The Gallant Men - 1960's Action TV Series

The Gallant Men TV Series

The ABC's 1963-1964 action war television series The Gallant, depicting the life and battle engagement of a front-line American infantry company in the World War II, showing tactics and heroism in a kind of gritty realism.

The group led by young determined Captain Jim Benedict, the infantry company was set in Salermo, Italy during Italian Campaign in World War II year 1943 where the American squad soldiers engaged in suicide missions, desperately seeking to end war and return home. The Gallant men includes the well-sworn stereotype, handsome ladies' man and guitar playing Private First Class Pete D'Angelo, inseperable buddies hard as nails Pvt. Ernie Lucavich and Pvt. Sam Hanson, free-swinging hard-as-nails 1st Sergeant John McKenna and the callow young driver Pvt. Roger Gibson under the command of Capt. Benedict and Lt. Frank Kimbro, they easily and frequently dispatched large numbers of German Troops while incredibly experiencing minimal or no injuries themselves. All their battle actions were seen through the eyes of a foreign war correspondent Conley Wright who assigned in the 36th infantry of American Fifth Army.

The Gallant Men action TV series pilot was aired on October 5, 1962 while the last 26th episode on June 1, 1963 in only one season, now available on DVD.

The Gallant Men Casts:

• William Reynolds ........... as Capt. Jim Benedict
• Robert McQueeney ........... as Conley Wright
• Robert Ridgely ........... as Lt. Frank Kimbro
• Richard X. Slattery ........... as 1st Sgt. John McKenna
• Eddie Fontaine ........... as PFC Pete D'Angelo
• Roland La Starza ........... as Pvt. Ernie Lucavich
• Roger David ........... as Pvt. Roger Gibson
• Robert Gothie ........... as Pvt. Sam Hanson

The Baron – 60s Spy Action Series

The Baron (title of nobility of nobleman) British action spy tv series created by Robert Baker was based from best-selling Commander Gideon books written by John Creasey under “J.J. Maric” pen-name.

About Texan rancher John Mannering “The Baron” well-known as fine arts and antiques dealer for exclusive establishments in Washington, Paris and London. But he was also a secret undercover agent for British Diplomatic Intelligence, on crimes took place where there are valuable pieces – unmasking scheming insurance agents trying to obtain rare collectibles, those selling fake Renoir, helping blackmailed friends who were forced to sell valuable collections, and many more.

The series was aired from September 1966 to April 1967 in one season with total of 30 colour production episodes by Incorporated Television Company Ltd.

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Casts:

• Steve Forrest as John Mannering "The Baron"
• Sue Lloyd as Cordelia Winfield
• Colin Gordon as John Alexander Templeton-Green
• Paul Ferris as David Marlowe

Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire Mystery Series DVD

Casts:

• Robert Urich as Spenser
• Barbara Stock as Susan
• Avery Brooks as Hawk
• Carolyn McCormick as Rita Fiore
• Richard Jaeckel as Lt. Martin Quirk
• Ron McLarty as Frank Belson
• Jeffrey DeMunn as Jacob Zelesky
  

The suspense detective series Spenser: For Hire created by Robert P. Parker and John Wilder was based on Parker's novel entitled “Spenser”, about a private investigator named Spenser, man with distinct natural talents in observation and reasoning in every mystery leaving cleaned and solved.

Honorable Detective Spenser living in Boston, have been on years of experiences and professionally unveiling many crime mysteries. He's with his psychiatrist girlfriend Susan Silverman and also a professional investigator Hawk who was once on his devil side but become moralistic when worked with Spenser, they take every step, looking in every angle and successfully crack down every cases they handle.

ABC broadcast 66 episodes and 4 TV movies of Spenser: For Hire series from September 1985 to May 1988 in total of 3 seasons.

Hart to Hart Action Mystery Series

Murder mystery series Hart to Hart by author/creator Sidney Sheldon which was first entitled “Double Twist”, about very wealthy wife and husband turn out on their free time as amateur detectives teaming up together solving murders, smugglings, theft and other international espionage.

Jonathan Hart was a self-millionaire and the CEO of a global conglomerate company, the Hart Industries, he was a man with strength and determination to see through anything married to beautiful former freelance journalist Jennifer, a woman with a nose for finding clues, they teaming up together finding the killers and law breakers. Their loyal servant, friend and sidekick Max always giving a hand to the rich couple detectives, also their canine dog pet named Freeway was included in this action romantic series.

70s Hart to Hart completed 110 47-minute running time episodes aired from August 1979 to May 1984 for total of 5 seasons on ABC.

