The Further Adventures of SuperTed
| The Further Adventures of SuperTed | |
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| Genre |
Animation Adventure Comedy Sci-fi |
| Based on |
SuperTed created by Mike Young |
| Developed by | Dave Edwards |
| Directed by |
Bob Alvarez Paul Sommers |
| Creative director(s) | Ray Patterson |
| Voices of |
Derek Griffiths Jon Pertwee Melvyn Hayes Victor Spinetti Danny Cooksey Tress MacNeille Hamilton Camp Pat Fraley B.J. Ward Frank Welker Pat Musick |
| Narrated by |
Derek Griffiths (British version) Brian Mitchell (American version) |
| Theme music composer | John Debney |
| Country of origin | United States Wales (United Kingdom) |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | Charles Grosvenor |
| Running time | 22 mins |
| Production company(s) |
Hanna-Barbera Productions Siriol Animation S4C |
| Distributor | Great American Broadcasting (original) Warner Bros. Television (current) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndicated |
| Original release | January 31 – April 25, 1989 |
The Further Adventures of SuperTed is an American/Welsh animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and Siriol Animation in association with S4C, and continues the adventures of SuperTed. There was only one series consisting of thirteen episodes and originally broadcast on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera in the United States on January 31, 1989.
The original SuperTed, created by Mike Young became the first British cartoon series to be aired on The Disney Channel in the United States in 1984. Young moved to the United States to work on more animated series and in 1988 he made a SuperTed-sequel-type cartoon called Fantastic Max produced by Hanna-Barbera, who decided to create a new series of SuperTed. This new version takes on a more epic Americanized format, with Texas Pete, Bulk and Skeleton also joined by new villains, the theme song was replaced with a more American overture, and the show poked fun at all aspects of American culture, from the Grand Ol' Opry to Star Wars.
Only two of the original cast were used for this new series Victor Spinetti and Melvyn Hayes returning to voice Texas Pete and Skeleton. In the UK, Mike Young and the BBC decided to rerecord the series to use the original voices of Derek Griffiths for SuperTed and Jon Pertwee for Spotty, which also resulted in some minor script changes. The episodes were also split into two parts, thus creating 26 10-minute stories, which resulted in the series not being broadcast until January 1990 on the BBC. It was repeated again twice in 1992 and 1993.
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