Mystery Island
| Mystery Island | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hollingsworth Morse |
| Starring |
Stephen Parr Lynn Marie Johnston Larry Volk Michael Kermoyan |
| Voices of | Frank Welker (P.O.P.S.) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
| Producer(s) | Terry Morse, Jr. |
| Running time | 10 minutes (per episode) |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 10, 1977 – January 21, 1978 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Skatebirds |
Mystery Island is a live-action sci-fi adventure serial produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that originally aired as a segment on The Skatebirds from September 10, 1977 to January 21, 1978 on CBS.
In the fall of 1979, Mystery Island continued to air on The Skatebirds when the show returned to CBS in a shortened half-hour version on Sunday mornings until January 25, 1981. In September 2005, episodes resurfaced on Boomerang and were rebroadcast as part of Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.
Mystery Island! Where the scientific genius Dr. Strange lays his plans for world domination. In the aircraft Nimbus is P.O.P.S., the one key that can aid and give him the power to dominate the world. Above Mystery Island is Chuck Kelly, pilot; Sue Corwin, computer expert; and her brother Sandy. To force them down, Dr. Strange uses his projector beam ray. Dr. Strange offers our trapped trio freedom if they surrender P.O.P.S. They refuse. He then orders his men to capture P.O.P.S. Can our trio escape from the perils that surround them on Mystery Island?
The series follows the adventures of three young people: Chuck Kelly (Stephen Parr, born August 24, 1947 in Brooklyn, NY), a pilot; Sue Corwin (Lynn Marie Johnston, born February 25, 1953), a computer expert; her younger brother Sandy (Larry Volk, born July 15, 1951 in Bismarc, ND and died July 20, 2010) and their computer robot called P.O.P.S. (voiced by Frank Welker). The trio become stranded on a remote island after the evil mad scientist Dr. Strange (Michael Kermoyan, born November 29, 1921 in Fresno, CA and died September 21, 1994 in New York, NY) uses his projector beam ray to crash their plane. Dr. Strange hopes to capture P.O.P.S. and use it in his quest for world domination.
Mystery Island was very similar in scope to Sid and Marty Krofft's 1976 live-action series Dr. Shrinker (from The Krofft Supershow) which also saw a trio of humans on a plane brought down to the island of a different mad scientist. A total of sixteen episodes of Mystery Island were produced, each running ten minutes and included a cliffhanger that was resolved in the next installment.
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