The Skatebirds (onscreen title: Skatebirds ) is an American live-action / animated package program produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on CBS from September 10, 1977, to January 21, 1978. It has many similarities to The Banana Splits .
23-406: The Skatebirds consisted of three large costumed birds on roller skates: Knock-Knock, a woodpecker (voiced by Lennie Weinrib ); Satchel, a pelican (voiced by Bob Holt ) and Scooter, a penguin (voiced by Don Messick ). Their nemesis was a cat named Scat Cat (voiced by Scatman Crothers ). The live-action sequences featuring The Skatebirds mostly revolved around the nasty Scat Cat perpetually chasing
46-560: A Sesame Street sketch of a lecture about words beginning with "S" which happened to be the character's favorite letter of the alphabet. Weinrib again voiced the Man of Steel, and his alter-ego Clark Kent, for a 1972 episode of The Brady Kids , "Cindy's Super Friend". Weinrib voiced Davey Jones' Uncle Sedgwick, Hotel Desk Clerk and Shaggy's Great-Uncle Nathaniel on The New Scooby-Doo Movies . He voiced Cap'n Noah Smitty in Yogi's Ark Lark . He also
69-472: A Twilight Zone episode in 1963. He also appeared on single episodes of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ("Winky Blintz" in "The Off-Broadway Affair", 1966) Happy Days ("Duke" in "Ritchie's Cup Runneth Over", 1974), and on two episodes of Adam-12 in 1973 and 1974 as Tony the police garage mechanic. He also guest starred in the 1974 Emergency! episode called "Firehouse Four" as Fred Gibson. Weinrib's directing career consists of three feature films, all in
92-419: A 10-minute live-action segment ( Mystery Island ). The appearance of the characters and the show's format was similar to The Banana Splits . Unlike its similar predecessor and most Saturday morning children's shows produced in the 1970s, The Skatebirds did not contain a laugh track . A total of 16 episodes of The Skatebirds were produced in its original run from September 10, 1977, to January 21, 1978. In
115-434: A cutaway gag, but Weinrib was suffering from failing health when "Petarded" was being produced, and as MacFarlane explained, he "didn't remember doing it" after the recorded audio was played back for him later. In the end, Timer was voiced by Seth himself. Weinrib died in a hospital near his home on June 28, 2006, after suffering a stroke . Jim MacGeorge James Andrew MacGeorge (October 9, 1928 – January 16, 2021)
138-651: A plane crew consisting of pilot Chuck Kelly (portrayed by Stephen Parr), computer expert Sue Corwin (portrayed by Lynn Marie Johnston), her younger brother Sandy (portrayed by Larry Volk), and their robot named P.O.P.S. (voiced by Frank Welker ) who stranded on a remote island by the evil scientist Dr. Strange (portrayed by Michael Kermoyan) after he used a tractor beam to bring their airplane down onto Mystery Island. Dr. Strange hopes to capture P.O.P.S. and use it in his quest for world domination. Original CBS broadcast : Broadcast schedules (all EDT ) : Lennie Weinrib Leonard Weinrib (April 29, 1935 – June 28, 2006)
161-529: The beach party genre : Beach Ball for Paramount in 1965, and Wild Wild Winter and Out of Sight , both for Universal in 1966. Weinrib also co-wrote the 1963 joke book The Elephant Book . Weinrib retired from acting in the 1990s and moved to Santiago, Chile . For the Family Guy episode " Petarded ", Seth MacFarlane explained on the Season 4 DVD commentary he wanted to use Weinrib to voice Timer for
184-533: The " Time for Timer " ABC public service announcements in the early 1970s. A native of the Bronx , Weinrib got his start in show business working with Spike Jones , then later in The Billy Barnes Revue . He made guest appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show , The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis , Burke's Law , The Munsters , Happy Days and Adam-12 . He charted nationally (Music Vendor, #132) with
207-575: The "Vehicle Voltron" series. He also voiced a secretary bird and king Leonidas the lion in the animated sequence of the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks . Another Disney role Weinrib voiced was an evil sorcerer named Zorlok for an episode of Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears . He also voices the school bully Lenny Warthog on the NBC series Kissyfur . He also lent his voice to Superman in 1970 for
230-466: The Clue Club detectives: Larry (voiced by David Jolliffe ), Pepper (voiced by Patricia Stitch ), D.D. (voiced by Bob Hastings ), and Dottie (voiced by Tara Talboy ) which usually ends with the bad guys arrested by Sheriff Bagley (voiced by John Stephenson ). The original half-hour episodes of Clue Club were cut-down to 10 minutes to showcase both dogs as the show's main characters. The adventures of
253-655: The Super 7 , and Hong Kong Phooey . He was the voice for both Roland and Ratfink in that series of cartoon shorts. He also provided the voice of Timer in the 1970s " Time for Timer " series of educational spots shown on the ABC network . In Voltron: Defender of the Universe , he voiced both Hunk and the villain Prince Lotor in the "Lion Voltron series", as well as Captain Newley and Cliff in
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#1732891868895276-620: The Superhero Employment Agency. A high school journalist named Willie Wheeler (voiced by Micky Dolenz ) and his girlfriend Dooley (voiced by Susan Davis) solve crimes with the help of his shape-shifting superhero motorcycle Wonder Wheels. Whenever Willie goes into action, his beat-up motorcycle transforms itself into a flashy version with a mind of its own. A shortened and re-titled version of Clue Club featuring two talking bloodhounds – Woofer & Wimper (voiced by Paul Winchell and Jim MacGeorge ) – who help solve mysteries with
