SKATEBIRDS
ORIGINAL AIRDATES: Sept 10, 1977-Jan 21,
1978 (one hour) on CBS
LATER AIRDATES: Jan 28, 1978-Fall 1978 (Under ‘The Robonic
Stooges’ show title) on CBS
Sept 9, 1979-Jan 25, 1981 on CBS
1989-1992 on USA Network
1992-1997 (divided into individual segments airing on ‘World Famous Toons’) on
Cartoon Network
1996-1997 (as part of the 70’s Explosion) on Cartoon Network
Mar 5, 2001-2009 on Boomerang
EPISODES: 16
ANIMATION & PRODUCTION BY: Hanna-Barbera
DISTRIBUTED and OWNED BY: Warner Bros. and
Turner Entertainment
SUMMARY:
The series was originally one-hour and showcased four segments: the Robonic Stooges, Wonder Wheels, Woofer and Wimper (cut down re-run versions of Clue Club, Dog Detectives and live-action Mystery Island segments with live-action Skatebirds segments in between them.
The show was retitled The Robonic Stooges and reduced to 30 minutes for the remainder of the 1977-1978 season with only Robonic Stooges and Woofer & Wimper segments.
Skatebirds came back from 1979-1981 on CBS Sunday mornings as a 30 minute show with just Wonder Wheels and Mystery Island segments.
When USA, Cartoon Network and Boomerang aired the series it is another 30 minute version with just Wonder Wheels and the Robonic Stooges.
Mystery Island aired as part of Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels on Boomerang in September 2005
EPISODE GUIDE
NOTE: Woofer and Wimper segments are not listed as they were just edited versions of Clue Club episodes and didn't feature any new animation
#01 (09.10.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Invasion of the
Incredible Giant Chickens
WONDER WHEELS: The County Fair
MYSTERY ISLAND: A Matter of Gravity
#02 (09.17.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Dimwits and Dinosaurs
WONDER WHEELS: The Rustlers
MYSTERY ISLAND: The Mind Blower
#03 (09.24.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Fish and Drips
WONDER WHEELS: The Skyscraper
MYSTERY ISLAND: Just Whistle for an Answer
#04 (10.01.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Have Saucer Will Travel
WONDER WHEELS: The Gold Train Robbery
MYSTERY ISLAND: Sue’s Courage
#05 (10.08.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: I Want My Mummy
WONDER WHEELS: The Snowmen
MYSTERY ISLAND: Valley of Fire
#06 (10.15.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: The Great Brain Drain
WONDER WHEELS: The Vanishing Prince
MYSTERY ISLAND: Sentinels of Time
#07 (10.22.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Flea, Fi, Fo, Fum
WONDER WHEELS: The Ghost Town
MYSTERY ISLAND: Who’s Whom Here?
#08 (10.29.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Frozen Feud
WONDER WHEELS: Wonder Wheels and His Double
Trouble
MYSTERY ISLAND: Fate’s Just a Dirty Trick
#09 (11.05.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Mother Goose on the
Loose
WONDER WHEELS: The U.F.O.
MYSTERY ISLAND: Golden Birds of Prey
#10 (11.12.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Curly of the Apes
WONDER WHEELS: The Hermits’ Horde
MYSTERY ISLAND: Visitors from Falconia
#11 (11.19.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Don’t Fuel with a Fool
WONDER WHEELS: The Air Race
MYSTERY ISLAND: The Duel
#12 (11.26.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: The Eenie Meanie Genie
WONDER WHEELS: The Animals
MYSTERY ISLAND: Kingdom of Beasts
#13 (12.03.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: On Your Knees,
Hercules
WONDER WHEELS: The Idol’s Eye
MYSTERY ISLAND: P.O.P.S. in a Box
#14 (12.10.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Three
Nuts In a Sub
WONDER WHEELS: The Race Horse
MYSTERY ISLAND: Island of the Apes
#15 (12.17.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: There’s No Joy in an
Evil Toy
WONDER WHEELS: The Studio Steal
MYSTERY ISLAND: The Skull’s the Clue
#16 (12.24.1977)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Three Little Pigheads
WONDER WHEELS: The Golden Globe
MYSTERY ISLAND: Home Run
THE ROBONIC STOOGES (Stand-Alone Series with 16 new shorts)
#01 (01.28.1978)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Bye Bye Blackbeard
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: The Silliest Show on
Earth
#02 (02.04.1978)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Mutiny on the Mountie
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Woo Woo Wolfman
#03 (02.11.1978)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Burgle Gurgle
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Schoolhouse Mouse
#04 (02.18.1978)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Rip Van Wrinkles
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: The Three Nutsketeers
#05 (02.25.1978)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Pest World Ain’t the
Best World
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Superkong
#06 (03.04.1978)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Dr. Jekyll and Hide
Curly
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Three Stooges and the
Seven Dwarfs
#07 (03.11.1978)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Blooperman
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Jerk In the Beanstalk
#08 (03.18.1978)
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Star Flaws
THE ROBONIC STOOGES: Stooges, You’re Fired
VOICE ACTORS
Skatebirds voices:
Scatman Crothers (1910-1986) as Scat Cat
Bob Holt (1928-1985) as Satchel
Don Messick (1926-1997) as Scooter
Lennie Weinrib (1935-2006) as Knock Knock
Mystery Island live-action cast:
Lynn Marie Johnston as Sue Corwin
Michael Kermoyan (1921-1994) as Dr. Strange
Stephen Parr (1947) as Chuck Kelly
Larry Volk (1951-2010) as Sandy Corwin
Frank Welker (1946) as voice of P.O.P.S. the robot
animated voice cast:
Joe Baker (1928-2001) as Larry Fine (Robonic Stooges)
Susan Davis as Dooley Lawrence
Mickey Dolenz (1945) as Willie Sheeler
Bob Hastings (1925-2014) as D.D.
David Joliffe (1952) as Larry (Woofer and Wimper)
Ross Martin (1920-1981) as Agent Triple-Zero
Jim MacGeorge (1928-2021) as Wimper
John Stephenson (1923-2015) as Sheriff Bagley
Patricia Stitch as Pepper
Tara Talboy (1965) as Dottie
Frank Welker (1946) as Curly Howard
Paul Winchell (1922-2005) as Moe Howard and Woofer
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