Major Casts:

• Robert Wagner as Jonathan Hart
• Stefanie Powers as Jennifer Hart
• Lionel Stander as Max
• Richard B. Shull as Lieutenant Gillis

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The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet Action Series

The Green Hornet, based on radio series with the same name and inspired from Batman series success, was 1960s action martial arts tv show about masked crime fighter in more serious and realistic scenes compared to slightly comedic Batman and fighting against normal criminals and protagonists of the society.

Young and daring Britt Reid publisher/owner of newspaper company “The Daily Sentinel” in Washington D.C., he was the masked crusader The Green Hornet fighting against evil organized crime groups with the assistance of trusted people and his gadgetries specially the high-tech rolling arsenal, “Black Beauty” with see through 4-mile video camera. Only The District Attorney Frank P. Scanlon, Britt's attractive secretary Lenore 'Casey' Case and his faithful kung fu master servant Kato knows Britt's heroic identity but the police and public consider him as ruthless criminal so he had to retreat after nabbing the bad guys.

The Green Hornet action series completed 26 episodes in one season aired from September 1966 to March 1967.

Casts:

• Van Williams as Britt Reid
• Bruce Lee as Kato
• Wende Wagner as Lenore 'Casey' Case
• Lloyd Gough as Mike Axford
• Walter Brooke as District Attorney Frank P. Scanlon
• William Dozier as the Narrator
  

It Takes A Thief

It Takes A Thief Action Series

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Casts:

• Robert Wagner as Alexander Mundy
• Fred Astaire as Alistair Mundy
• Malachi Throne as Noah Blain
• Ed Binns as Wally Powers
• Joseph Cotten as Mr. Jack
• Susan Saint James as Charlene 'Charlie' Brown
• John Russell as William Dover
• Than Wyenn as Hans Schiller
• James McEachin as Earl Danton
• Fernando Lamas as Francisco Arascan
• Jill Donohue as Gabriella
  

It Takes a Thief was an award-winning action spy tv series about one of the world's greatest cat burglar and professional thief but the time come he made one mistake – getting caught. Serving on prison, he was offered by special government agency to use his special talents for the government in exchange of his freedom.

Smooth, suave, sophisticated and professional thief Alexander Mundy who got the c;l learned all his skills from his also retired professional thief father, Alister. After years of pilfering, he got arrested and sentenced to serve in San Jobel Prison. SIA, a secret government agency, learned and contacted Alex for a special offer, to use his burglary skills and undetected entry on premises on target missions in exchange of his full pardon and he easily agreed. Alex travels around the world performing his daring act of thievery for US government, after gaining his freedom, he continued working with SIA and usually teamed with his father, Alister.

It Takes A Thief completed 66 black and white episodes in total of 3 seasons aired from January 1968 to March 1970 on ABC.

Jem

Jem Musical Cartoon Series

Jem was an animated musical tv series create by Hasbro, a fashion, action/adventure show about a girl with her earrings transform her into a holographic image alter ego popular singer named Jem with a band called Holograms, in their glamorous exciting adventures around the world touching people's heart with their hit songs.

Jerrica Benton was the owner of a foster home for young girls The Starlight Foundation and The Starlight Music company. Before her father died, he gave her a very special gift called Synergy, a holographic computer system that can create realistic holograms of things virtually and an star-shaped earrings, it transform Jerrica into a glamorous pop singer Jem. With the band Holograms compose of Jerrica's young sister Kimber plays on keyboard, Shana Elmsford plays drum, Aja Leith on guitar and Raya Carmen Alonso as new drummer when Shana left, and along with Jerrica's boyfriend and manager Rio Pacheco, they travel and take adventures in US, France, Italy and China together with music. But with a competing band called Misfits, they take even further new journey around US, Mexico, Shangri-La and England.

Jem beloved 80's pop rock cartoon series outrageously excelled in 3 seasons ran from October 1985 until May 1988 with total of 65 episodes.

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Casts:

• Samantha Newark as Jem & Jerrica Benton
• Britta Phillips as Jerrica Benton singing voice
• Cindy McGee as Shana Elmsford
• Cathianne Blore as Kimber Benton & Aja Leith
• Linda Dangcil as Raya Carmen Alonso
• Michael Sheehan as Rio Pacheco
• Patricia Alice Albrecht as Pizzazz & Phyllis Gabor
• Ellen Bernfeld as Pizzazz singing voice
• Townsend Coleman as Riot & Rory Llewelyn
• Charlie Adler as Eric Raymond
• Kath Soucie as Minx & Ingrid Kruger
• Bobbie Block as Roxy & Roxanne Pelligrini
• Marlene Aragon as Synergy
• Louise Dorsey as Jetta & Sheila Burns
• Vicki Sue Robinson as Rapture/Phoebe Ashe
• Ellen Gerstell as Rapture & Phoebe Ashe
• Susan Blu as Stormer & Mary Phillips

