The Funky Phantom

The Funky Phantom
GenreComedy
Mystery
Adventure
Created byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Directed byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voices ofDaws Butler
Tommy Cook
Jerry Dexter
Micky Dolenz
Kristina Holland
Don Messick
ComposerJohn Sangster
Country of originUnited States
Australia[1]
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes17 (list of episodes)
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Production
ProducersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesHanna-Barbera Productions
Air Programs International
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 11, 1971 (1971-09-11) –
January 1, 1972 (1972-01-01)
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The Funky Phantom is an animated television series, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, in association with Australian production company Air Programs International for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).[2] The show was a clone of Hanna-Barbera's popular Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, with a trio of teenage detectives driving around the country and solving crimes. In this case, the "Scooby-Doo" role was taken by a Revolutionary War-era ghost,[3] voiced by Daws Butler in a manner almost identical to that of Snagglepuss.

The show returned briefly in reruns in 1980, as part of Hanna-Barbera's Godzilla series.[4]

  1. ^ "The Funky Phantom". The Big Cartoon Debatase. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  2. ^ Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. pp. 164–165. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 223. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  4. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 169–170. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 19 March 2020.