The Further Adventures of SuperTed

The Further Adventures of SuperTed
Opening titles
Genre	Animation Adventure Comedy Sci-fi
Based on	SuperTed created by Mike Young
Developed by	Dave Edwards
Directed by	Bob Alvarez Paul Sommers
Creative director(s)	Ray Patterson
Voices of	Derek Griffiths Jon Pertwee Melvyn Hayes Victor Spinetti Danny Cooksey Tress MacNeille Hamilton Camp Pat Fraley B.J. Ward Frank Welker Pat Musick
Narrated by	Derek Griffiths (British version) Brian Mitchell (American version)
Theme music composer	John Debney
Country of origin	United States Wales (United Kingdom)
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Charles Grosvenor
Running time	22 mins
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions Siriol Animation S4C
Distributor	Great American Broadcasting (original) Warner Bros. Television (current)
Release
Original network	Syndicated
Original release	January 31 – April 25, 1989

The Further Adventures of SuperTed is an American/Welsh animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and Siriol Animation in association with S4C, and continues the adventures of SuperTed.^[1][2] There was only one series consisting of thirteen episodes and originally broadcast on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera in the United States on January 31, 1989.

Production

The original SuperTed, created by Mike Young became the first British cartoon series to be aired on The Disney Channel in the United States in 1984. Young moved to the United States to work on more animated series and in 1988 he made a Superted-sequel-type cartoon called Fantastic Max produced by Hanna-Barbera, who decided to create a new series of SuperTed. This new version takes on a more epic Americanized format, with Texas Pete, Bulk and Skeleton also joined by new villains, the theme song was replaced with a more American overture, and the show poked fun at all aspects of American culture, from the Grand Ol' Opry to Star Wars.

Changes by the BBC

Only two of the original cast were used for this new series Victor Spinetti and Melvyn Hayes returning to voice Texas Pete and Skeleton. In the UK, Mike Young and the BBC decided to rerecord the series to use the original voices of Derek Griffiths for SuperTed and Jon Pertwee for Spotty, which also resulted in some minor script changes. The episodes were also split into two parts, thus creating 26 10-minute stories, which resulted in the series not being broadcast until January 1990 on the BBC. It was repeated again twice in 1992 and 1993.

Characters

Heroes

• SuperTed (voiced by Danny Cooksey in the US version, Derek Griffiths in the UK version) - A teddy bear who was thrown aside of the rejects and brought to life by Spotty's cosmic dust, a be given special powers by Mother Nature. the main hero of the series who rescues all people who need help like Billy (who loses his father), Kiki (who had her pet Whale kidnapped by Texas Pete), Blotch (Spotty's sister who needed both his and Spotty's help find Speckle the Haproo), the boy of the 'Sheepless Nights', The Oklahoma kids in Texas (Slim, Hoppy and Kitty who Texas Pete ruined their rodeo and then took their pet animals and the entire state of Texas) and Prince Rajesh (whose uncle villain is making a mess of being a Raja).
• Spotty Man (voiced by Pat Fraley in the US version, Jon Pertwee in the UK version) - SuperTed's loyal friend who is a yellow alien in a yellow jump-suit with green spots all around him and came from the Planet Spot that bought SuperTed to life with his cosmic dust and flies with SuperTed on every mission, he likes a few things to be covered with spots, a number of things he hated were being tied up by Superted (aka Terrible Ted), his travelling bag being carried away by biting ants, being locked up at Fort Knox by Texas Pete, being knocked in the Texas snake pit by Texas Pete and a haybail, having a couple being ice-danced by Pengy and Dr Frost, looking good in stripes with a white tiger disguise over him and having his Spots taken away by Texas Pete. He is the second main hero of the series.

