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From: paveleck@ihldt.UUCP (Bob Paveleck)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Trying to identify an old "space" cartoon
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Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 13:41:31 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  7 13:41:31 1985
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> > I would like some help in recalling the identity of an old "space"
> > cartoon series I watched on Saturday morning TV when I was young --
> > probably sometime during the early 60's.
> > 
> > Here is what I remember (not very much, unfortunately):
> > 
> > (1) I believe it was one of the first cartoon series which made heavy
> >     use of the cheapo "only the lips move" animation technique on the
> >     close-ups.
> ...
> > 
> > Anything anyone might remember about this astounding contribution to
> > sci-fi :-} would be most welcome.
> > --
> > 
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> >                                                              Rich Wales
> >                            University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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> 
> 	I can remember the cartoon you are talking about, but I cannot
> remember the name.  In fact, the arena episode is one of the shows that
> I can remember.  A sibling show that used the same animation technique
> is 'Clutch Cargo'.  Clutch is a modern day adventurer flying a seaplane.
> I believe he had a female companion and a boy side kick.  Maybe that
> will be of some help.
> 
> 	I'm surprised that Johnny Quest or Prince Planet haven't been
> mentioned in this group yet.  From what I can remember, Prince Planet
> was an Astro Boy clone.  Johnny Quest was just fun!
> 
> 
> Joe Barone,		{allegra, decvax!brunix, ccieng5}!rayssd!m1b
> Raytheon Co,		 Submarine Signal Div., Portsmouth, RI

I think the show you're thinking of was called "Space Angel".  It did
indeed have the "Clutch Cargo"-type animation, only in an outer-space
setting.  I believe that the characters in the cartoon were Captain
Scott McCloud, an old Scottish salt named Taurus and a young woman named
Crystal, although my memory is pretty fuzzy on this (it was on TV when
I was 6 or 7, which was back in the mid-'60's).