"Roger Ramjet" (1965) TV series

Director:

Fred Crippen

Writers:

Gene Moss (writer)
Jim Thurman (writer)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Bumbling daredevil and American Eagle Squadron leader Roger Ramjet, aided by his crew of do-gooders Yank...

Plot Keywords:

Kids And Family

Cast

Gary Owens	...	Roger Ramjet (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bob Arbogast	...	Gen. G.I. Brassbottom (voice)
Dick Beals	...	Yank / Dan (voice)
Joan Gerber	...	Dee / Lotta Love (voice)
David Ketchum	...	Announcer (voice)
Gene Moss	...	Doodle / Noodles Romanoff (voice)
Paul Shively	...	Lance Crossfire (voice)
Kenneth C.T. Snyder	...	Solenoid Robot (voice) (as Ken Snyder)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-G | Australia:G

Company:

Pantomime Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Gary Owens's TV debut.

Quotes:

Roger Ramjet: But that's impossible.
Gen. G.I. Brassbottom: Anything's possible in a kid's cartoon show, you heroic boob! Now you've got to help!
Roger Ramjet: Or what?
Gen. G.I. Brassbottom: Or we've got two minutes of dead air!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Abyss (1989)

Soundtrack:

Roger Ramjet

Watch it twice

I'd say that Roger Ramjet is one of the best "second degree" cartoons I've ever seen. The Cold War atmosphere, the tongue-in-cheek theme played on Yankee Doodle, etc.

The closest modern cartoon would be the "Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot" series, made by Dark Horse.

You know what I mean : shining teeth hero, stars-and-stripes in background, and (important) silly-joke-everyone-laughs at the end.