"The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan" (1972) TV series

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

9 September 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Mystery

Plot:

Charlie Chan investigates mysteries with "help" from his large family.

Plot Keywords:

Charlie Chan | Asian American | Detective | Surrealism | Family Relationships

Cast

Keye Luke	...	Charlie Chan (14 episodes, 1972)
Gene Andrusco	...	Flip (14 episodes, 1972-1974)
John Gunn	...	Tom (14 episodes, 1972-1974)
Lennie Weinrib	...	Stanley (14 episodes, 1972-1974)
Cynthia Adler		(14 episodes, 1972)
Jodie Foster	...	Anne Chan (14 episodes, 1972)
Lisa Gerritsen	...	Various Characters (14 episodes, 1972)
Robert Ito	...	Henry Chan (14 episodes, 1972)
Beverly Kushida	...	Nancy Chan (14 episodes, 1972)
Cherylene Lee	...	Mimi Chan / ... (14 episodes, 1972)
Don Messick	...	Chu-Chu / ... (14 episodes, 1972)
Brian Tochi	...	Alan Chan (14 episodes, 1972)
Janet Waldo	...	Various Characters (14 episodes, 1972)
Michael Morgan	...	Scooter (13 episodes, 1972)
Hazel Shermet	...	Various Characters (13 episodes, 1972)
Ron Dante	...	Vocalist (6 episodes, 1972)

Runtime:

30 min (16 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

Reportedly, this is the only time that Charlie Chan is actually played by an actor of Chinese descent.

Unoriginal Scooby Doo rehash.

Simply a ripoff of Scooby Doo with Charlie Chan and his kids the main characters,the plot is the same as SD,solving silly crimes but much more infantile ,a lot of the background music is the same as SD's and there is the corny pet sidekick too.Also stupid musical interludes just like in SD and Josie and the Pussycats with the Chan kids in a band.These muscial interludes are especially annoying, the songs are really bad and the animators simply play the same animation over and over again when the kids are performing so they move the same way no matter what song they are singing ,that grated on me. The kids also have a stupid car that changes at the push of a button yet ive seen them push the same button over and over and the car keeps changing into different things,they must have thought the kids watching were idiots.

And as for the title, its more the kids that do anything then Charlie Chan,he simply wraps things up after the kids do all the work. Oh and dont forget the stereotypical kids ,,pretty girl,tomboy,cute guy,goofy guy,bratty small kids,need i say more. Only Asian voiceover is done by Keye Luke who voices Chan, he also played Chan's number one son in the live action Charlie Chan movies.Evidently the Chinese kids originally hired to do the voiceovers were replaced by american actors since there accents were too thick to understand,a young jodie foster voices the tomboy. Between Funky Phantom and this mess its a tie,stick with Scooby Doo the original series(not the mess they came out with in 2003 or those abysmal movies)