The New Shmoo
The New Shmoo | |
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Created by | Al Capp (the Shmoo character) |
Written by | Gene Ayres Art Browne Jr. Buzz Dixon Donald F. Glut Len Janson Dale Kirby Glenn Leopold Chuck Menville J. Michael Reaves Jim Ryan |
Directed by | Ray Patterson Carl Urbano Oscar Dufau George Gordon |
Voices of | Frank Welker Dolores Cantu-Primo Bill Idelson Chuck McCann |
Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
Composer(s) | Hoyt Curtin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
Producer(s) | Art Scott Alex Lovy |
Running time | 11-21 minutes. |
Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | September 22, 1979 November 15, 1980 |
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External links | |
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The New Shmoo is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series based on the character from the Li'l Abner comic strip created by Al Capp, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1979 to November 15, 1980.
The New Shmoo was broadcast in its own half-hour timeslot from September 22, 1979 to December 1, 1979. Following its cancellation and beginning December 8, 1979, episodes of The New Shmoo were incorporated into the 90-minute package show Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo which also featured combined reruns of The New Fred and Barney Show and The Thing (originally broadcast as Fred and Barney Meet The Thing). Despite the show's title, Fred, Barney, The Thing and Shmoo only met each other in brief bumpers between their individual segments.
Plot
Similar to Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, the show follows a group of teenagers—Mickey, Nita and Billy Joe—who solve mysteries and crimes with their friend, Shmoo. The teens worked for Mighty Mysteries Comics.
Production
During the original NBC run, the program included a short segment called "Sing Along With The Shmoo". In a manner reminiscent of Screen Songs, Shmoo became a bouncing ball, providing visual guidance to song lyrics so that viewers could sing along with the cartoon.
Episodes
Nº | Title | Airdate |
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1 | "The Amazing Captain Mentor" | September 22, 1979 |
2 | "The Beast of Black Lake" | September 29, 1979 |
3 | "The Ber-Shmoo-Da Triangle" | October 6, 1979 |
4 | "The Crystal Ball of Crime" | October 13, 1979 |
5 | "Dr. Morton's Monster" | October 20, 1979 |
6 | "The Energy Robbers from Space" | October 27, 1979 |
7 | "The Flying Disc of Doom" | November 3, 1979 |
8 | "The Haunting of Atlantis" | November 10, 1979 |
9 | "Monster Island" | November 17, 1979 |
10 | "The Pyramid of Peril" | November 24, 1979 |
11 | "The Return of Dracula" | December 1, 1979 |
12 | "Swamp of Evil" | December 8, 1979 * |
13 | "The Terror of the Trolls" | December 15, 1979 * |
14 | "The Valley Where Time Stood Still" | December 22, 1979 * |
15 | "The Wail of the Banshee" | December 29, 1979 * |
16 | "The Warlock of Voodoo Island" | January 5, 1980 * |
- Aired as part of Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo
Voices
- Frank Welker - Shmoo
- Dolores Cantu-Primo - Nita
- Bill Idelson - Mickey
- Chuck McCann - Billy Joe
- Additional voices: Joe Baker, Daws Butler, Bob Hastings, Don Messick, Jim MacGeorge, Margaret McIntyre, Ginny McSwain, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Janet Waldo, Bill Woodson
Broadcast history
The New Shmoo originally aired in these following formats on NBC:
- The New Shmoo (September 22, 1979 - December 1, 1979)
- Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (December 8, 1979 - November 15, 1980)
See also
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The New Shmoo at IMDb
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo at IMDb
- Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo at TV.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo at the Big Cartoon DataBase
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- 1979 American television series debuts
- 1980 American television series endings
- Mystery television series
- American animated television series
- 1970s American animated television series
- NBC network shows
- Li'l Abner
- Hanna-Barbera series and characters
- Television series by Warner Bros. Television
- English-language television programming
- Mystery animation
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