Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihldt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihldt!paveleck From: paveleck@ihldt.UUCP (Bob Paveleck) Newsgroups: net.tv Subject: Re: Trying to identify an old "space" cartoon Message-ID: <2783@ihldt.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 13:41:31 EST Article-I.D.: ihldt.2783 Posted: Thu Mar 7 13:41:31 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Mar-85 05:14:26 EST References: <661@rayssd.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 50 > > > 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. > > -- > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Rich Wales > > University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) > > Computer Science Department > > 3531 Boelter Hall > > Los Angeles, California 90024 // USA > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Phone: (213) 825-5683 // +1 213 825 5683 > > ARPANET: wales@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA > > UUCP: ...!{cepu,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!wales > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > 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).