Mod Squad

Mod Squad TV Series

Casts:

• Michael Cole as Pete Cochran
• Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes
• Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes
• Tige Andrews as Capt. Adam Greer

Mod Squad action thriller tv series created and based on true experience of former LA Police Officer Bud Ruskin in 1950s, the series was a police drama featuring three young hippie crime-fighters in not typical crime drama shows incorporate ideas mostly made 'contemporary' with simple fashion and technology, but the show worked because of its redefined clothes, styles, language, attitudes and timing of one black, one white and one blonde casts.

Tough Undercover Agent Captain Adam Greer working to bust drug rings among youth and catch crime-lords, on his sympathetic manner he recruited three hippie dropped out from their straight society and were on probation; African-American Afroed ghetto Linc Hayes arrested on riot, blonde Julie Barnes daughter of San Francisco prostitute stalk-away and arrested for vagrancy and Pete Cochran caught after stealing a car. He made them special youth squad undercovers to infiltrate youth subcultured/counter-cultured, criminals who prey teenagers and deal against drugs and racial politics.

Mod Squad completed 123 1-hour episodes in total of 4 seasons aired from September 1968 to August 1973 on ABC.

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The Rat Patrol

The Rat Patrol Action TV Series

Casts:

• Christopher George as Sgt. Sam Troy
• Justin Tarr as Pvt. Tully Pettigrew
• Gary Raymond as Sgt. Jack Moffitt
• Lawrence Casey as Pvt. Mark Hitchcock
• Eric Braedenas Capt. Hans Dietrich

The Rat Patrol action adventure series based on true to life British Attack Corps on World War II, about the elite 4-man team commandos of 111^th Armor Recon connected with the Long Range Desert Group who wreaked havoc against Rommel's Afrika Korps in Second World War.

Impossible Odds.. Impossible tasks... were the missions of the elite force was led by American cncharismatic Sergeant Sam Troy with his team, Private Mark “Hitch” T. Hitchcock, Private Tully Pettigrew and British patrolman Sergeant. Jack Moffitt, riding their modified jeep truck transport in treacherous desert terrain and loaded with heavy .50 caliber machine guns. They wrote great chronicles in their North Africa invasion and joining forces with other allied groups in this irregular-war against German nemesis led by DAK Captain Hauptmann Dietrich.

The Rat Patrol produced two seasons of 58 colored episodes aired from September 1966 to September 1968 on ABC.

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The Untouchables

The Untouchables TV Series

The Untouchables crime drama tv series was based from real life effort and experience of US Justice Department Agent Eliot Ness as he enforce prohibition in Chicago in 1930s. A show about the elite group of law enforcement officers headed by tough and incorruptible Special Agent Eliot Ness, they are called “The Untouchables”, they engaged themselves in a battle against big organized crime groups and gang lords around Chicago, Illinois.

Ness' special team agents fight crimes, corruptions, alcoholism and dirty game of sex by known Mafia big bosses like Al Capone, Frank "the Enforcer" Nitti, Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik, Joe "the Teacher" Kulak and others. The series centered mainly on Ness' attempt to bust up mobster Al Capone who rule around Chicago with absolute power and business supplying poor quality of liquor at high prices with a back up hired gunners terrorizing stores who refuse to buy his alcohol, but Ness' small dedicated team swore to bring them down. The series completed four seasons aired from October 1959 to May 1963 with total of 118 sixty-minute episodes.

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The Untouchables Casts:

• Robert Stack as Eliot Ness
• Walter Winchell as Narrator
• Nicholas Georgiade as Agent Enrico Rossi
• Abel Fernández as Agent William Youngfellow
• Paul Picerni as Agent Lee Hobson
• Steve London as Agent Jack Rossman

Blake's 7 Sci-fi TV Series

Blake's 7 TV Series

A British Space sci-fi tv series Blake's 7 was created by Terry Nation and broadcast from January 1978 to December 1981, a space adventures of small group of outlaws fighting against intergalactic corrupt government, The Federation that centers on Earth and drugs billions of its citizens with their water, food and air. The series had big influenced on other sci-fi such as Babylon 5, Hyperdrive, Aeon Flux and Firefly.

