''The Astronut Show'' is an animated TV series, produced by the

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animation studio. It first aired on August 23, 1965. Each episode included an episode of ''Astronut'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Astronut first appeared on the ''

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'' series. He is a squat, childlike, short, friendly green alien in a tiny flying saucer who frequently gets into mischief on Earth. He has a human friend called Oscar Mild, who was, as his name suggested, a soft-spoken character. Oscar works in an office for Mr. Nicely, whose temperament is the exact opposite of his name. The series was directed by Art Bartsch,

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Connie Rasinski J. Conrad "Connie" Rasinski (January 28, 1907 in Torrington, Connecticut – October 13, 1965 in Larchmont, New York) was an animation director who did the 1952 animated short "Hansel and Gretel" among others. Rasinski's "House of Hashimoto" was ...

, and

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. The writers were Larz Bourne, Glan Heish, Tom Morrison, and

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. Voices were provided by

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and

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. ''The Astronut Cartoons'' were originally produced b Terrytoons for theatrical distribtion by

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from 1964 to 1966. Starting in 1966 the cartoons were solely made for television. In 1989 Video Treasures released three VHS Tapes, two included all of the theatrical cartoons and the third had some of the made-for-tv cartoons.

Astronut Theatrical Cartoons & VHS Tape#

1964 # Brother from Outer Space TT 2601 # Oscar's Moving Day TT 2601 # Kisser Plant TT 2601 # Outer Galaxy Gazette TT 2601 # Molecular Mixup TT 2601 # Hokey Home Movies TT 2601 1965 # Sky's the Limit, The TT 2602 # Weather Magic TT 2602 # Robots in Toyland TT 2600 # Twinkle Twinkle Little Telstar TT 2600 1966 # Gems for Gemini TT 2602 # Haunted Housekeeping

Astronut TV cartoons released on VHS

1966 # Oscar's Birthday Present TT 2600 # Jolly Jupiter TT 2600 # No Space Like Home TT 2600 # Martian Recipe TT 2600 # Martian Moochers TT 2602 # Oscar's Thinking Cap TT 2602 # The Invisibeam TT 2602

References

External links

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''Astronut''
at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Archived from the original on April 6, 2012.
1960s American animated television series 1965 American television series debuts 1966 American television series endings American children's animated comic science fiction television series Animated television series about extraterrestrial life Television series by CBS Studios Television series by Terrytoons Television series about alien visitations {{US-animation-tv-prog-stub