Moby Dick (segments)

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This article is about the TV series. For the character himself, see Moby Dick.
Moby Dick
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On-screen title card.
Network CBS
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Distributor Taft Broadcasting
Original release September 9, 1967January 6, 1968
Starring Bobby Resnick
Barry Balkin
Don Messick
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Music composed by Ted Nichols
Writer(s) David Scott
Ed Brandt
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera

Moby Dick is an American animated adventure series of segments as part of Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for CBS' Saturday morning programming. It ran from 1967 and 1968, airing 18 episodes that spanned one season.

The entire series has been released on DVD.

Production

Development

Music

The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

Episodes

Episode Number Original air date
"The Sinister Sea Saucer" 1x01 September 9, 1967
"The Electrofying Shoctopus" 1x02 September 16, 1967
"The Crab Creatures" 1x03 September 23, 1967
"The Sea Monster" 1x04 September 30, 1967
"The Undersea World" 1x05 October 7, 1967
"The Aqua-Bats" 1x06 October 14, 1967
"The Iceberg Monster" 1x07 October 21, 1967
"The Shark Men" 1x08 October 28, 1967
"The Saucer Shells" 1x09 November 4, 1967
"Moraya, the Eel Queen" 1x10 November 11, 1967
"Toadus, Ruler of the Dead Ships" 1x11 November 18, 1967
"The Cereb-Men" 1x12 November 25, 1967
"The Vortex Trap" 1x13 December 2, 1967
"The Sand Creatures" 1x14 December 9, 1967
"The Sea Ark" 1x15 December 16, 1967
"The Shimmering Screen" 1x16 December 23, 1967
"Soodak, the Invader" 1x17 December 30, 1967
"The Iguana Men" 1x18 January 6, 1968

Cast

Legacy

In the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "The Midnight Zone," Tom and Tub are retconned to be the sons of Doctor Paul Williams and Captain Michael Murphy, two main characters from Sealab 2021, who have been reimagined as a gay couple, and Moby Dick has also been reimagined as a submarine.

Tubb appears as a recurring character in season two of the Jellystone! reboot, and is voiced by Dana Snyder.

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