"Pac-Man" (1982) TV series 1982-1984

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

25 September 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

The adventures of the videogame character and his family.

Plot Keywords:

Pac Man | Based On Video Game | Character Name In Title

Cast

Marty Ingels	...	Pac-Man (2 episodes, 1982)
Peter Cullen	...	Sour Puss (2 episodes, 1982)
Barry Gordon	...	Inky (2 episodes, 1982)
Barbara Minkus	...	Mrs. Pepper Pac-Man / ... (2 episodes, 1982)
Allan Lurie	...	Mezmaron (2 episodes, 1982)
Chuck McCann	...	Blinky / ... (2 episodes, 1982)
Russi Taylor	...	Pac-Baby (2 episodes, 1982)
Neil Ross	...	Clyde (2 episodes, 1982)
Susan Silo	...	Sue (2 episodes, 1982)
Lennie Weinrib	...	Pacula (2 episodes, 1982)
Frank Welker	...	Chomp-Chomp / ... (2 episodes, 1982)

Series Directed by
George Gordon		(21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Ray Patterson		(21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Carl Urbano		(21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Rudy Zamora		(21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Bob Hathcock		(13 episodes, 1982)
Bill Hutten		(13 episodes, 1982)
Oscar Dufau		(8 episodes, 1983)
John Walker		(8 episodes, 1983)

Series Writing credits
Jeffrey Scott		(21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Don Dougherty		(8 episodes, 1983)

Series Produced by
Joseph Barbera	....	executive producer (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
William Hanna	....	executive producer (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Iwao Takamoto	....	creative producer (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Kay Wright	....	producer (21 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Original Music by
Hoyt Curtin		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Gil Iverson		(21 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Casting by
Ginny McSwain		(21 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Production Management
Jayne Barbera	....	executive in charge of production (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Joed Eaton	....	post-production supervisor (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Margaret Loesch	....	executive in charge of production / supervising executive (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Peter Aries	....	production manager (8 episodes, 1983)
Jean MacCurdy	....	executive in charge of production (8 episodes, 1983)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bob Goe	....	assistant director (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Terence Harrison	....	assistant director (13 episodes, 1982)
Bill Hutten	....	assistant director (8 episodes, 1983)
Tony Love	....	assistant director (8 episodes, 1983)
Don Lusk	....	assistant director (8 episodes, 1983)
Ann Tucker	....	assistant director (8 episodes, 1983)

Series Art Department
Iraj Paran	....	graphics (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Mitch Schauer	....	story director (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Bob Singer	....	design supervisor (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Roy Wilson	....	story director (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Tom Wogatzke	....	graphics (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Steve Hickner	....	story director (13 episodes, 1982)
Tom Tataranowicz	....	story director (13 episodes, 1982)
Wendell Washer	....	story director (13 episodes, 1982)
Ron Campbell	....	story director (8 episodes, 1983)
Gary Hoffman	....	story director (8 episodes, 1983)
Larry Latham	....	story director (8 episodes, 1983)
Kay Wright	....	story director (8 episodes, 1983)
Lane Raichert	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Pat Foley	....	dubbing supervisor (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Gordon Hunt	....	recording director (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Michael Bradley	....	sound effects editor (13 episodes, 1982)
Mary Gleason	....	sound effects editor (13 episodes, 1982)
Carol Lewis	....	sound effects editor (13 episodes, 1982)
Catherine MacKenzie	....	sound effects editor (13 episodes, 1982)
Richard Olson	....	sound director (13 episodes, 1982)
Sue Sawade	....	sound effects editor (13 episodes, 1982)
Joe Wachter	....	sound director (13 episodes, 1982)
Kerry Dean Williams	....	sound effects editor (13 episodes, 1982)
Robert Belcher	....	sound effects editor (8 episodes, 1983)
Alvy Dorman	....	sound director (8 episodes, 1983)
Phil Flad	....	sound director (8 episodes, 1983)
William R. Kowalchuk Jr.	....	sound effects editor (8 episodes, 1983)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Altman	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 1982)
Charles Flekal	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 1982)
Curt Hall	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 1982)
Ralph Migliori	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 1982)
Joe A. Ponticelle	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 1982)
David Valentine	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 1982)
Roy Wade	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 1982)
Jerry Whittington	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 1982)
Bob Cohen	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 1983)
Bob Marples	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 1983)

