The Impossibles (segments)

This article refers to the TV series. For the group itself, see The Impossibles.

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	Number	Original air date
"The Bubbler" / "The Spinner"	1x01	September 10, 1966
"The Perilous Paper Doll" / "Beamatron"	1x02	September 17, 1966
"The Burrower" / "Timeatron"	1x03	September 24, 1966
"Smogula" / "The Sinister Speck"	1x04	October 1, 1966
"Fero, the Fiendish Fiddler" / "Mother Gruesome"	1x05	October 8, 1966
"Televisatron" / "The Diabolical Dauber"	1x06	October 15, 1966
"Aquator" / "The Wretched Professor Stretch"	1x07	October 22, 1966
"The Devilish Dragster" / "The Return of the Spinner"	1x08	October 29, 1966
"Satanic Surfer" / "The Puzzler"	1x09	November 5, 1966
"The Scheming Spraysol" / "The Scurrilous Sculptor"	1x10	November 12, 1966
"The Artful Archer" / "The Insidious Inflator"	1x11	November 19, 1966
"The Dastardly Diamond Dazzler" / "The Return of the Perilous Paperman"	1x12	November 26, 1966
"Cronella Critch the Tricky Witch" / "The Terrible Twister"	1x13	December 3, 1966
"Professor Stretch Bounces Back" / "The Terrifying Tapper"	1x14	December 10, 1966
"The Anxious Angler" / "The Rascally Ringmaster"	1x15	December 17, 1966
"Billy the Kidder" / "The Fiendish Dr. Futuro"	1x16	December 24, 1966
"The Crafty Clutcher" / "The Infamous Mr. Instant"	1x17	December 31, 1966
"The Bizarre Batter" / "The Not So Nice Mr. Ice"	1x18	January 7, 1967

Cast

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

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.