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Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
6 September 1975

8.2/10
IMDb

Country of origin
  
United States

Production company(s)
  
Filmation

Final episode date
  
14 February 1976

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Starring
  
Charles Nelson Reilly Jonathan Harris Alfie Wise

Voices of
  
Kenneth Mars Allan Melvin Alan Oppenheimer Robert Ridgely Lennie Weinrib Bob Holt

Running time
  
60 minutes, later 30 minutes

Network
  
American Broadcasting Company

Executive producers
  
Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott

Genres
  
Animation, Children's television series, Animated cartoon, Puppet

Cast
  
Charles Nelson Reilly, Jonathan Harris, Allan Melvin, Alan Oppenheimer, Lennie Weinrib

Similar
  
Will the Real Jerry Lewis Ple, Fantastic Voyage, The Hardy Boys, The New Adventures of Gilligan, Lassie's Rescue Rangers

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Uncle Croc's Block was an hour-long live-action/animated series on ABC, produced by Filmation.

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History

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As a spoof of kid shows, Charles Nelson Reilly played the eponymous Uncle Croc, a crocodile that hated his job as the show's host and was implied to be at least somewhat inebriated throughout the series (he "hiccups" during the theme song, for example). Also featured were Alfie Wise as his rabbit sidekick, Mr. Rabbit Ears, and Jonathan Harris as Basil Bitterbottom, the show-within-a-show's frustrated director.

Star Time

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Each episode contained a "Star Time" segment, in which parodies of popular characters appeared, usually making denigrating remarks about the show and/or its staff, and demonstrating their abilities (or lack thereof). Guests included:

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  • Captain Klangeroo is a parody of Captain Kangaroo.
  • Mr. Mean Jeans (played by Huntz Hall) is a parody of Mr. Greenjeans.
  • Sherlock Domes (played by Carl Ballantine) is a parody of Sherlock Holmes.
  • Dr. Watkins (played by Stanley Adams) is the sidekick of Sherlock Domes. He is a parody of Dr. Watson.
  • Witchie Goo Goo (played by Phyllis Diller) is witch whose prince-conjuring spell always summons Basil to her.
  • Junie the Genie (played by Alice Ghostley) is teenaged genie. She is a parody of Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie.
  • Billy Bratson (played by Marvin Kaplan as Captain Marbles) says "Shazowy" to turn into the superhero Captain Marbles, in the same way Billy Batson transformed into Captain Marvel by saying “Shazam!”.
  • Steve Exhaustion, The $6.95 Man (played by Robert Ridgely) is a cyborg that always fell apart. He is a parody of Steve Austin, The Six Million Dollar Man.
  • Old Fogey Bear is manic-depressive bear. He is a parody of Yogi Bear.
  • Miss Invis is a woman who falsely claimed to be able to make herself invisible.

    • Cartoon segments

    The show also included the cartoon shorts:

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  • M*U*S*H (short for Mangy Unwanted Shabby Heroes): Sled dogs (voiced by Kenneth Mars and Robert Ridgely) work at a medical outpost in the frozen wasteland of upper Saboonia. This cartoon is a lampoon of M*A*S*H.
  • Fraidy Cat: Fraidy Cat (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) is haunted by the ghosts of eight of his nine lives (each voiced by Lennie Weinrib).
  • Wacky and Packy: A prehistoric caveman and his pet woolly mammoth (both voiced by Allan Melvin) end up trapped in modern times.

    • Broadcast history

    The series premiered at 10:30 am ET on September 6, 1975. Unfortunately, Uncle Croc's Block was up against the second half of hugely popular The Shazam!/Isis Hour (another Filmation property) and Far Out Space Nuts on CBS. The show, which was fitted with an adult laugh track, was shortened to 30 minutes, then scrapped on February 14, 1976, after half a season on the air.

    As a result of the show's poor performance, ABC president Fred Silverman severed all ties with Filmation and began commissioning its Saturday morning cartoons from Hanna-Barbera, with whom Silverman had a working relationship during his time at CBS. In an attempt to save ratings, Filmation had planned to repackage the repeated Groovie Goolies episodes as a new segment, redubbed the Super Fiends (capitalizing on the title of rival Hanna-Barbera's Super Friends), but the show was shelved before the change could be incorporated. The animated segments were featured in the Filmation syndicated package, The Groovie Goolies and Friends, and also resurfaced in the home video market in the 1980s.

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    References

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