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Fangface
''Fangface'' is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Ruby-Spears Productions for ABC. It premiered on September 9, 1978 and ended on November 10, 1979, with a total of 24 episodes over the course of 2 seasons. The executive producers were Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. Fangface appears in the third season of '' Jellystone!'' as the werewolf form of El Kabong. Overview Highly derivative of ''Scooby-Doo'' with elements from the Tasmanian Devil and '' I Was a Teenage Werewolf'' as well, ''Fangface'' features four teenagers — buff and handsome leader Biff, his brainy and beautiful dusky-skinned girlfriend Kim, short, stocky and pugnacious Puggsy and tall, skinny simpleton Sherman "Fangs" Fangsworth. Puggsy and Fangs are based on Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall of the '' Bowery Boys'' films. Opening narration The opening title narration, provided by John Stephenson, consists of the following: : ''Every 400 years, a baby werewolf is born into the Fangsworth family, and so when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
''The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show'' is an animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears Productions from 1979 to 1981; it was shown right after ''Super Friends'' on the ABC Network. The show featured various adventures of the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man. The anthology show included several components, including Plastic Man, Baby Plas, Plastic Family, Mighty Man and Yukk, Fangface and Fangpuss, and Rickety Rocket. By January 1980, it was cut down to 90 minutes, dropping off '' Rickety Rocket'', amidst low ratings. By the 1980–81 season, the format was reduced to a half-hour and it was retooled into ''The Plasticman/Baby Plas Super Comedy'' alongside two other Ruby-Spears productions ''Thundarr the Barbarian'' and '' Heathcliff and Dingbat''. The show was repackaged by Arlington Television into 130 half-hour episodes, and released into national, first-run-off-network daily syndication in 1984. ''The Plastic Man Comedy Show'' was produced and directed by Steve Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Ruby
Joseph Clemens Ruby (March 30, 1933 – August 26, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer, and music editor. He was best known as a co-creator of the animated ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise, together with Ken Spears. In 1977, they co-founded the television animation production company Ruby-Spears, Ruby-Spears Productions. Ruby would work with Spears and would co-create several other shows including, ''Fangface'', ''Dynomutt, Dog Wonder'' and ''Jabberjaw'' among others. Ruby would meet Spears in 1959 at Hanna-Barbera, when the studio was being interviewed by Life Magazine and the two would start working together on animated shows. Before Ruby founded Ruby-Spears he would work with at several studios including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and with Sid and Marty Krofft. In 1996, the Ruby-Spears studio closed, and Ruby would keep working with Spears until his retirement in 2002. Ruby died on August 26, 2020. Spears die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Braverman
Bartley Louis Braverman (born February 1, 1946) is an American former actor, best known for playing Binzer on the ABC primetime series '' Vega$'' (1978–1981). Braverman has also guest starred on many television shows. Early years Bart Braverman is the son of producer Herb Braverman and actress Kendall Carly Browne. His brother, Chuck Braverman, is a television director and producer. Braverman was billed as Bart Bradley in many of his early roles. Career Braverman made his professional acting debut as a child actor in milk commercials, along with his brother. From 1955 to 1962, the child then teen Braverman appeared on single episodes of various television series, including ''I Love Lucy'', ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' and ''Wagon Train''. He played an Indian boy in ''Rawhide'', S2 E8 "Incident of the Haunted Hills" which aired 11/5/1959, credited as Bart Bradley. His film roles include two credited roles, for '' Cell 2455 Death Row'' (1955) and '' 20 Million Miles to Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Spears
Charles Kenneth Spears (March 12, 1938 – November 6, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer and sound editor. He was best known as a co-creator of the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise, together with Joe Ruby. In 1977, they co-founded the television animation production company Ruby-Spears Productions. Spears and Ruby created many other shows such as Jabberjaw, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, and Fangface. Spears also worked on the shows Sectaurs, Mister T and Alvin and the Chipmunks. Spears career began in 1959 when he started to work for Hanna-Barbera as a sound editor, at Hanna-Barbera. Spears met Ruby when ''Life Magazine'' was interviewing members at the studio and they worked together on animated projects. Spears worked for several other companies before Ruby-Spears such as DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and Sid and Marty Krofft. In 2020, Ruby died on August 26, and Spears died on November 6, 2020, from Lewy body dementia three months later. He was 82 years old. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Corden
Henry Corden ( Cohen; January 6, 1920 – May 19, 2005) was a Canadian-born American actor, best known for assuming the voice of Fred Flintstone after the death of Alan Reed in 1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was in a 1965 Hanna-Barbera record, ''Saving Mr. Flintstone'', although he had previously provided the singing voice for Reed in the 1966 theatrical film '' The Man Called Flintstone'' and the Hanna-Barbera specials '' Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This?'' (1966) and '' Energy: A National Issue'' (1977). He took over the role as Fred Flintstone full time starting with the syndicated weekday series '' Fred Flintstone and Friends'' for which he provided voice-overs on brief bumper clips shown in between segments. Early years Corden was born January 6, 1920, in Montreal to Jewish immigrants Max and Emma Cohen. His father was a meat curer who had been born in Romania; his mother was originally from Russia. The family mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Blu
