The SWAT Kats: A Special Report
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| The SWAT Kats: A Special Report | |
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| Network | TBS |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Release date | January 6, 1995 |
| Starring | Charlie Adler Barry Gordon Gary Owens Tress MacNeille Candi Milo Neil Ross April Winchell Rob Paulsen |
| Executive producer(s): | Buzz Potamkin |
| Producer(s) | Davis Doi |
| Music composed by | Matt Muhoberac John Zucker Randall Crissman Nick Brown |
| Screenplay by | Nancy Podbielniak |
| Director(s) | Nancy Podbielniack |
| Voice director(s) | Kris Zimmerman |
The SWAT Kats: A Special Report is an American animated television special produced by Hanna-Barbera for TBS. It aired on January 6, 1995. It was written and directed by Nancy Podbielniak. It is a clip show comprised of scenes from all thirteen episodes from the first season, and the first four from the second season.
Detailed summary
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Development
Additional material was written by Glenn Leopold.
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1994.
Music
The theme song was composed by Matt Muhoberac and John Zucker, with the special's music composed by Muhoberac and with Randall Crissman and Nick Brown added to the latter. Bodie Chandler was director of music production.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: January 6, 1995 on TBS
Behind the scenes
- The special was made as a lead-in to the second season, but wasn't aired until after the season finished its broadcast. It features the only time a SWAT Kats episode was written by a non-regular writer/director of the series, Nancy Podbielnak.
- Archived clips feature scenes credited writers Glenn Leopold, Eric Clark, David Ehrman, Lance Falk, Mark Saraceni, Jim Stenstrum, Von Williams.
- Guest voice director Gordon Hunt is credited alongside series regular Kris Zimmerman, for his work on "Bride of the Pastmaster."
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- December 14, 2010: Warner Archive Collection releases SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron: The Complete Series on DVD.
- January 19, 2012: Warner Archive Collection releases SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron: The Complete Series on DVD.