Friends

• Slim, Hoppy and Kitty (voiced by Danny Cooksey and Tress MacNeille) - The kids of Oklahoma whose animals won first pride in the rodeo prairie, but needed SuperTed's help when Texas Pete was ruin their bull riding competition with a radio controlled bull and took them and the entire state of Texas, their only appearances were in "Texas Is Mine."
• Major Billy Bob (voiced by Danny Mann) - The owner of the Grand Ol Opry who makes SuperTed a singing star by signing a contract after saving country music (after watching him sing with Texas Pete with his pal Coral) at the end of "Phantom of the Grand Ol' Opry" (the only episode he features in).
• Billy the Kid (voiced by Robbie Lee) - The boy that needed SuperTed's help when his father Dr. Livings had been kidnapped by the Polka Dot tribe after a discovery in a cave of paintings at the primitive Brazilian Rainforest, his only appearance was in "Dot's Entertainment."
• The Space Beavers (voiced by Frank Welker and Charlie Adler) - The Space Beavers get very naughty and they are invited to Dr. Frost and Pengy. They are greedy munching trees. Formally, they do not like SuperTed and Spotty. But they become good friends with them.
• Kiki (voiced by Georgi Irene) - The child with the pet whale (who she gave a good scrubbing) that got kidnapped by Texas Pete, Bulk and Skeleton to find sunken treasure and needed SuperTed's help to save it, after she has been rescued she rewards SuperTed and Spotty Man with a couple of Spotty shells. Her only appearance (with her pet whale for that matter) was in "The Mysticetae Mystery."
• Blotch (voiced by Billie Hayes) - Spotty's little sister.
• Prince Rajeash (voiced by Danny Cooksey) - An Indian prince who can't make decisions. He has an uncle, Prince Pyjamarama with his helper, Mufti the fool. Prince Pyjamarama is not happy with Rajeash. Soon, Rajeash is betrayed by Prince Pyjamarama and nasty Mufti. But luckily, Rajeash's new friends SuperTed and Spotty help him and In the end, Rajeash now becomes a new raja after Prince Pyjamarama and Mufti flew to the water.

Villains

• Texas Pete (voiced by Victor Spinetti) - The principal antagonist of the series.
  • Bulk (voiced by Frank Welker) - Texas Pete's henchman.
  • Skeleton (voiced by Melvyn Hayes) - Texas Pete's henchman.
• Polka Face (voiced by Howard Morris) - The Polka Dot Tribe leader. He turns into a nice character in the end of "Dot's Entertainment."
• Bubbles the Clown (voiced by Frank Welker) -
• Sleepless Knight (voiced by Kenneth Mars) - A knight who gives people nightmares.
• Dr. Frost (voiced by Corey Burton) -
  • Pengy (voiced by Charlie Adler) - Dr. Frost's penguin henchman.
• The Hairmongers and their leaders, Julius Scissors and Marcilia
• The two spies from the enemy Striped Army
• Prince Pyjamarama (voiced by Frank Welker) - Prince Pyjamarama is Prince Rajeash's uncle and the main antagonist of the episode "Ruse of the Raja." He and his helper Mufti become traitors to Prince Rajeash.
  • Mufti (voiced by Bob Arbogast) - Prince Pyjamarama's henchman.

