As the Worm Turns

As the Worm Turns
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Network	CBS
Premiere date	September 17, 1983
Starring	Bob Holt Jerry Houser Kathleen Helppie Darryl Hickman B.J. Ward Ken Mars Kip King Peter Cullen
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Len Janson Chuck Menville Gene Ayres
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"As the Worm Turns" is the first part of episode one of The Biskitts season one, and the first episode overall. It aired on September 17, 1983 on CBS. It was written by Len Janson, Chuck Menville and Gene Ayres, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Waggs	Darryl Hickman
Sweets	Kathleen Helppie
Shiner	Jerry Houser
Scat	N/A
Downer	N/A
Bump	Bob Holt
Spinner	N/A
King Max	Ken Mars
Shecky	Kip King
Snarl	Peter Cullen
Fang	Ken Mars
Lady	B.J. Ward
Fuzzy	Unavailable
Mooch	N/A

Organizations

• Biskitts

Locations

• Earth
  • Swamp
    • Cresceni Cypress
      • Biskitt Island
        • Biskitt Castle

Objects

• None

Vehicles

• None

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 17, 1983 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on the TV soap opera As the World Turns, which incidentally also aired on CBS.

Errors

• Spinner has a brief cameo when the Biskitts make their landing at the beginning of the episode, but he wasn't riding the swans nor did he appear late on. His appearance may have been likely a confusion with the similar-looking Bump.
• When Sweets introduces Lady and Mooch to Fuzzy, she calls the latter of the two Wiggle by mistake.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • May 4, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1980s on DVD.
  • February 20, 2018: Warner Archive Collection releases The Biskitts: The Complete Series on DVD.