Space Ghost and Dino Boy: The Complete Series
(1966)
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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)