The series was set in the third century and follows the life of an alpha-grade worker, Roj Blake. He was falsely accused for a crime molesting a child, he was sentenced to deport in prison planet, Cygnus Alpha. Along he met co-prisoners, a cunning thief Vila Restal, smuggler Jenna Stannis, Olga Gan with her case of murdering a Federation guard and computer genius Kerr Avon who attempted to defraud the Federation Banking system. Blake's group managed to escape from Federation guards, they boarded an advanced alien spaceship called 'The Liberator', the war ship that posses superior power and weaponry and is capable a teleport system. Blake leads the revolution against Federation government attacking and taking down it's main ships, they take their journey along Milky Way seeking way to gain freedom.

Blake's 7 completed 4 seasons with 52 episodes, now available on special DVD package.

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Blake's 7 Casts:

• Gareth Thomas as Roj Blake
• Michael Keating as Vila Restal
• Paul Darrow as Kerr Avon
• Jacqueline Pearce as Servalan
• Josette Simon as Dayna Mellanby
• Sally Knyvette as enna Stannis

I Dream of Jeannie Comedy Show

I Dream of Jeannie TV Series

I Dream of Jeannie was created and produced by late Sidney Sheldon way back 1965, a new idea of beautiful female genie with all her possessed magical powers trying to to integrate with the mortal world to please the man she loved. Fun, humors and romance came out from the show as her 'master' attempts to keep her existence secret, and also she often needed to use her powers to solve the situations and mistakes she initially created behind the eyes of public.

NASA astronaut and Air Force Captain Tony Nelson was being stranded on a desert island beach caused by malfunctioned space capsule on one-manned NASA Project Mercury mission. Tony noticed a strange bottle rolling by itself on the beach, right after rubbing and removing the cork smokes shoot out coming out a beautiful female genie named Jeannie said locked in the bottle for 2,000 years. As a usual pattern, Tony was Jeannie's master easily granted a recovery helicopter on the place, gratefully he tells Jeannie she's free but she also easily fall in love with Tony, she moves her bottle on Tony's bag and reenters and accompany him back to Florida where in the end, they finally got married. It is revealed that Jeannie was originally human but turned into genie and locked in a bottle after refusing to marry evil genie Blue Djinn two thousand years back in ancient Babylon.

I Dream of Jeannie comedy series as aired from September 1965 until May 1970 for total of 5 seasons and 139 thirty minute episodes on NBC, now avialable on DVD.

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I Dream of Jeannie Casts:

• Barbara Eden as Jeannie, sister Jeannie II, and Jeannie's Mother
• Larry Hagman as Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson
• Roger Healey as Captain Bill Daily
• Barton MacLane as General Martin Peterson
• Hayden Rorke as Dr. Alfred Bellows
• Philip Ober as Gen. Wingard Stone
• Emmaline Henry as Amanda Bellows
• Vinton Haworth as Gen. Winfield Schaeffer

She-Ra: Princess of Power - 1980s Cartoon TV Series

She-Ra: Princess of Power TV Series

As He-Man and the Masters of the Universe hit the small screen and toys in 1983 and basically win male audiences, a spin-off was produced entitled She-Ra Princess of Power for female counterpart. She-Ra and He-Man share personalities and things almost exactly with each other, from their secret identities, source of power, allies and rides, strength & abilities, outsmart beating opponents, fight for their planet & people freedom, etc., but there's also slight differ between two series; He-Man was a lazy irresponsible being Prince Adam to hide his hero identity in a science fiction and technology focused show while She-Ra as Princess Adora in her energetic, tomboyish, strong-willed archetypical female as hero She-Ra in a more on swords and sorcery story line.

Prince Adam's twin-sister Princess Adora, daughter of Queen Marlena and King Randor of Eternia, was kidnapped by evil planet Etheria leader Hordak (he failed to conquer Eternia) in her infants, she grew in Etheria and used to work before. He-Man told Princess Adora her true identity, by the wielding the magic Sword of Protection with a crystal set and saying “For the Honor of Grayskull... I Am She-Ra!”. Transform Adora as the most powerful woman in the Universe - She-Ra and her steed Spirit into unicorn Swift Wind, and possesses superhuman strength, stamina, agility with special abilities to heal with her touch, a telepathic animal communications and change her sword into a shield, helmet, parachute, lasso, flaming blade, etc., at her command. She-Ra, with her few friends Madame Razz, wise sharp-witted bird Kowl and gatekeeper Lighthope knew her identity, formed and led the Great Rebellion aiming to defend the Crystal Castle and free planet Etheria from evil sorcerer Horde Prime.

The She-Ra: Princess of Power cartoon tv series ran from September 9, 1985 till December 5, 1987 with total of 2 seasons and 93 episodes.

