The Impossibles

This article is about the TV series. For the group themselves, see The Impossibles (team).

The Impossibles
On-screen title card.
Network	CBS
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Taft Broadcasting
Original release	September 10, 1966—January 7, 1967
Starring	Paul Frees Don Messick Hal Smith
Producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Writer(s)	Michael Maltese Jack Hanrahan Eddie Brandt Phil Hahn
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera

The Impossibles is a series of action/adventure segments of Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles, produced by Hanna-Barbera (H-B) for CBS' Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1966 to 1967, airing 18 episodes that spanned one season.

Production

Development

The show was originally going to be titled The Incredibles, before being retitled The Amazing Impossibles. Incidentally, the former name would later be used for the Pixar film and franchise of the same name.

There were also plans for a soundtrack album featuring the songs performed by the band. It never got past a test pressing featuring "Hiddy Hiddy Hoo" and "She Couldn't Dance."

Music

The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

There were at least nine different songs sung by the Impossibles band within the show, but none of them have been heard in their entirety, as they are interrupted or covered up by dialogue.

• "Little Sally Ann" - a rock cover of the traditional playground song. Known lyrics include: "Little Sally Ann, sittin' in the sand, turn to the east, and turn to the west, and turn to the very one that you love best. Little Sally Ann, whatcha gonna do? / How can you be loving me and loving someone new?" It was sung in "The Bubbler," "The Return of the Spinner," "The Artful Archer," and "Billy the Kidder."
• "I See Your Smiling Face" - Known lyrics include: "I see your smiling face and my heart swells up with pride / I feel your warm embrace and I get all choked up inside / And then I wonder..." It was sung in "The Spinner," "The Diabolical Dauber," "The Scurrilous Sculptor," and "Professor Stretch Bounces Back."
• "Some People Think" - Known lyrics include "Some people think that you gotta have money / Other people wait for a day that's sunny / But I don't care what other people may do...what could be better than being together with you?" It was sung in "The Perilous Paper Doll," "The Devilish Dragster," "The Insidious Inflator," and "The Anxious Angler."
• "Do the Pussycat Walk" - Known lyrics include the opening line "There's a new dance that just hit town / Everybody's coming from miles around" and the refrain "Do the pussycat walk." It was sung in "Beamtron," "Aquator," and "The Rascally Ringmaster," and was used as background music in "The Scheming Spraysol."
• "Meet Me at Caesar's Place" - Known lyrics include "Come on baby, let me take you out, I wanna show you where it's at, there's a place where we..." and the refrain "Meet me at Caesar's place." It was sung in "The Burrower," "The Puzzler," "The Return of the Perilous Paper Man," and "The Fiendish Dr. Futuro."
• "Shake and Move and Dance" - Known lyrics include "When you hear that beat / Gotta move your feet / Get up in the groove / Gotta shake and move and dance (dance), dance (dance), dance, dance, dance..." It was sung in "Timeatron," "Televisatron," "The Dastardly Diamond Dazzler," and "The Infamous Mr. Instant."
• "Come Little Darling" - Known lyrics include "Come little darling, don't be blue, put on your makeup," "We'll turn that frown upside down / You'll be so happy, you'll forget to frown." It was sung in "Smogula," "The Satanic Surfer," "Cronella Critch the Tricky Witch," and "The Crafty Clutcher."
• "Hey You (Hiddy Hiddy Hoo)" - This one was released in full. It was sung in "The Sinister Speck," "Fero the Fiendish Fiddler," "The Terrible Twister," and "The Not-So-Nice Mr. Ice,"
• "She Couldn't Dance" - Also released in full. It was sung in "Mother Gruesome," "The Wretched Professor Stretch," "The Terrifying Tapper," and "The Bizarre Batter."

Episodes

Title	Original air date
1x01 "The Bubbler" "The Spinner"	September 10, 1966
1x02 "The Perilous Paper Doll" "Beamatron"	September 17, 1966
1x03 "The Burrower" "Timeatron"	September 24, 1966
1x04 "Smogula" "The Sinister Speck"	October 1, 1966
1x05 "Fero, the Fiendish Fiddler" "Mother Gruesome"	October 8, 1966
1x06 "Televisatron" "The Diabolical Dauber"	October 15, 1966
1x07 "Aquator" "The Wretched Professor Stretch"	October 22, 1966
1x09 "The Devilish Dragster" "The Return of the Spinner"	October 29, 1966
1x10 "Satanic Surfer" "The Puzzler"	November 5, 1966
1x11 "The Scheming Spraysol" "The Scurrilous Sculptor"	November 12, 1966
1x12 "The Artful Archer" "The Insidious Inflator"	November 19, 1966
1x13 "The Dastardly Diamond Dazzler" "The Return of the Perilous Paperman"	November 26, 1966
1x14 "Cronella Critch the Tricky Witch" "The Terrible Twister"	December 3, 1966
1x15 "Professor Stretch Bounces Back" "The Terrifying Tapper"	December 10, 1966
1x16 "The Anxious Angler" "The Rascally Ringmaster"	December 17, 1966
1x17 "Billy the Kidder" "The Fiendish Dr. Futuro"	December 24, 1966
1x17 "The Crafty Clutcher" "The Infamous Mr. Instant"	December 31, 1966
1x18 "The Bizarre Batter" "The Not So Nice Mr. Ice"	January 7, 1967

Cast

• Paul Frees as Fluid-Man and Big D
• Don Messick as Multi-Man
• Hal Smith as Coil-Man

Legacy

In 1996, Archie Comics included the Impossibles in Hanna-Barbera Presents #8.

In popular culture

• In the TV pilot Welcome to Eltingville, Fluid-Man, Multi-Man, and Coil-Man are mentioned by name during a trivia contest between Bill and Josh.

Merchandise

Home media

On April 26, 2011, Warner Archive Collection released the entire series on DVD as Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles: The Complete Series.