A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part 1

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A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part 1
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Network TBS
Premiere date September 11, 1993
Starring David Coburn
LeVar Burton
Joey Dedio
Janice Kawaye
Scott Menville
Kath Soucie
Margot Kidder
Music composed by Thomas Chase
Steve Rucker
Story by Nick Boxer
Sean Catherine Derek
Laren Bright
Writer(s) Sean Catherine Derek
Laren Bright
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"A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part 1" is the first episode of The New Adventures of Captain Planet season four, and the sixty-sixth episode overall. It aired on September 11, 1993 on TBS. It was written by Sean Catherine Derek and Laren Bright.

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  • Power rings

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Production

Development

The episode began as a story treatment by Nick Boxer, Sean Catherine Derek, and Laren Bright.

Filming

The episode was copyrighted in 1993.

Music

The main title and music were composed by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker, and the end title music was composed by Murray McFadden and Timothy Mulhollan, with lyrics for the latter written by Nicholas Boxer. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Release

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Behind the scenes

  • The episode title is a play on the expression "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
  • While the first three seasons were produced by DIC, this is the first episode of the series to be produced by Hanna-Barbera, with the switch in production companies happening as a result of Ted Turner buying its parent company, Great American Brodcasting.
    • This is the first episode to bear the new series name The New Adventures of Captain Planet, having originally been called Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
  • This is the first episode in which Margot Kidder replaced Whoopi Goldberg as the voice of Gaia.

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