The Super Globetrotters

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The Super Globetrotters

On-screen title card.
Network NBC
Production company Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release September 8December 1, 1979
Run time 30 minutes
Starring Scatman Crothers
Stu Gilliam
Buster Jones
Adam Wade
Johnny Williams
Frank Welker
Executive producer(s) Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
Producer(s) Art Scott
Alex Lovy
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Andy Heyward
Tom Dagenais
Rowby Goren
Robert M. London
Larry Parr
Director(s) Ray Patterson
Carl Urbano
Oscar Dufau
George Gordon
Art Scott (voices)
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The Super Globetrotters is an American action-comedy animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran in 1979, airing 13 episodes that spanned one season; episodes 8 to 13 were paired with Godzilla for The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour. It was a spin-off of Harlem Globetrotters, which aired on CBS from 1970 to 1971.

The entire series has been released on DVD.

Production

Development

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Episodes

Episode Original air date
1x01 September 8, 1979
1x02 September 15, 1979
1x03 September 22, 1979
1x04 September 29, 1979
1x05 October 6, 1979
1x06 October 13, 1979
1x07 October 20, 1979
1x08 October 27, 1979
1x09 November 3, 1979
1x10 November 10, 1979
1x11 November 17, 1979
1x12 November 24, 1979
1x13 December 1, 1979

Release

Dates are in order of release:

Cast

Merchandise

Home media

On October 14, 2014, the Warner Archive Collection released a 3-disc DVD set called The Super Globetrotters: The Complete Series.

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