Series Animation Department
Fernando Arce	....	background artist (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Bonnie Callahan	....	background artist (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Jaime Diaz	....	layout artist / animation supervisor / ... (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Martin Forte	....	background artist (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Robert Gentle	....	background artist (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Al Gmuer	....	background supervisor (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Phil Lewis	....	background artist (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Lorraine Marue	....	background artist (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Andrew Phillipson	....	background artist (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Bill Proctor	....	background artist (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Ron Roesch	....	background artist (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Gloria Wood	....	background artist (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Sue Adnopoz	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Robert Alvarez	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Kurt Anderson	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Cosmo Anzilotti	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Monique Barreras	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Rex Barron	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Bob Bemiller	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Sandra Berez	....	character designer (13 episodes, 1982)
Barrington Bunce	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Oliver Callahan	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Rudy Cataldi	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Gary Conklin	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Tom Coppola	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Franco Cristofani	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Zeon Davush	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Gil DiCicco	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Barbara Dourmashkin	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Joan Drake	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Dave Dunnet	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Jon Elford	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Lillian Evans	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Flamarion Ferreira	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Owen Fitzgerald	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Hugh Fraser	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Andrew Gentle	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Valerie Gifford	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Moe Gollub	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Carol Holman Grosvenor	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Charles Grosvenor	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Paul Gruwell	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Jeff Hall	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Bob Hathcock	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Deborah Hayes	....	character designer (13 episodes, 1982)
Fred Hellmich	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Wes Herschensohn	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Eric Heschong	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Jim Hickey	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
David Hilberman	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Gary Hoffman	....	layout supervisor (13 episodes, 1982)
John Howley	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Paro Hozumi	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Terry Hudson	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Michael Humphries	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Bill Hutten	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Raymond Jacobs	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Vicky Jenson	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Mary Jorgensen	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Karenia Kaminski	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Karen Kastelman	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Mike Kawaguchi	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
John Kricfalusi	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Ken Landau	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Alison Leopold	....	ink and paint supervisor (13 episodes, 1982)
Lonnie Lloyd	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Hicks Lokey	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Tony Love	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Michael Maliani	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Jack Manning	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Mircea Mantta	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Warren Marshall	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Greg Martin	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Lorenzo Martinez	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Alex McCrae	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Darrell McNeil	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Marija Miletic Dail	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Skip Morgan	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Jim Mueller	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Terry Lee Mullen	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Kenneth Muse	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Constantin Mustatea	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Ron Myrick	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Bob Nesler	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Margaret Nichols	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Judith Niver	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Floyd Norman	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Bill Nunes	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
David O'Day	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Michael O'Mara	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Phil Ortiz	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
John Perry	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Philip Phillipson	....	background artist / layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Mario Piluso	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Barney Posner	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Bill Pratt	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Jeff Richards	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Jeff Riche	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Joanna Romersa	....	assistant animation supervisor (13 episodes, 1982)
Darrell Rooney	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Linda Rowley	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Don Ruch	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Jay Sarbry	....	animation supervisor (13 episodes, 1982)
Joel Seibel	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Kunio Shimamura	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Michael Silbereich	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Jim Simon	....	animator / layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Bob Smith	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Ken Southworth	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Paul B. Strickland	....	checking and scene planning (13 episodes, 1982)
Leo Sullivan	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Takashi	....	character designer (13 episodes, 1982)
Gary Terry	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Dean Thompson	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Maureen Trueblood	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Richard Trueblood	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Bob Tyler	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Peter Van Elk	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Dennis Venizelos	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1982)
James T. Walker	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Sherilan Weinhart	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
David West	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Dave Williams	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Roy Wilson	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1982)
Star Wirth	....	xerographer (13 episodes, 1982)
Woody Yocum	....	animator (13 episodes, 1982)
Michele Moen	....	background artist (12 episodes, 1982)
Susan Beak	....	animator (8 episodes, 1983)
Adriana Cerrotti	....	assistant animator (8 episodes, 1983)
Roger Chiasson	....	animation supervisor (8 episodes, 1983)
Néstor Córdoba	....	animator (8 episodes, 1983)
Geofrey Darrow	....	character designer (8 episodes, 1983)
Davis Doi	....	character designer (8 episodes, 1983)
Dick Dunn	....	animator (8 episodes, 1983)
Peter Gardiner	....	animator (8 episodes, 1983)
Jonathon E. Goley	....	background artist (8 episodes, 1983)
Gerry Grabner	....	animator (8 episodes, 1983)
Greg Ingram	....	animator (8 episodes, 1983)
Paul Maron	....	animator (8 episodes, 1983)
Jon McClenahan	....	animator (8 episodes, 1983)
Busina Milan	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1983)
Chris Minos	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1983)
Sean Newton	....	animation supervisor (8 episodes, 1983)
Chris Otsuki	....	character designer (8 episodes, 1983)
Don Patterson	....	animation supervisor (8 episodes, 1983)
Bruce Pedersen	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1983)
Joe Shearer	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1983)
Peter Sheehan	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1983)
Richard Slapczynski	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1983)
Don Spencer	....	animation supervisor (8 episodes, 1983)
Mike Stapleton	....	animator (8 episodes, 1983)
Jim Stenstrum	....	character designer (8 episodes, 1983)
Michael Takamoto	....	character designer (8 episodes, 1983)
Pere Van Reyk	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1983)

