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Now you're talking. I've been waiting so long for this that I'm (literally) just about to turn 46. I've had a copy of 6 taped episodes on "permanent loan" from the video store to tie me over(I'll now return it and pay the $11,000 fine). Remember that this series came out when the space race was on in ernest and so anything sci-fi or space related was all systems go on Saturday morning TV. Alex Toth was the artistic genius behind this and many of the other sci-fi related cartoons of the era (Herculoids, Jonny Quest...). The opening music is dynamite and it just gets better from there. You gotta love all the force rays, invisibility, fabulous planets... and it's just amazing how many evil insects exist in space.
There is some repetiton of the story lines between this and the other similar series but no matter - this is 60s cartoons in all it's glory. The younger viewers will love it but those who have grown up on TV cartoons of a more recent time may wonder what all the fuss is about - it's history boys so embrace it for what it is - land-mark TV. Buy 2 copies for when you wear out the first.
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It's about time!! First Space Ghost then Birdman Hopefully these shows will be released soon, Shazzan,Mightor/Moby Dick,Fantastic Four (1967 Version),Frankenstein jr.& The Impossibles,Samson & Goliath The Herculoids
Adventures of Gulliver. 1967 was the best year for me on Sat Mornings because of these shows. I was 11.Then, one day the Boomerang channel happened to show all of these on a Sat Just like I was 11 Again.
So PLEASE PLEASE keep releasing these shows.
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For those that don't remember, Hanna-Barbera ruled Saturday Mornings from
7:00 am (Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel/The Impossibles/Frankenstein Jr.) until
1:30 pm (Johnny Quest) in the 1966/1967 time range.
The most interesting point I wish to make is this:
All three major networks had Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Stranger still, I
don't remember ANY of them clashing with each other during the day!
In Los Angeles, one could flip from chs. 2 (KNXT - now KCBS/Columbia)to
4 (KNBC/National) to 7 (KABC/American) and catch about all of their
cartoons. (I seem to remember Birdman airing on Ch. 4 at the time)
Space Ghost - An Interplanetary Policeman who faced all kinds of
dangerous characters. What struck me as a child was the way he
would verbally joust with his foes - he had an odd sense of humor,
that one! Gary Owens was absolutely the best choice for the voice
of Space Ghost - The episodes where Space Ghost met up with the other
Hanna-Barbera characters (Herculoids/Shazzan/Mightor/Moby Dick?)
were the best - I didn't miss one episode!!
Dino Boy - Well, I liked the Cave Man (I think his name was Ug!),
I rated Dino Boy as "okay."
As much as I liked Space Ghost, it wasn't my favorite Hanna-Barbera
Animated show (that honor is reserved for The Herculoids (which
aired on CBS with Space Ghost) and Mighty Mightor (which aired on
NBC)), but that will not stop me from reserving my copy for $20/US.
It still garners a Five-Star rating!
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1966 is widely regarded as the year that Saturday mornings became a ritual and an institution for cocoa puff-fueled kids, and Space Ghost was a big reason for that. The brainchild of comic book maven Alex Toth, SG spawned a host of imitators (Mightor, Young Samson, Birdman, Galaxy Trio, Herculoids, etc.) and for good reason; it was the number one-ranked saturday morning cartoon during the 1966-1967 season. It's not hard to understand why: Great character designs, colorfully bizarre villains, an outer space theme, cool music, the heroic voice of Gary Owens -- in a saturday morning landscape littered with lighter fare like Underdog, Porky Pig, Atom Ant, Casper the Friendly Ghost, the Flintstones and the Beatles cartoon -- kids ate it up. It was a more serious action-adventure show that catered to youths that couldn't get enough of the live-action escapades of Adam West and Burt Ward on the wildly popular Batman TV series.
What many people don't realize is that Space Ghost shared it's timeslot with another program called "Dino Boy in the Lost Valley," which was an entertaining program in its own right; kudos to Warner Brothers for including those segments in this set. A predecessor to Land of the Lost, Dino Boy features a young boy who is marooned in a prehistoric valley populated by dinosaurs and cavemen. Featuring plenty of tyrannasaurs and lushly painted backgrounds, it is a worthy addition to any cartoon fan's collection.
What Space Ghost and Dino Boy had that later saturday morning cartoons didn't was actual ACTION! In the late Sixties, partially in response to Space Ghost, parental groups lobbied to have violence of all kinds be removed from children's programming, resulting in bland, lackadaisical programming for the most part. That is why I am jazzed that Space Ghost and Dino Boy is finally being released on DVD! Couple that with the rumors that there is an extensive behind-the-scenes documentary about Toth on this set, and this is a must-buy!
This set contains all 20 episodes (18 season-one episodes and 2 season-two episodes):
Season 1
Each episode features two seven-minute Space Ghost segments with one seven-minute Dino Boy segment between them.
"The Heat Thing" / "Marooned" / "Zorak" (September 10, 1966)
"The Lizard Slavers" / "The Moss Men" / "The Web" (September 17, 1966)
"Creature King" / "The Treeman" / "The Sandman" (September 24, 1966)
"The Evil Collector" / "The Fire God" / "The Drone" (October 1, 1966)
"Homing Device" / "The Mighty Snow Creature" / "The Robot Master" (October 8, 1966)
"The Iceman" / "The Wolf People" / "Hi-Jackers" (October 15, 1966)
"The Energy Monster" / "Valley of the Giants" / "The Lure" (October 22, 1966)
"The Cyclopeds" / "The Ant Warriors" / "The Schemer" (October 29, 1966)
"Lokar - King of the Killer Locusts" / "The Bird Riders" / "Space Sargasso" (November 5, 1966)
"Brago" / "Giant Ants" / "Revenge of the Spider Woman" (November 12, 1966)
"Attack of the Saucer Crab" / "The Rock Pygmies" / "Space Birds" (November 19, 1966)
"The Time Machine" / "Danger River" / "Nightmare Planet" (November 26, 1966)
"Space Armada" / "The Vampire Men" / "The Challenge" (December 3, 1966)
"Jungle Planet" / "The Terrible Chase" / "Ruler of the Rock Robots" (December 10, 1966)
"Glasstor" / "The Sacrifice" / "The Space Ark" (December 17, 1966)
"The Sorcerer" / "The Marksman" / "The Space Piranhas" (December 24, 1966)
"The Ovens of Moltor" / "The Spear Warriors" / "Transor - The Matter Mover" (December 31, 1966)
"The Gargoyloids" / "The Worm People" / "The Looters" (January 7, 1967)
Season 2
The two new episodes in this season consisted only of Space Ghost episodes that promoted other Hanna Barbera superheroes that debuted on CBS in 1967, including Mightor and Shazzan.
"The Meeting" / "Clutches of Creature King" / "The Deadly Trap" (September 9, 1967)
"The Molten Monsters of Moltar" / "Two Faces of Doom" / "The Final Encounter" (September 16, 1967)
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Amazon, pretty sure the 2 discs are longer than 2 minutes. Please update the description.
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