![]() ![]() ![]() and it still can't compare to the other shows' themes.įor all of the details about TigerSharks, check out the whole video. There is also something deeply unsettling about the TigerSharks' transformation into humanoid aquatics it's so borderline grotesque that TigerSharks could easily be made into a David Cronenberg body horror flick.īut at least the theme song was catchy. As noted in our video, TigerSharks shared several members of the ThunderCats and SilverHawks creative team, as well as the leading performers of those shows. One thing to keep in mind is that Rankin/Bass wasn't subtle about its desire to make another ThunderCats. It's truly the animated lineup of the damned. ![]() Unlike its predecessors, TigerSharks had to share a TV slot with the likes of Street Frogs, The Mini-Monsters, and Karate Kat. But first, we'll test your sanity with an extended look back at The Comic Strip. In SYFY WIRE's latest Everything You Didn't Know video, we're taking a deep dive back into the world of Water-O for all of the details about TigerSharks that have long since been forgotten. Unfortunately, the TigerSharks just couldn't live up to their famous cousins. But in 1987, Rankin/Bass went back to the well one more time to recapture that lightning in a bottle. The company tried to replicate that success with SilverHawks, which wasn't quite as popular. Katmandu (voiced by Larry Kenney), Chow-Baby and her sister Meow-Baby (voiced by Maggie Jacobsen), his overweight sparring partner Katgut, and the aptly named Katatonic.During the '80s, Rankin/Bass struck gold when it unleashed the ThunderCats on an unsuspecting generation of cartoon lovers. When working at for McClaws's Detective Agency run by his boss Katie "Big Mama" McClaw (voiced by Gerrianne Raphael), Karate Kat is assisted by his friends/co-workers like inventor Dr. ![]() In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic cats, a private investigator cat (voiced by Bob McFadden) uses his karate to fight crime in his town which is usually in the form of gang leader Big Papa and his two lackeys named Boom-Boom Burmese (voiced by Larry Kenney) and Sumo Sai. Ron Taylor also provides the theme song vocals for this segment. Apart from Rankin-Bass regular Bob McFadden, this segment featured an African-American cast. Edit Edit source View history Talk (0) Broadcasted episodes Number: Title: Original Airdate: 1.01 The Fish Tank - Part 1: Septem1.02 The Fish Tank - Part 2: Septem1.03 Sark To The Rescue - Part 1: Septem1.04 Sark To The Rescue - Part 2. They are also on good terms with a turtle named Snappy Sam (voiced by Ron Taylor) who runs the diner that Loretta works at. Hyde (voiced by Earl Hammond) who works as the camp's physician.Ī segment depicting the typical teen-aged hijinks of a gang of street-smart frogs named Big Max (voiced by Bob McFadden), Spider, Moose The Loose, "Honey Love" Loretta (voiced by Tanya Willoughby), and Dr. In addition, the camp director is assisted by the grandson of Dr. They are Count Dracula's son Dracky, Frankenstein's son Franky, The Wolf Man's son Wolfie, The Creature from the Black Lagoon's son Lagoon, The Mummy's son Mummo, the Invisible Man's son Blanko, Klutz (who may or may not be Godzilla's son), Jynx the Witch (voiced by Maggie Wheeler), and Merlin's son Melvin accompanied by Cawfield the talking crow (voiced by Earl Hammond). Camp Mini-Mon turns out to be run by an organ playing shadowy camp director (voiced by Peter Newman), and attended by monster kids who are offspring of usually famous monsters, a witch, and Merlin. The four segments offered were: The Mini-Monsters Ī segment where normal human twin siblings Sherman (voiced by Seth Green) and Melissa find themselves in for a surprise when they are sent to summer camp for one year. Two segments were shown on each broadcast where they each ran for about 10 minutes. This was the last TV series produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, and distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures. The 90-minute series ran in first-run syndication during the 1987 season. The Comic Strip is an American animated series that features four rotating cartoon segments: The Mini-Monsters, Street Frogs, Karate Kat and TigerSharks. American TV series or program The Comic Strip ![]()
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