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She-Ra: Princess of Power Voice Actors and Casts:

• Melendy Britt ........... voices of She-Ra/Princess Adora, Catra, Castaspella, Mermista, Jewelstar & Octavia
• John Erwin ........... voices of Prince Adam/He-Man & Beast Man
• Erika Scheimer ........... voices of Queen Angella, Frosta, Imp, Starla, Peekablue & Loo-Kee
• Linda Gary ........... voices of Glimmer, Shadow Weaver, Scorpia, Madame Razz & Entrapta
• Lou Scheimer ........... voices of Kowl, Mantenna, Leech, Grizzlor, Modulok, The Horde Troopers, Spirit/Swift Wind, Multi-Bot, Orko, Snout Spout & Sorrowful the Dra
• Alan Oppenheimer ........... voices of Skeletor, Battle Cat & Man-At-Arms
• George DiCenzo ........... voices of Hordak, Bow, General Sundar, Sea Hawk, Red Knight, Duke Dreer, Dylamug, Vultak & Tung Lashor
• Diane Pershing ........... voices of Netossa, Spinerella & Sweet Bee

Thundercats - 80s Animated TV Series

The Thundercats TV Series

Thundercats was a great fictional-mythology TV show created by Tobin “Ted” Wolf in 1983. A good-versus-evil sci-fi cartoon TV series featured human-cats from a distant planet who possesses powers from a mystic Sword of Omens and try to promote peace but evil-mutants chase them to gain powers resulting destructions. A much enjoyable, exciting, original and dynamic tv series with good mix of technology-magic, actions, combats and fantasy.

In a distant galaxy, once peaceful planet Thundera brought into it's near collapse/destruction as Mutants of Plun-darr led by centuries-old embodiment of evil Mumm-Ra terrorized the Thunderans to gain the Eye of Thundera embedded in the hilt of the mystical 'Sword of Omens' (source of Thundercats' powers), where Thunderans led by eldest sage/warrior 'Jaga The Wise', they were forced to evacuate the dying world, board starships and protect the twelve year old sole heir “Lion-O”. Some ships were destroyed and with low-fueled half powered-engine ship, Jaga let 7 on board in the stasis tubes while he sacrifice (turn his body into dust) to manually land in a planet called Third Earth. Awakening from their suspension capsules, Lion-O aged and matured (about aged of 24), with his fellow Thundercats who trained him (Panthro's strength, Cheetara's high-speed, Tygra'a powerful mind, Wilykat & Wilykyt's cunning abilities and his nurse Snarf) they build the Cat's Liar headquarters, he use the power of Sword of Omens and code of Thundera (uphold Justice, Truth, Honor and Loyalty) to restore peace, continue his people's legacy and to weaken, revert and slink back evil Mumm-Ra into his pyramid.

The Thundercats Animated TV series was premiered on January 23, 1985 (pilot episode) and ended December 7, 1986, completed two seasons with 65 episodes each, now full seasons 1-2 and 130 episodes available on DVD.

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The Thundercats Voice Actors:

• Larry Kenney ............. voices of Lion-O & Jackalman
• Lynne Lipton ............. voices of Cheetara & Wilykit
• Earle Hyman ............. voice of Panthro
• Earl Hammond ............. voices of Jaga, Mumm-Ra & Vultureman
• Peter Newman ............. voices of Tygra, Wilykat & Monkian
• Robert McFadden ............. voices of Snarf, Slithe & Ma-Mutt

The Transformers Animated TV Series

The Transformers TV Series

The Transformers ('Fight! Super Robot Life Form Transformers' in Japan), most popular robotic cartoon TV series in the 80's (first seen in late 1983), was made by US/Japan Co-Production (under Hasbro/Marvel & TOEI Animation) produced by Sunbow Production, features the giant robots who could think & feel and capable to transform themselves into vehicles, animals or other objects. The show truly captured the hearts, imaginations and minds of children worldwide as well as Transformers in comic books, toys and movie.

Million years ago, in a distant corner of universe, a metal planet called Cybertron, life existed in form of giant-intelligent sentient robots who could feel and transform themselves into different form of vehicles and weapons, they are called Transformers (created by secret race of multi-faced aliens called Quintessons). A city was inhabited by races divided into two clans engaged in a war over supremacy – the heroic Autobots (transform into cars) led by Optimus Prime wishing peaceful co-existence between everyone and evil Decepticons(transform into military hardware) led by Megatron sought conflict and military dominations. With energon supplies running low, Autobots built & launched Ark spacecraft to locate new source of energy while Decepticons aboard space-cruiser Nemesis attacked/sabotaged the Ark resulting both ships crash landing in pre-historic Earth (Ark into side of dormant volcano while Nemesis into remote region of South America), both buried underground and all robots were deactivated. Four million years later, in 1984 a volcanic eruption bring ships into surface reawakening automatic system computer (Teletraan I), repair & modified both transformers to mimic Earth, and the clans continue the war now more ferociously where Decepticons wished to drain Earth resources & enslave humanity while Autobots committed themselves stopping them and protecting human race.

