"The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1968) TV series 1968-1969

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Writer:

Robert Sabaroff (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

15 September 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation

Plot:

Huckleberry Finn and his friends, Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher, travel from one animated world to the next...

Plot Keywords:

Part Live Action | Character Name In Title

Cast

Michael Shea	...	Huck Finn (6 episodes, 1968-1969)
Lu Ann Haslam	...	Becky Thatcher (6 episodes, 1968-1969)
Kevin Schultz	...	Tom Sawyer (6 episodes, 1968-1969)
Ted Cassidy	...	Elephant Rider / ... (6 episodes, 1968-1969)

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Series Directed by
Hollingsworth Morse		(5 episodes, 1968-1969)
Bruce Bilson		(2 episodes, 1968)

Series Writing credits
David Duncan		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
Herman Miller		(2 episodes, 1968)
Robert Sabaroff		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Joseph Barbera	....	executive producer (4 episodes, 1968-1969)
William Hanna	....	executive producer (4 episodes, 1968-1969)
Edward Rosen	....	producer (4 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Original Music by
Ted Nichols		(1 episode, 1968)

Series Cinematography by
Kenneth Peach		(4 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Film Editing by
Donald Douglas		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Edward Warschilka		(2 episodes, 1968)

Series Production Design by
Iwao Takamoto		(2 episodes, 1968)

Series Art Direction by
Jack Poplin		(1 episode, 1968)

Series Production Management
Elaine Michea	....	production supervisor (4 episodes, 1968)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Russell Llewellyn	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1968)

Series Sound Department
Richard Olson	....	sound supervisor (4 episodes, 1968)
Al Overton Jr.	....	sound recordist (4 episodes, 1968)

Series Visual Effects by
Dennis Glouner	....	photographic effects: Van der Veer Photo Effects (2 episodes, 1968)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Frank Paiker	....	animation photography (2 episodes, 1968)

Series Animation Department
Charles A. Nichols	....	animation director (4 episodes, 1968)
Robert 'Tiger' West	....	xerographer (4 episodes, 1968)
Irven Spence	....	animator (3 episodes, 1968)
Iwao Takamoto	....	character designer / layout artist (3 episodes, 1968)
Richard Bickenbach	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1968)
Ron Dias	....	background artist (2 episodes, 1968)
Roberta Greutert	....	ink and paint supervisor (2 episodes, 1968)
Jack Huber	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1968)
Dick Lundy	....	animator (2 episodes, 1968)
Don Lusk	....	animator (2 episodes, 1968)
George Nicholas	....	animator (2 episodes, 1968)
Walt Peregoy	....	background artist (2 episodes, 1968)
George Rowley	....	animator (2 episodes, 1968)

Series Editorial Department
Edward Warschilka	....	supervising editor (2 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Music Department
Ted Nichols	....	musical director (3 episodes, 1968)

Series Other crew
Robert Schaefer	....	titles (3 episodes, 1968)
Victor O. Schipek	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 1968)
Evelyn Sherwood	....	continuity (2 episodes, 1968)

Production Companies

• Hanna-Barbera Productions

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1968-1969) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

The 'Nessy' of Lost imaginative shows

There are things that you look back at in your life and you get a warm, fuzzy feeling about. This show inspired the child that I was to go outside and play make-belief with the other children. My imagination ignited by the myriad of possibilities that could exist in this realm. You pick up a stick, and it's a sword. Pick up a garbage can lid and it's a shield. The animation mixed with live action...although probably pretty hokey by today's standards...was a treat in that it linked the limit of realism with the limitlessness of imagination. It's been...25 years since I last seen it...and of all the things in my life to feel warm and fuzzy about of which there are definitely a few...I count how I felt about watching this show to be among them. So, yeah, for nostalgic sake, I would make the decision to watch it in a heart beat if someone digs it up and puts it on the air again.