Super Adventure Team

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Super Adventure Team
GenreSatire, puppetry
Created byDana Gould, Robert Cohen
ComposerEban Schletter[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running timeapprox. 22 minutes
Original release
NetworkMTV
ReleaseJune 23 (1998-06-23) –
August 27, 1998 (1998-08-27)

Super Adventure Team is an American comedy series shown on the cable television network MTV in 1998. The show is a superhero satire series using puppetry, in the style of Thunderbirds (TV series) and Team America: World Police.[2][3]

History

The show's co-creators, Rob Cohen and Dana Gould, met when writing for The Ben Stiller Show. The show debuted in July 1998 with a six-episode run.[4]

The marionettes were voiced by comedians popular at the time – using aliases:

  • Talia Criswell was played by Karen Kilgariff – stage name Barbara St. Bill
  • Benton Criswell was played by Paul F. Tompkins – stage name Francis Mt. Pleasant
  • Chief Engineer Head was played by creator Dana Gould[5] – stage name Benjamin Venom
  • Major Landon West was played by Daran Norris – stage name James Penrod
  • Colonel Buck Murdock was played by Wally Wingert – stage name Grant W. Wyllie

The plot centered around an allegedly effective disaster Incident response team bogged down with their own internal squabbles.[2][3]

Keith Marder of the

cult classic.[6]

References

  1. from the original on 4 January 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b Dale, Chris (March 31, 2020). "From Space Patrol to Team America: 5 productions inspired by Supermarionation". GerryAnderson.com. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Super Adventure Team". Trakt.tv. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
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  5. ^ "Dana Gould". Dana Gould. Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  6. ProQuest 281810214
    . Retrieved May 4, 2022.

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