Rod Rocket
| Rod Rocket | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation, Adventure |
| Written by | Dick Robbins |
| Directed by |
Lou Scheimer Hal Sutherland |
| Starring |
Sam Edwards Hal Smith Pat Blake |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Mark Lipsky Walter N. Bien |
| Running time | 5 min. |
| Production company(s) | Filmation Associates |
| Release | |
| Picture format | Color (initially telecast in black-and-white) |
| Original release | 1963 |
Rod Rocket is the first animated cartoon with production credited to Filmation, debuting in syndication in 1963.
History
Rod Rocket was originally produced by True Line, a small Los Angeles animation studio that subcontracted the newly formed Filmation Associates created by Lou Scheimer and Hal Sutherland in the early 1960s.[1] Scheimer and Sutherland had met while working at Larry Harmon Productions on the made-for-TV Bozo the Clown and Popeye cartoons. SIB Productions, a Japan-based company with an American office in Chicago, co-produced the series in conjunction with the CBS Television Network.
Plot
The television series focuses on the adventures of a boy named Rod Rocket and his best friend, Joey. The wise codger, Professor Argus, sends Rod and Joey on an exploratory mission in a spaceship called the Little Argo and he waits for them to come home with his teenage granddaughter, Cassie. While in space, Rod and Joey constantly battle two bumbling cosmonauts.
Voices
- Sam Edwards - Rod Rocket and Joey
- Hal Smith - Professor Angus
- Pat Blake - Cassie
Episodes
- Slave Labor in Space
- The Lava Trap
- Lost in a Lunar Mist
- Lights On
External links
References
- ↑ Scheimer, Lou and Mangels, Andy, Lou Scheimer: Creating the Filmation Generation, Raleigh, NC Two Morrows Publications, 2012, p.38, 39