Episode list

#	Title	original US broadcast date	original UK broadcast date [Episode 1]	original UK broadcast date [Episode 2]	Summary
1	Phantom of the Grand Ol' Opry	31 January 1989	8 January 1990[3]	10 January 1990[4]	SuperTed loses his memory in a rocket crash and Texas Pete calls him "Terrible Ted" and joins him up in his gang with Skeleton and Bulk. in the jewelery store he ties up Spottyman (who follows tracks to the location). Then Tex starts to create music havoc with his 'I'm a big deal song' for his night at the Grand Ol' Opry (where Spotty brings Terrible Ted's memory back to 'SuperTed' again with his cosmic dust).
2	Dot's Entertainment	7 February 1989	15 January 1990[5]	17 January 1990[6]	Billy's father goes missing after a cave painting exhibition of 'Polka Dot Trible' in a Brazilian Rainforest cave, he comes to get SuperTed and Spotty (who have been watching a carnival in the Rio Street) to come to the rescue of his missing father. then Spotty gets to focus of some 'legendary' attraction when they get to the Polka Dots Village (to whom its leader Polka Face sells his tribal land to Theme park developers, then turns into a nice guy at the end)
3	Knox Knox, Who's There?	14 February 1989	22 January 1990[7]	24 January 1990[8]	Blotch (Spotty's sister) is in aid of Spotty and SuperTed's help to find Speckle the Hoparoo, our two heroes fly to a couple of planets (a desert one and an arctic one) where Texas Pete and his henchman Skeleton and Bulk (who kidnapped Speckle) find cosmic dust for a 'springing-to-life' gold rush at Fort Knox in Northern Kentucky. While it is happening SuperTed, Speckle and Spotty find a recipe to capture the villains (by tipping chocolate over Bulk etc.) with a banjo.
4	The Mysticetae Mystery	21 February 1989	5 February 1990 [9]	7 February 1990[10]	When SuperTed and Spotty enjoy a tropical holiday, Texas Pete and his cronies Bulk and Skeleton salvage sunken treasure that a whale eats up, then capture a child named Kiki and her pet whale (who calls on the short-waves for SuperTed's help). Meanwhile, after Tex and his crew go scuba diving, SuperTed (who saw the big Whale collor that Tex put the whale in) and Spotty (who saw her lost charm bracelet on the boat) get a couple of dolphins to go under the ocean to stop the kidnap of Kiki and stop Texas Pete stealing treasure and set the Whales free.
5	Texas Is Mine	28 February 1989	12 February 1990[11]	14 February 1990[12]
6	Sheepless Nights	7 March 1989	26 February 1990[13]	28 February 1990[14]	SuperTed and Spotty travel to Lethargia where the children are all having the same scary nightmares. Ted enters their dreams to help. There he confronts the dreaded Sleepless Knight, whose goal is to give children everywhere nightmares.
7	We Got Nutninkhamun	14 March 1989	19 February 1990[15]	21 March 1990[16]	Texas Pete gets his hands on Cosmic Dust and uses it to bring an ancient mummy to life. Then the whole gang is off to Egypt to make the mummy lead them to the secret treasure. Can SuperTed stop them before they steal priceless artifacts?
8	Leave it to Space Beavers	21 March 1989	12 March 1990[17]	14 March 1990[18]	A villain called Dr Frost and his henchman Pengy (a penguin-type character) with a band of Space Beavers plans to destroy the world.
9	Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere	28 March 1989	29 January 1990[19]	31 January 1990[20]	After SuperTed declares Texas Pete Public Enemy No. 1, a clown villain called Bubbles steals Texas Pete's Public Enemy No. 1 title after a casino robbery and becomes companion to Bulk and Skeleton in a scheme to rob a diamond museum. Texas Pete has a chat with SuperTed and Spotty to help him get rid of Bubbles and his dog in two big bubbles. SuperTed rewards Texas Pete by being declaring him Public Enemy No. 33.
10	Farewell My Lovely Spots	4 April 1989	19 March 1990[21]	21 March 1990[22]	Spotty's spots have been stolen, and it looks like Texas Pete is the culprit. Only a ransom of cosmic dust will get them back. In a brilliant bit of sleuthing, SuperTed discovers that it was the work of a Texas Pete look-alike all along!
11	Ben-Fur	11 April 1989	26 March 1990 [23]	28 March 1990[24]	SuperTed and Spotty journey to the "Kids Town Satellite". SuperTed recounts his adventures on the planet "Fluffalot" where he defeated the Hairmongers and their leaders, Julius Scissors and Marcilia in a series of "Ben Hur" like contests.
12	Spotty Earns His Stripes	18 April 1989	2 April 1990[25]	5 April 1990[26]	Spotty gets drafted into the Spotted Army. He becomes the unsuspecting dupe of the two spies from the enemy Striped Army, who plan to invade the planet. Can SuperTed help his friend in time to fend off the invasion?
13	Ruse of the Raja	25 April 1989	5 March 1990[27]	7 March 1990[28]	A young Indian prince asks SupeTted to help him be a better ruler. But the prince's evil uncle, Prince Pyjamarama, wants to snatch the kingdom with his helper, Mufti. Only SuperTed can foil his nasty plans.

British Home Media releases

Between 1990 and 1991 three videos were released by the BBC, whereas the two episodes of the British dub on each of the VHS tapes were made into 20 minute stories. No DVD releases have been made to date, in either United Kingdom or America.

