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. p. 265. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003. 2nd ed. McFarland & Co. pp. 770–771. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.), pg. 777. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8
  4. ^ Sinnott, John (March 27, 2011) Review of Space Kidettes and Young Samson Archived 2014-02-24 at the Wayback Machine. DVDTalk. Retrieved 2013-05-07
  5. ^ The Space Kidettes at IMDb
  6. ^ "Behind The Voice Actors - Space Kidettes". Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  7. ^ "Digital Digest: The Space Kidettes/Young Samson DVD Review - SitcomsOnline.com News Blog". Archived 2013-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2013-05-07.