The fantastic cartoon tv series, The Transformers was premiered on September 1984 and lasted until November 1987, completed 4 seasons with 98 episodes, now available on DVD.

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The Transformer 1984 TV Series Voice Cast Actors:

• Peter Cullen ........... Optimus Prime, Iron Hide, Slugslinger, Wingspan & Streetwise
• Aron Kincaid ........... Sky Lynx
• Frank Welker ........... Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave, Wheelie, Rumble, Mirage, Blades, Chromedome, Frenzy, Groove, Mixmaster, Skywarp & Slu
• Rob Paulsen ........... Air Raid, Chase , Fastlane & Slingshot
• Casey Kasem ........... Cliff Jumper, Telatran-1, Bluestreak & Dr. Archeville
• John Stephenson ........... Alpha Trion, Huffer, Kup, Thundercracker & Windcharger
• Michael Bell ........... Bombshell, Brainstorm, First Aid, Prowl, Sideswipe, Scrapper & Swoop
• Jim Cummings ........... Afterburner & Rippersnapper
• Charlie Adler ........... Silverbolt &Triggerhappy Duros
• David Mendenhall ........... Daniel
• Brad Garrett ........... Trypticon
• Ed Gilbert ........... Blitzwing, Thrust & Superion
• Corey Burton ........... pike Witwicky, Brawn, Shockwave, Sunstreaker, Wideload
• Victor Caroli ........... Narrator
• Neil Ross ........... Bonecrusher, Crosshairs, Hook, Monzo, Pointblank, Sixshot, Slag & Springer
• Michael Chain ........... Hoist, Powerglide & Red Alert
• Ron Feinberg ........... Headstrong
• Jack Angel ........... Astrotrain, Omega Supreme, Ramjet, Smokescreen & Ultra Magnus
• Regis Cordic ........... Menasor

The Simpsons Animated TV Series

The Simpsons

From being a 1 minute filler from 'The Tracy Ullman Show' on April 1987 into a spin-off, The Simpsons Animated TV Series became Fox Network's most successful series and the longest-running primetime animated sitcom show on TV up today (19^th season coming on 2007-2008). This cartoon series even enjoying not only worldwide success but also amazingly won several major awards (almost 89 in over 90 nominations) from Emmy, Peabody, ASCAP, Environmental Media, Kids' & People's Choice Awards, etc., plus from Time Magazine as “The Century's Best Television Series”. The characters created by Matt Groening (named after members of his own family & his hurried sketches of characters traced over by animators & used as basics), a dysfunctional/politically incorrect family in their wacky, entertaining & hilarious Middle American lifestyle which become influential in popular culture with their catchphrases used in real life.

Living in fictional Springfield city, Homer as unintelligent, beer-drinking but lovable dufus father working as safety inspector in local nuclear power plant, his hardworking wife Marge as supermom for three kids; a 10-yr old 4^th grade proud to be 'underachiever' Bart as rebellious troublemaker son but a helpful one, 8-yr old gifted & responsible Lisa as genius daughter and the youngest Maggie often forgotten baby in her pacifier, together they are The Simpsons. The family pets dog Santa's Little Helper and cat Snowball II, they live and deal with co-workers, teachers, some wealthy/evil friends & neighbors in their wacky, humorous brilliant life and adventures that delivered huge variety of different things to viewers.

The Simpsons Animated TV Series was premiered on December 1989 enjoying 400^th episodes at the end of 18^th Seasons (19^th season to be aired in 2007-2008) celebrating it's 20^th anniversary, now seasons 9-16 avilable on DVD.

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The Simpsons Voice Actors:

• Dan Castellaneta .............. voices of Homer Simpson, Abraham Simpson, Krusty the Klown, Barney, Willy, Sideshow Mel, Mayor Quimby, Hans Moleman, Gil, Itchy
  
• Julie Kavner .............. voices of Marjorie "Marge" Bouvier Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Jacqueline Ingrid Bouvier
  
• Nancy Cartwright .............. voices of Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney
  
• Yeardley Smith .............. voice of Lisa Simpson

"The Muppet Babies" - Imaginative Adventures

Jim Henson's The Muppet Babies, even basically featured the famous Muppets as babies, (inspired from 1984 TV film, “The Muppets Take Manhattan”), was a successful cartoon TV series on it's own (combined humors with childhood innocence) and an instant favorite for viewers appealing not only for children but also for teen & adult, a sensational children's program. Unlike most cartoon tv series done for toys, clothing or gimmick, The Muppet Babies was considered an outstanding & iconic cartoon show providing a pure educational, imagination rich adventures with cool music & comic reliefs of the cute, entertaining and lovable Muppets in their childhood. A group babies who love to sing about everything & thought many wonderful things will come true through dreaming and power & magic of imaginations.

