Skatebirds (TV series)

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Skatebirds
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On-screen title card.
Network CBS
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Distributor Taft Broadcasting
Original release September 10, 1977January 21, 1978
Starring Scatman Crothers
Maurice Cooke
Lennie Weinrib
Bruce Hoyt
Bob Holt
Ken Means
Don Messick
Joe Giamalva
Joe Baker
Ross Martin
Frank Welker
Paul Winchell
Jim MacGeorge
David Jolliffe
Patricia Stich
Bob Hastings
Tara Talboy
John Stephenson
Stephen Parr
Lynn Marie Johnston
Larry Volk
Michael Kermoyan
Micky Dolenz
Susan Davis
Producer(s) Terry Morse, Jr.
Writer(s) Sid Morse
Norman Camaron
Director(s) Sidney Miller
Hollingsworth Morse
Charles A. Nichols
Chris Cuddington
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Skatebirds is a live-action American anthology television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series originally aired on CBS. It ran from 1977 to 1978, airing 16 episodes that spanned one season.

The show debuted with segments, The Robonic Stooges, Wonder Wheels, Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives and Mystery Island.

Since Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue came out around the same time Skatebirds premiered, the special actually advertised it's premiere, even showing some clips from the show.

Much like The Banana Splits, the series featured musical numbers, although the Skatebird numbers were less closer to bubblegum music, and more about the "Skate-word for today."

During airtime on Cartoon Network in the 1990s, it aired for a block called 70's Super Explosion.

Production

Development

Segments

Music

Opening Theme Lyrics

Hour version:

It's Skatebird time!
And here come the Skatebirds!

Knock-Knock
Scooter
Satch
And Scat Cat!

Then the Robonic Stooges!
Plus the spine-tingling suspense-filled excitement of Mystery Island
And the doggone it daffy doings of those dog detectives, Woofer and Wimper!
And more!

The unbelievable adventures of an unbelievable motorcycle, Wonder Wheels!

For all-out fun.
It's Satch!
Knock-Knock
Scooter
And Scat Cat

And for suspense, mystery and adventure,
it's the Skatebird show!


Half hour version:

It's Skatebird time!
Starring Knock-Knock,
Satchel and Scooter, those fettered clowns of fantasy!

Along with Willie the Wheeler
And the superhero cycle known as Wonder Wheels.
As well as those three mechanical marvels, the Robonic Stooges!

One big collection of wild, wacky and wonderful characters, the Skatebirds!

Episodes

Episode Number Air date
"Episode 1" 1x01 September 10, 1977
"Episode 2" 1x02 September 17, 1977
"Episode 3" 1x03 September 24, 1977
"Episode 4" 1x04 October 1, 1977
"Episode 5" 1x05 October 8, 1977
"Episode 6" 1x06 October 15, 1977
"Episode 7" 1x07 October 22, 1977
"Episode 8" 1x08 October 29, 1977
"Episode 9" 1x09 November 5, 1977
"Episode 10" 1x10 November 12, 1977
"Episode 11" 1x11 November 19, 1977
"Episode 12" 1x12 November 26, 1977
"Episode 13" 1x13 December 3, 1977
"Episode 14" 1x14 December 10, 1977
"Episode 15" 1x15 December 17, 1977
"Episode 16" 1x16 December 24, 1977

Cast

Credits

These identical credits appeared at the end of every episode.

Merchandise

Board game

In 1978, a board game was released by Milton Bradley Company based on the series.

References