Series Editorial Department
Larry C. Cowan	....	supervising film editor (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
William E. DeBoer	....	negative consultant (21 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Music Department
Hoyt Curtin	....	musical director (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Paul DeKorte	....	music supervisor (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Terry Moore	....	music editor (13 episodes, 1982)
Joe Sandusky	....	music editor (13 episodes, 1982)
Robert Talboy	....	music editor (13 episodes, 1982)
Daniels McLean	....	music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Donald Loughery	....	creative consultant (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
Jerry Mills	....	technical supervisor (13 episodes, 1982)
Bill Perez	....	title designer (8 episodes, 1983)
Robin Strickland	....	production assistant (8 episodes, 1983)
James Wang	....	production coordinator (8 episodes, 1983)

Production Companies

• Hanna-Barbera Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1982-1984) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R) (complete first season)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R) (complete second season)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:30 min | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | USA:TV-G

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

Had two prime-time specials on ABC. Pac-man halloween and Christmas comes to pac-land.

Quotes:

Pac-Man:[Pinky hides inside a typewriter. Pac-Man comes up, turns the knob on the side to reveal Pinky, then he types the letters "c", "h", "o", "m", and "p"] What's that say?
Pinky:Uh... chomp?
Pac-Man:Well, okay, if you insist.
[he then chomps Pinky, who flies off]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday: Episode #1.3" (2008)

Nostalgia trip for video game and/or 80's geeks.

As far as animation goes, I believe that this was Hanna-Barbera's best work in the 80's. (Take that as a compliment or insult as you will.)

The storylines were nothing spectacular; they were formulaic rip-offs of Popeye, the Smurfs, and the Flintstones- Pac-Man and/or his family would be bothered by the inept ghosts, who were henchmen of Mezmeron... a vaguely Gargamel-like being whose sole purpose in life was to bother the citizens of the town the Pacs lived in. After some "drama", one or more of the Pacs (they all had their star turns, and most of the Pacs from the various video games were represented) would ingest a power pill, chomp some ghosts, and things would be safe 'til the next episode.

What set the whole series apart was the fact that everything in the show was inhuman, but led human lives. Their lives were shown in Flintstones fashion- they would do things "ordinary humans" did, but with their own twist. They would open a tin can, and pour dots out; to mow the lawn they would "chomp". It was funnier and more surreal than the Flintstones, though; everything had a drug-addled look to it, and it was quite bizarre to watch if you either weren't familiar with the concept of Pac-Man, or couldn't accept it.

To this day, I have to live down the fact that I dropped out of a school play so I could stay home one evening and watch the Pac-Man Christmas Special. So... I guess you can say that despite my critical eye, I think this series is one of the best cartoons from the 80's.