The Nemo's a No No Affair

The Nemo's a No No Affair
Captain Nemo prepares to drop Pussycats and their friends at the bottom of the ocean.
Premiere date	September 12, 1970
Starring	Janet Waldo Jackie Joseph Barbara Pariot Jerry Dexter Sherry Alberoni Casey Kasem Don Messick John Stephenson
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"The Nemo's a No No Affair" is the first episode of Josie and the Pussycats season one. It aired on September 12, 1970 on CBS. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

On their way to Pago Pago, the Pussycats and their friends get caught in Captain Nemo's plot to sink every ship in the world, so he can become master of the Seven Seas.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Captain Nemo	John Stephenson
Mr. French	Unavailable
Alexander Cabot III	Casey Kasem
Alexandra Cabot	Sherry Alberoni
Melody	Jackie Joseph
Josie	Janet Waldo
Alan	Jerry Dexter
Valerie	Barbara Pariot
Sebastian	Don Messick
Shiphand	Unavailable
Captain	Don Messick
Captain Nemo I
Laser sentry	N/A
Coast Guard officer	John Stephenson

Organizations

• Josie and the Pussycats
• United States Coast Guard

Locations

• Earth
  • South Pacific Ocean
    • Pago Pago (mentioned)
    • Volcano Island

Objects

• Pussycats' instruments

Vehicles

• Captain Nemo's submarine
• Josie's motorcycle with sidecar
• Valerie's speedboat

Music

The theme song was composed and sung by Hoyt Curtin and Patrice Holloway, respectively. The music was composed by Ted Nichols. The songs were supervised by La La Productions.

Songs

• "Lie Lie Lie" (instrumental)
• "Roadrunner" - Catherine Dougher, Patrice Holloway, and Cherie Moor

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 12, 1970 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• The episode is loosely inspired by the Jules Verne 1869-1870 serialized novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The Captain Nemo in this episode points out he is the great-grandson of the original.

Errors

• Valerie is depicted as Caucasian when the gang rises to the surface and then when she and Alexander pick the others up on a speed boat.
• When Alexander comments on the secret elevator they just stopped into, Josie's lips are missing.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 18, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Josie and the Pussycats: The Complete Series on DVD.
  • May 26, 2009: Warner Home Video releases Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s Volume 1 on DVD.
  • June 20, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Josie and the Pussycats: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
  • November 3, 2020: Warner Archive Collection releases Josie and the Pussycats: The Complete Series on Blu-ray Disc.