| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Butch Cassidy |
| Genre | Animation/Mystery |
| Created by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Directed by | Earl Klein Charles A. Nichols |
| Voices of | Chip Hand Micky Dolenz Kristina Holland Judy Strangis John Stephenson Frank Welker |
| Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Camera setup | Ralph Migliori Jerry Mills Norman Stainback Roy Wade |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor | NBC Warner Bros. Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 8, 1973 – December 1, 1973 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Scooby Doo, Where Are You? Josie and the Pussycats |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids (a.k.a. simply Butch Cassidy) was a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1973 for NBC. The series title is a play on the name of the unrelated 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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Similar to both Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and Josie and the Pussycats, the show depicted the adventures of a teen pop group of the series title. The band consisted of heartthrob Butch Cassidy (lead vocals and lead guitar), blonde beauty Merilee (tambourine), sensible Stephanie (bass guitar), and curly-topped Wally (drums). With Wally's dog, Elvis, the kids led double lives as popular rock stars and a secret crime fighting team.
The teens were advised by a supercomputer named Mr. Socrates, who was inexplicably extremely allergic to dogs, and when the group met with Mr. Socrates in his lair for their latest assignment, Elvis was always told to stay outside. In each episode, however, Elvis would somehow end up inside the lair, either by his own ingenuity or by Wally's forgetfulness; either way, Elvis' presence would cause the supercomputer to violently sneeze, blowing the group out of the lair and off to their assignment. Cassidy, designated as "Sundance 1," wore a special ring with a hidden communicator to keep in contact with Mr. Socrates from afar.
Micky Dolenz, the drummer and most frequent lead singer for the group The Monkees, provided the voice of Wally.
| № | Title | First aired: |
|---|---|---|
| BC-1 | "The Scientist" | 1973·Sep·08 |
| BC-2 | "The Counterfeiters" | 1973·Sep·15 |
| BC-3 | "One of Our Ships Is Missing" | 1973·Sep·22 |
| BC-4 | "Double Trouble" | 1973·Sep·29 |
| BC-5 | "The Pearl Caper" | 1973·Oct·06 |
| BC-6 | "The Gold Caper" | 1973·Oct·13 |
| BC-7 | "Road Racers" | 1973·Oct·20 |
| BC-8 | "Hong Kong Story" | 1973·Oct·27 |
| BC-9 | "Operation G-Minus" | 1973·Nov·03 |
| BC-10 | "Orient Express" | 1973·Nov·10 |
| BC-11 | "The Parrot Caper" | 1973·Nov·17 |
| BC-12 | "The Super Sub" | 1973·Nov·24 |
| BC-13 | "The Haunted Castle" | 1973·Dec·01 |
Coming to DVD from Warner Home Video as part of Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection: TBA ??
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