''The Specialists'' is an

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series that appeared on the second season of MTV's ''

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'' in 1992. It was created and directed by Joe Horne, creator of the previous MTV series Stevie and Zoya and a director on ''

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''.

Overview

The plot revolved around three detectives for hire: the group's leader Mastermind, who wore a white

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and as his name implied was the brains of the operation; Kittka, a female

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who wore a skintight blue tuxedo and had blue hair and skin; and Samson, a large, muscular man in a black suit. Their many foes during the 10 three-minute episodes included an evil crime clown, an intergalactic poodle conspiracy, an evil genius (and rival of Mastermind's) named Dr. Raoul Dendrite and his schoolgirl-uniformed assistant Delilah, and Negator, who subdued his opponents with a highly sarcastic wit (and aided by a

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mask).

Series credits

As they appeared on the second season closing credits of ''Liquid Television'': *Artists: Kathee Boyle, Bob Bransford, Rachel Brenner, Rudy Cataldi, Consuelo Cataldi, Charlotte Clark, Christian Coey, Allyn Conley, Josephine Contreras, Laura Craig, Fred Crippen, Else Cruz, Kikki Elder, Derek Eversfield, David Fassett, Adrianna Galvez, Karen Hansen, Nicolette Harley, Joe Horne, Carlos Huante, Chris Jenkyns, James Krembs, Karen Locke, Max Madrid, Kent Newberry, Lisa O'Loughlin, Georgia Patterson,

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, Peggy Pickett, Greg Ray, Dan Reed, Dene Ann Ross, Debrah Rykoff, Penelope Sevier, Cynthia Surage, Albert Taylor, Richard Williams, Bianca Wilson, John Wilson *Everybody Else: Fifun Amini, Anderson Video, Walter Barnett,

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, Brian Chin, Matt Crippen, Chayse Dacoda, Devonshire Studios, Andrew Dimitroff, J. Francis,

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, Ron Harris, Stefanie Harris, James Hong, Tony Lark, Thierry Laurin, Mike Mancini, Richard Nesbitt, Pantomime Pictures, Jim Pollack, Riverton Studios,

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