The show centered on infants living together in a nursery but through their wild, over-active imaginations they turn the room into exciting world of adventures. The group of babies led by Kermit with wannabe comedian best friend Fozzie with his jokes, shy but friendly Rowlf the musician, bossy and dominant Miss Piggy, the “whatever” weirdo Gonzo who have huge crush on Piggy, the computer nerd Scooter with his gymnast twin sister Skeeter, and the loud speaking rambunctious Animal, they gone in many wild wonderful places & take crazy adventures like playing as Star Wars characters or being caught on giant squid tentacles but in reality, only in curtain tails. The babies are under supervision of human woman called Nanny only seen on her white-green striped socks & stockings, her face never seen but she give tough-love & caress and teach lessons to the babies.

The Muppet Babies also an award winning TV series from Humanitaz Prize, Daytime Emmy & Young Artists Awards, the series was aired from September 1984 until December 1990, completed 7 seasons with 106 episodes.

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Muppet Babies Voice Casts:

• Frank Welker ............. Baby Kermit, Baby Skeeter (1985–1991), Baby Beaker
• Greg Berg ............. Baby Fozzie and Baby Scooter
• Barbara Billingsley ............. Nanny
• Dave Coulier ............. Baby Animal, Baby Bunsen, Baby Bean Bunny, Uncle Statler and Uncle Waldorf
• Katie Leigh .............. Baby Rowlf
• Howie Mandel ............... Baby Animal, Baby Bunsen and Baby Skeeter (1984-1985)
• Laurie O'Brien ............... Baby Piggy
• Russi Taylor .............. Baby Gonzo

"Super Friends" – 70s Justice of League TV Series

Super Friends – 70s Justice of League TV Series

The Super Friends animated series, produced by creative team of William Hannah and Joseph Barbera in 1973, features the adventures of the long-running DC Comics book series started in 1960s, well-known as “The Justice League of America”, compose of all time heroes Superman, Batman & Robin, Wonder Woman and Aquaman plus their apprentice training to become superheroes Wendy Harris, Marvin White and their caped-pet Wonderdog. The early Saturday morning hour-long tv series of action-adventures Super Friends putting down criminals, saving people lives and stopping terrible disasters, in a child-friendly version show with some lesson of educational values like environmental issues, moral dilemmas and other thought-provoking conflicts. The Super Friends routinely monitoring the world from their headquarter called Hall of Justice with an automated warning system the “Trouble Alert” signals someone need their help, they fight injustice, right that which is wrong and serve all mankind.

The show in later years featured many follow-up spin-offs and revivals until 1986 such as The All-New SuperFriends Hour (1977 - Wendy, Marvin & Wonder dog replaced by planet Exxor Wonder Twins Zan & Jayna and their space-monkey Gleek), Challenge of the SuperFriends (1978 - now features the team Justice League of America versus super villains group in DC Comics The Legion of Doom), The Worlds Greatest SuperFriends (1979), SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984), The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985).

The SuperFriends animated TV series first season by Hannah-Barbera Production was premiered on September 1973 and lasted until August 1974 with total of 16 episodes, now on DVD.

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SuperFriends Voice Casts:

• Danny Dark ............... Superman / Clark Kent voice
• Olan Soule ............... Batman / Bruce Wayne voice
• Casey Kasem ............... Robin / Dick Grayson voice
• Shannon Farnon ............... Wonder Woman / Diana Prince voice
• Norman Alden ................ Aquaman voice
• Sherry Alberoni ............... Wendy Harris voice
• Frank Welker ............... Marvin White voice
• Ted Knight .............. Narrator

"Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

“Are You Afraid of the Dark?” was 1990's popular Saturday night TV series by Nickelodeon, a scary, pretty creepy but very entertaining show that features tales and story themes of paranormal phenomena such as magic, haunted houses, ghosts, curses, aliens, witches, etc. A group of teenagers that do different things, go to different schools and meet different friends in normal days and each week they gather together sitting around a campfire and draws on one thing, the dark. They are called 'The Midnight Society', swapping strange scary stories and tales, a storyteller toss a birch bark powder to heighten the fire and say "Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story... Tales of..." and share things that go bump in the night.

