Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
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Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor was a science fiction animated series created by Alex Toth for Hanna-Barbera Productions, which ran on CBS from 1967 to 1969. Despite Moby's name coming first, his shorts served as backup for Mightor's. To date, the series has not been released on DVD.
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[edit] Mightor
One day, while on a hunting trip, a young caveman named Tor along with his pet dinosaur, Tog, rescued an old man. Later, the old man gave Tor a magical club. When Tor raised his club to the sky, he became a super-powered caveman named "Mightor". Tog was turned into a fire-breathing dragon as well. As Mightor, he protected his village from evil-doers. Amongst the villagers were the chief, Pondo, and his daughter, the beautiful redhead Sheera. Sheera had a younger brother named Little Rok, who loved pretending to be Mightor. The characters had several pets, including Little Rok's dodo bird Ork and Sheera's mammoth cub Bollo.
Tor was voiced by Bobby Diamond, while Mightor was voiced by Paul Stewart. Pondo, Tog, Ork and Bollo were voiced by John Stephenson. Sheera was voiced by Patsy Garrett. Little Rok was voiced by Norma McMillan.
[edit] Moby-Dick
Teenage boys Tom and Tub were rescued by the great white whale Moby-Dick after a shipwreck. Together with their pet seal, Scooby, they faced the dangers of the undersea world. Tom was voiced by Bobby Resnick, Tub was voiced by Barry Balkin, and Moby and Scooby were voiced by Don Messick.
[edit] Other appearances
Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor and his friends appeared in the Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes comic book, issues #1 through 7 (April 1968 through Oct. 1969).
Characters from Moby Dick would appear in Sealab 2021, Tubs as child actor star "Chubby Cox", and Scooby The Seal as "Stinky Pete", whose appearances would culminate in his eyes becoming near-demonic, uttering his catchphrase "I'm cha-cha-cha-cha-delicious."
Mighty Mightor made some appearances in the Adult Swim show Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, as Judge Hiram Mightor and voiced by Gary Cole. Moby Dick appeared in the episode "SPF" voiced by Wally Wingert.
[edit] Production credits
- Produced and Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
- Animation Director: Charles A. Nichols
- Musical Director: Ted Nichols
- Production Supervisor: Howard Hanson
- Assistant Production Supervisor: Victor O. Schipek
- Character Design: Alex Toth
- Layout: Jerry Eisenberg, Steve Nanagawa, Phil Lewis, Iwao Takamoto, Willie Ito, Lou Apner
- Backgrounds: Robert Gentle, Roland Oliva, Ron Dias
- Camera: Clarence Wogatzke, Roger Sims, Chuck Flekal, George Epperson
- Associate Producer: Art Scott
- Story by David Scott and Ed Brandt
- Voices: Barry Balkin, Bobby Resnick, Don Messick, John Stephenson, Paul Stewart, Bob Diamond, Patsy Garrett
- Animation: George Goepper, George Rowley, Don Patterson, Irv Spence, Sam Jaimes, George Kreisl, Jerry Hathcock, Ed Barge, Dick Lundy, Ken Muse, Dennis Sill, Ron Campbell
- Technical Supervisor: Frank Pakier
- Supervising Film Editor: Warner Leighton
- Film Editing: Donald Douglass, Pat Foley, Gregory W. Watson Jr.
- Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
[edit] Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor in other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: Moby Dick & O Poderoso Mightor
- Spanish: Moby Dick y el Poderoso Mightor
