The Robonic Stooges

The Robonic Stooges
Second version of the title card.
GenreAnimation
Directed byCharles A. Nichols
Chris Cuddington
Voices ofPaul Winchell
Joe Baker
Frank Welker
Ross Martin
Narrated byFrank Welker
Theme music composerHoyt Curtin
ComposerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16 (32 segments)
Production
Executive producersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
ProducerTerry Morse, Jr.
Running time8 minutes
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 10, 1977 (1977-09-10) –
March 18, 1978 (1978-03-18)
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The Robonic Stooges is a Saturday morning animated series featuring the characters of The Three Stooges in new roles as clumsy crime-fighting cyborg superheroes. It was developed by Norman Maurer and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 10, 1977, to March 18, 1978, on CBS and contained two segments: The Robonic Stooges and Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives.[1]

The Robonic Stooges originally aired as a segment on The Skatebirds from September 10, 1977, to January 21, 1978, on CBS.[2] When CBS canceled The Skatebirds in early 1978, the trio was given their own half-hour timeslot which ran for 16 episodes.[3] This was the second animated series starring the Stooges, following the 1965 series The New 3 Stooges.[4]

In 2021, it was announced The Robonic Stooges would become a comic book series[5] with new stories published by American Mythology Productions. Issue #1 was written by S.A. Check and Jordan Gershowitz with interior art from Philip Murphy and Jorge Pacheco and main cover art by Eric Shanower.

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  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 748–750. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 288–290. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 639. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  5. ^ "Three Stooges as Robonic Stooges in New Comic". scoop.previewsworld.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.