The source of interesting stories from adaptations of public domain fairy tales, urban legends and short stories, some episodes like from the books written by R.L. Stine, the Goosebumps. Memorable recurring characters were Sardo with his magic tricks (Sardo's Magic Mansion selling magical things), and Dr. Vink (a mad scientist, sorcerer and response when his name mispronounced “Vink with a va-va-va, his popular riddle "What is lighter than air, can be seen by the naked eye, and if put in a barrel, will make the barrel lighter? - a Hole). Viewers remember some memorable episodes like Tales of the Laughing in the Dark, Tale of the Twisted Claw, Tale of the Lonely Ghost and many more, the show catch up not only young audience but also appreciated by older, new fresh ideas, variable characters, and multiple unnatural force stories covered the series. Even casts changed every now and then, the same new interesting spooky & scary tales and stories, one of the best shows in the 90s.

Are You Afraid of the Dark TV series was aired August 1992, canceled on April 1996, relaunched on April 1999 and ended on June 2000, completed total of 7 seasons with 91 episodes, now available on DVD.

Are You Afraid of the Dark? DVD at TV Shows on DVD

Are You Afraid of the Dark Casts:

• Ross Hull ........... Gary (Seasons 1-5)
• Jodie Resther Kiki ........... (Seasons 1-5)
• Raine Pare-Coull ........... Betty Ann (Seasons 1-5)
• Jason Alisharan ........... Frank (Seasons 1-4)
• Rachel Blanchard ........... Kristen (Seasons 1-2)
• Nathaniel Moreau ........... David(Seasons 1-2)
• Jacob Tierney ........... Eric (Season 1)
• Joanna Garcia ........... Samantha (Seasons 3-5)
• Daniel DeSanto ........... Tucker (Season 3-7)
• Codie Wilbee ........... Stig(Season 5)
• Elisha Cuthbert ........... Megan (Season 6-7)
• Vanessa Lengies ........... Evangeline "Vange" (Season 6-7)
• David Deveau ........... Andy(Seasons 6-7)
• Kareem Blackwell ........... Quinn (Season 6-7)

Recurring Roles:

• Aron Tager ........... Doctor Vink (Episodes Phantom Cab, Midnight Madness, Dangerous Soup, Cutter's Treasure 1 & 2)
• Richard Dumont ........... Sardo (Episodes Super Specs, Dark Dragon,Carved Stone, Cutter's Treasure 1 & 2, Door Unlocked, Oblivion & Time Trap)

"Quack Pack" - Disney's Animated TV Series

The - Quack Pack - Adventures

Quack Pack, a Walt Disney's animated TV series, follows the adventures of triplet nephews Huey, Dewey & Louie with their Uncle Donald Duck. The triplets from being young innocent, tow-headed tykes & more serious characters especially in 1987 “Duck Tales”, they are now grown denser, hot blooded & hormonal teenagers (portraying like human in adolescence) attracted & love to chase girls while their “Uncle D” in his middle-age, frantic less-compelling guardian & very loving “parent” to the three, as well as Daisy in her modern 90's women. The great revolution of character personalities plus humor--biting, sarcastic, witty and intelligent story lines give mark of success to the series.

In Quack Pack, nephews tormenting under the parenting concern of their Uncle Donald who was working as cameraman of his love interest, career-driven reporter, Daisy in a television news show called “What in the World”. The triplets with their new individual personalities and hip lingo attire, the leader Huey in his red collared shirt with sleeves rolled up over a matching T, the smart Dewey in his sports something mop-top/mushroom haircut & blue-toned pinstripe baseball jersey with blue T-shirt underneath, and the a bit clueless but sweet Louie now entails backwards green baseball cap & tank top sando. The boys in their saccharine cuteness, wacky hysterical teenage hood adventures, attractions with human ladies, their silly slapstick heavy comedy & playing practical jokes with their hapless Uncle D, they always get in trouble.

A year of the triplets adventures in Quack Pack TV series from September 1996 until September 1997, completed 1 season with 35 episodes, now available on DVD.

The Quack Pack DVD at TV Shows on DVD

Quack Pack Voice Casts:

• Donald Duck ....... voice by Tony Anselmo
• Daisy Duck ....... voice by Katie Souchie
• Huey Duck ....... voice by Jeannie Elias
• Dewey Duck ....... voice by Pamela Adlon
• Louie Duck ....... voice by Elizabeth Daily
• Ludwing Von Duck ....... voice by Corey Burton
• Gwumpki ....... voice by Pat Fraley
• Kent Powers ....... voice by Roger Rose