VHS Name	Catalogue Number	Release Year	Episodes
The Further Adventures of SuperTed: "Phantom Of The Grand Ol' Opry"	BBCV 4304	2 April 1990	Phantom Of The Grand Ol' Opry, Dots Entertainment
The Further Adventures of SuperTed 2: "Knox Knox, Who's There?"	BBCV 4394	10 September 1990	Knox Knox, Who's There?, Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere!
The Further Adventures of SuperTed 3: "'The Mysticetae Mystery"	BBCV 4635	1 July 1991	The Mysticetae Mystery, Texas Is Mine

American Home Media releases

Hanna-Barbera Home Video released a VHS of The Further Adventures of SuperTed: 'Leave it to Space Beavers' (UPC: 017951751035) featuring the episodes Knox Knox! who's There?, Phantom of the Grand Ole Opry, Leave it to Space Beavers and Ruse of the Raja. There has yet to be a complete series DVD of the show from Warner Archive.

International screenings

• The series was called "The Further Adventures of SuperTed: 1990 - 1993" when screened on BBC1 in the United Kingdom.
• In Ireland the BBC version of the series was screened on RTÉ.
• In Wales the series was dubbed into Welsh and broadcast on S4C, retaining its original name.
• The UK version of the series was dubbed into Finnish and debuted on a Finnish VHS release, retaining the title "The Further Adventures of SuperTed".
• The series was screened on ABC in Australia. It first aired at 5:00pm on The Afternoon Show on 18 June 1991, and was later broadcast several times in the mornings at 8:20am and 10:30am during February, April and early July in 1992.

Cast

British main cast

• Derek Griffiths - SuperTed, Narrator^[29]
• Jon Pertwee - Spotty Man^[29]

British and American main cast

• Melvyn Hayes - Skeleton
• Victor Spinetti - Texas Pete
• Frank Welker - Bulk, Prince Pyjamarama (in "Ruse of the Raja"), Bubbles the Clown (in "Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere"), Pengy (in "Space Beavers"), Pingu (in "Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere")

American main cast

• Danny Cooksey - SuperTed, Slim and Hoppy (in "Texas is Mine"), Kids town boy (in "Ben-Fur"), Prince Rajeesh (in "Ruse of the Raja")
• Pat Fraley - Spotty Man
• Brian Mitchell - Narrator, Polka-Dot Elder (in "Dot's Entertainment")

Additional voices

• Charlie Adler - Wally the Beaver (in "Leave it to Space Beaver"), Pengy (uncredited)
• Bob Arbogast - Mufti in (in "Ruse of the Raja")
• René Auberjonois -
• George Ball -
• Earl Boen (uncredited) -
• Corey Burton - Dr. Frost (uncredited)
• Hamilton Camp - Sparky the Dog (in "Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere")
• Philip Lewis-Clarke -
• Peter Cullen -
• Jim Cummings (uncredited) -
• Barry Dennen -
• Dick Erdman -
• Billie Hayes - Blotch (in "Knox Knox, Who's There?"), Slot Machine Owner (in "Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere")
• Whitby Hertford -
• Georgi Irene - Kiki (in "The Mysticetae Mystery")
• Arte Johnson -
• Marvin Kaplan -
• Robbie Lee - Billy the Kid (in "Dot's Entertainment"), Plush the Kid (in "Ben-Fur")
• Tress MacNeille - Kitty the Cowpolk Kid and her mom (in "Texas Is Mine"), Texas Pete's Mom (in "Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere")
• Danny Mann - Major Billy Bob (in "Phantom of the Grand Ol' Opry").
• Kenneth Mars - Sleepless Knight (in "Sleepless Nights")
• Cindy McGee -
• Scott Menville (uncredited) -
• Howard Morris - Polka Face (in "Dot's Entertainment")
• Pat Musick -
• Rob Paulsen - Dr. Livings (in "Dot's Entertainment")
• Ann Ryerson -
• B.J. Ward - Polka-Hontas (in "Dots Entertainment")
• Lennie Weinrib (uncredited) -
• James Widdoes -
• Keone Young (uncredited) -
• Patric Zimmerman -

Crew

• Gordon Hunt - USA Recording Director
• Andrea Romano - Animation Casting Director
• Mike Young - Creator, Story Editor, UK Recording Director
• Kris Zimmerman - Talent Coordinator

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External links

• The Further Adventures of SuperTed at the Internet Movie Database
• Toonhound - SuperTed