Susan Blu, better known as Sue Blu, is an American voice-actress, voice-director, and casting-director in American and Canadian cinema and television. She most notably voiced Arcee in '' The Transformers: The Movie'' and Seasons 3 and 4 of '' The Transformers'' (she later reprised the role in '' Transformers: Animated''). She is also known for playing the roles of Stormer/Mary Phillips and Lindsey Pierce in the 1980s animated series '' Jem''. She also served as a casting and voice director for '' Handy Manny'', for which she also guest-starred as Marion. Life and career Susan Blu graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Her voice roles include Nanny Smurf on '' The Smurfs'', Judge J.B. McBride on '' BraveStarr'', Jessica Wray, Futura and Belfry on '' Ghostbusters'', Aimee Brightower on '' Galaxy High'', Kim on '' Fangface'', Hiccup on '' Little Clowns of Happytown'', Lofty, Paradise, Buttons and other minor characters on '' My Little Pony'', the character Transmuta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Dexter
Jerry Dexter (April 18, 1935 – June 21, 2013) was an American actor and radio presenter best known for playing teenage boys and young men in animated television series for Hanna-Barbera Productions from the late 1960s to the 1980s. Early life, family and education Dexter was born Jerry Morris Chrisman in San Francisco, California. Career He began his radio career at KENO in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1958. After a stop at KVI in Seattle, Washington, Dexter relocated to Los Angeles, California, and KMPC in late 1959. He took his show, ''The Dexter Affair'', in October 1962 to KLAC radio in Los Angeles. In 1964, Dexter had a semi-regular role, playing Corporal Johnson in '' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' He moved into a full-time television job in June 1968 with the launch of '' Good Day L.A.'' on KABC-TV. Dexter's first cartoon voice work was in 1967 as Chuck in ''Shazzan''. Among his roles were Gary Gulliver in ''The Adventures of Gulliver'', Alan in '' Josie and the Pussycats'', Ted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Welker
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American actor who specializes in voice acting. He began his career in the 1960s, and held around 850 film, television, and video game credits as of 2020, making him one of the most prolific voice actors in history. With his films earning a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the fourth- highest-grossing actor as of 2024. Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones from the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise since its inception in 1969 and later the titular character himself since 2002. In 2020, Welker reprised the latter role in the animated film '' Scoob!'', the only original voice actor from the series in the film's cast. Much of his work includes animal and monster vocalizations. In 2016, he received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award. He was nominated for the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program in 2022. Early life Franklin Wendell Welker was born on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby-Spears
Ruby-Spears Productions (also known as Ruby-Spears Enterprises) was an American entertainment production company founded by veteran writers and '' Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' creators, Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, in 1977, before closing in 1996. Specialized in animation, it was headquartered in Burbank, California, with another branch in Rome, Italy. History Ruby and Spears started out as sound editors at Hanna-Barbera and later branched out into story-writing for such programs as '' Space Ghost'' and '' The Herculoids''. In 1969, they were assigned the task of developing a mystery-based cartoon series for Saturday mornings, the result of which was ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!''. They left Hanna-Barbera shortly after because "they were having a hard time moving up" and wanted to be "associate producers". They were also writers and producers for DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, particularly for '' The Barkleys'' and '' The Houndcats''.Shostak, Stu (05-02-2012).''Program 276'' (L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Eisenberg
Jerry Eisenberg (December 3, 1937 – February 11, 2025) was an American television producer, animator, storyboard artist, and character designer, primarily known for his work at Hanna-Barbera Productions and Ruby-Spears Productions.Shostak, Stu (03-11-2011).with Jerry Eisenberg, Scott Shaw!, and Earl Kress. ''Stu's Show''. Retrieved 2-28-2025 Jerry Eisenberg, Scott Shaw!, and Earl Kress were all former employees of Hanna-Barbera over the years, and relate the history of the studio to host Stu Shostak Early life Eisenberg was born in New York City on December 3, 1937. He was the son of Harvey Eisenberg, an animator and comic book artist associated with ''Tom and Jerry'' and the other characters from the MGM cartoon studio. They were of German descent. Jerry Eisenberg quit art school to take his first job, as an inbetweener for MGM, in 1956. The studio closed seven months after Eisenberg's hire, and he went on to work as an assistant to Ken Harris at Warner Bros. Cartoons. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Puppy's Further Adventures
''The Puppy's Further Adventures'' (originally titled ''The Puppy's New Adventures'' for season one) is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises (in association with Hanna-Barbera Productions for its first season only) and broadcast on ABC from September 25, 1982 to November 10, 1984. It is based on characters created by Jane Thayer about Petey, a young dog who attached himself to a lonely orphan boy named Tommy. Overview Petey the puppy was originally introduced in four half-hour television specials which aired as part of ''ABC Weekend Specials'' series from 1978 to 1981: ''The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy'', ''The Puppy's Great Adventure'', ''The Puppy's Amazing Rescue'' and ''The Puppy Saves the Circus''. ''The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy'' and its three sequels were frequently rebroadcast on ''ABC Weekend Specials'' and proved so popular with its annual replays that ABC commissioned a television series. In September 1982, Petey could be seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Oppenheimer
Alan Oppenheimer (born April 23, 1930) is an American actor. He has performed numerous roles on live action television since the 1960s and has had an active career doing voice work since the 1970s. Early life Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 23, 1930, to Louis and Irene Oppenheimer. His father worked as a stockbroker. Career Character roles As a character actor, Oppenheimer has had diverse roles in popular American television programming, from playing a Nazi in '' Hogan's Heroes'', to playing an Israeli secret agent as well as a double-agent KAOS scientist on '' Get Smart'', to being the second actor to play Dr. Rudy Wells in '' The Six Million Dollar Man'' ( Martin Balsam played the role in the pilot film). Oppenheimer took over as Rudy starting with the second pilot film, ''Wine, Women and War'', up until the introduction of '' The Bionic Woman'' in 1975, whereupon Martin E. Brooks took over as Wells up until cancellation. He was the original Mickey Malph ( Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
