The Astronut Show
The Astronut Show is an animated TV series, produced by the Terrytoons animation studio. It first aired on August 23, 1965.[1] In the late 1960s, each episode included Astronut, Hashimoto-san, and Luno the White Stallion.[2] In the early 1970s, the episodes were reprogrammed; these episodes included Astronut, Sad Cat and James Hound.[3]
Astronut first appeared on the Deputy Dawg series.[4] He is a squat, childlike, short, friendly green alien in a tiny flying saucer who frequently gets into mischief on Earth. He has a human friend called Oscar Mild, who was, as his name suggested, a soft-spoken character.[5] Oscar works in an office for Mr. Nicely, whose temperament is the exact opposite of his name.
The series was directed by Art Bartsch, Bob Kuwahara, Connie Rasinski, and David Tendlar. The writers were Larz Bourne, Glan Heish, Tom Morrison, and Bob Ogle. Voices were provided by Dayton Allen and Bob McFadden.
The Astronut cartoons were originally produced by Terrytoons for theatrical distribution by
Astronut theatrical cartoons
1964
- Brother from Outer Space
- Oscar's Moving Day
- Kisser Plant
- Outer Galaxy Gazette
- Molecular Mixup
- Hokey Home Movies
1965
- Sky's the Limit, The
- Weather Magic
- Robots in Toyland
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Telstar
1966
- Gems for Gemini
- Haunted Housekeeping
Astronut TV cartoons
1966
- Oscar's Birthday Present
- Jolly Jupiter
- No Space Like Home
- Martian Recipe
- Martian Moochers
- Oscar's Thinking Cap
- The Invisibeam
References
- ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Hamonic, W. Gerald (2018). Terrytoons: The Story of Paul Terry and His Classic Cartoon Factory. John Libbey Publishing Ltd. p. 363.
- ^ Markstein, Don. "Astronut". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-1476665993.