299-861: The Wheeler and the superhero cycle known as Wonder Wheels, as well as those three mechanical marbles, The Robonic Stooges. One big collection of wild, wacky and wonderful characters...The Skatebirds! The music featured in the closing credits is the CB Bears theme which was also later used as the ending credits for Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels . The characters of The Three Stooges – Moe (voiced by Paul Winchell ), Larry (voiced by Joe Baker ) and Curly (voiced by Frank Welker ) – as clumsy crime-fighting bionic superheroes who are given assignments via film projector from their boss Agent 000 (voiced by Ross Martin ) who runs
322-474: The all-star Hanna-Barbera animated series Yo Yogi! . Weinrib appeared on The Dick Van Dyke Show three times, each time playing a similar character, a loud, over-the-top, insult-type comedian. This character was named "Jackie Brewster" ("Buddy Can You Spare a Job", 1961), "Danny Brewster" ("The Sam Pomerantz Scandals", 1963), and "Phil Franklin" ("The Impractical Joke", 1965). He also appeared in Miniature ,
345-532: The comedy single "Prez Conference" in 1962. He also guest starred in an Emergency! episode called "Firehouse Four" as Fred Gibson, an overweight, accident-prone man. Woody Allen 's character in his 1995 film Mighty Aphrodite was named "Lenny Weinrib". He was most notable for his voice acting work. Starting with The Flintstones where he provided the dialogue for Jimmy Darrock , Weinrib provided numerous voices for such animated series as Inch High, Private Eye , The New Adventures of Batman , Tarzan and
368-463: The fall of 1979, the show returned to CBS in a shortened half-hour version with Wonder Wheels and Mystery Island segments ( The Robonic Stooges and Woofer & Whimper, Dog Detectives segments had been spun off into a separate half-hour) and broadcast on Sunday mornings from September 9, 1979, until January 25, 1981. In the late 1980s, a different syndicated half-hour version of The Skatebirds with The Robonic Stooges and Wonder Wheels segments
391-580: The roller-skating trio and trying to get the best of them. Unlike the Banana Splits live-action segments, the Skatebirds were filmed in a variety of theme-park locations, rather than running around in a single studio. The show was divided into four short segments introduced by live action wraparounds with The Skatebirds characters which included three animated segments ( The Robonic Stooges , Wonder Wheels and Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives ) and
414-586: The spine-tingling suspense-filled excitement of Mystery Island, and the doggone it daffy doings of those dog detectives, Woofer & Whimper, and more...the unbelievable adventures of an unbelievable motorcycle, Wonder Wheels. For all-out fun, it's Satch, Knock-Knock, Scooter and Scat Cat...and for suspense, mystery and adventure, it's The Skatebirds Show! The opening credits for the syndicated half-hour version with voice-over narration by Ronnie Schell : It's Skatebird time starring Knock-Knock, Satchel and Scooter, those featheared clowns of fantasy. Along with Willie
437-595: The title character in Magic Mongo . He did the voices for Moonrock and Sergeant Boulder on The Flintstone Comedy Show . in 1977, he voiced the title character on the CB Bears segment " Heyyy. it's the King ". In 1986, he was the original voice of Freddy Flintstone on The Flintstone Kids , before Scott Menville replaced him the following season. In 1991, he voiced Max the Mole on
460-510: Was an American actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for playing the title role in the children's television show H.R. Pufnstuf , Grimace in McDonaldland commercials, the title role in Inch High, Private Eye , the original voice of Scrappy-Doo on Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo , Hunk and Prince Lotor on Voltron , and Bigmouth on The Smurfs . He also was the voice for Timer in
483-851: Was an American voice actor, puppeteer, stand-up comedian and writer. He is also credited Jim McGeorge and James MacGeorge . He is probably best known for his voice roles as Beany Boy, Crowy and Uncle Captain Horatio K. Huffenpuff in Beany and Cecil , Oliver Hardy on The Laurel and Hardy Cartoon Show , Crazy Claws in The Kwicky Koala Show , Bort in The Mighty Orbots , Wimper in Clue Club and as Dr. Wilmer Scarab in Bionic Six . He also voiced various characters in many other cartoon series and worked as
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#1732891868895506-429: Was shown on USA Cartoon Express and later resurfaced on Cartoon Network in the 1990s and Boomerang in the 2000s. The opening credits for the original one-hour version with voice-over narration by the show's recording director Wally Burr : It's Skatebird time and here come The Skatebirds –SKATEBIRDS (C) 1977 HANNA BARBERA PRODUCTIONS INC.- Knock-Knock, Scooter, Satchel and Scat Cat. Then, The Robonic Stooges, plus
529-604: Was the original voice of Scrappy-Doo on the Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo TV series before Don Messick took over the role. He voiced the title role in H.R. Pufnstuf throughout the show's entire run from 1969 through 1971, and also wrote every episode of the series. He also appeared as H.R. Pufnstuf as a guest on The Dating Game in Christmas 1972 and on one episode of the TV show CHiPs in 1977. On The Krofft Supershow , he played
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