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Theme music composer Hoyt Curtin Original language(s) English Running time 30 minutes Final episode date 1984 | Country of origin United States No. of episodes 129 First episode date 1978 Number of episodes 129 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by William Hanna
Joseph Barbera Networks NBC, Broadcast syndication Directors William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Executive producers William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Similar Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor, Shake - Rattle - and Roll, Shazzan, Jana of the Jungle, The Herculoids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanna–Barbera's World of Super Adventure is a 30-minute animated anthology wheel series produced by Hanna-Barbera which was broadcast in first-run syndication from 1978 to 1984.
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Overview
The series was similar in scope to Hanna-Barbera's 1977–78 syndicated rerun anthology, Fred Flintstone and Friends. It was packaged together by Hanna-Barbera and featured a combination of the following seven Hanna-Barbera action-adventure Saturday morning cartoons that were originally broadcast by the various networks from 1966 to 1970:
Revivals
Space Stars was a new updated version of this packaged series that ran on NBC from 1981–1982 which showcased new episodes of Space Ghost and The Herculoids, as well as the new shows Teen Force and Astro and the Space Mutts. It never reached the level of popularity as Super Adventures and was canceled after only one season.
The series was again repackaged in October 1992 as Super Adventures, when it was included in the debut schedule of the newly-launched Cartoon Network, and featured an updated with a new intro and modified lineup. It contained the additional episodes featured in Space Stars with the exception of Astro and the Space Mutts. It also omitted the Frankenstein Jr. and Moby Dick segments of the original format, while keeping The Impossibles and Mighty Mightor portions of their respective shows. Finally, it replaced the twenty Fantastic Four episodes with the thirteen The Thing segments from Fred and Barney Meet The Thing and the first seven episodes of Space Ace. It ran half-hour and two-hour shows on weekdays and weekends from 1992 to 1996.
In the spring of 1998, Cartoon Network transferred the series to its sister channel Boomerang. The format was retooled yet again, this time as a one-hour show on Sundays 8:00–9:00 a.m. This iteration features a noticeably smaller lineup of shows than previous versions: Space Ghost and Dino Boy, Shazzan, Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor, The Herculoids and Fantastic Four.
Opening narration
The opening title narration for the original 1978–1979 broadcast was provided by Stanley Jones and consisted of the following message:
Hanna–Barbera's World of Super Adventure featuring the most fantastic collection of spectacular super heroic stars ever assembled! They will take you on adventures in space, meeting strange creatures, to exotic lands and fantastic flights of fancy, to jungle planets and mysterious invaders, to prehistoric times and super forces, to honored and winged avengers, to giant, terrifying creatures against primitive power. In space, land, sea and air, it's a variety of stars – mighty, musical, athletic, extraordinary – from funtastic to the fantastic where amazing weapons, men and robots meet in combat in the far-out reaches of the universe. Dedicated to protecting the peace, these fantastic heroes defend the weak, right the wrong and battle against the forces of evil everywhere. And now it's take-off time for the gathering of the greatest...Hanna–Barbera's World of Super Adventure!