![]() Next year, at mid-season, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels was brought back for its own half-hour slot on the ABC schedule in 1980 (up against Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and Godzilla on NBC), with 16 new episodes added to reruns of the previous 24 episodes, to fill out the slot, for a total of 40 11-minute episodes (this disc collection pairs up the episodes in this fashion: two per half-hour segment). In the fall of 1978, the programming block was shortened to 90 minutes ( The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt and the Scooby-Doo, Where are You! reruns were axed, while two 11-minute Captain Cavemans were shown ) and renamed Scooby's All-Stars it also ran one year (its direct competition was The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour and Tarzan and the Super Seven on CBS, and The Godzilla Power Hour, Fantastic Four in the fall, The New Fred and Barney Show in the spring, and The Krofft Superstar Hour on NBC). Featuring five different elements-new episodes of The Scooby-Doo Show, Laff-a-Lympics (H-B's spoof of ABC's prime-time Battle of the Network Stars specials, with Cavey participating on the Scooby Doobies team) The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt, reruns of the classic Scooby-Doo, Where are You!, and an 11-minute Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels episode-the block ran for one season. Magoo? and The Skatebirds in the fall, and The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour for the rest of the season on CBS, and Space Sentinels and The New Archie and Sabrina Hour on NBC). However, Cavey's official debut came in September, 1977 during ABC's two hour Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics programming block (its direct competition was What's New, Mr. You could make an argument that the Captain Caveman character truly made his debut as one half of the Slag Brothers from H-B's earlier Wacky Races, since the character design is pretty similar. The Captain's big mud cave has been hoisted onto the girls' tricked-out van, where he sleeps while they drive to their next happenstance mystery. Thawed out, the hair Cavey possesses super powers of flight and strength (and apparently hunger, too, as he'll eat anything), along with a wooden club that contains numerous gadgets that can be utilized to help fight crime (his "flashlight," which consists of a bird holding a candle, is his most often used). ![]() healthy teenaged girls-Brenda (voice talent of Marilyn Schreffler), Dee Dee Skyes (voice talent of Vernee Watson), and Taffy (voice talent of Laurel Page)-drive around the country solving mysteries with the aid of Captain Caveman (voice talent of Mel Blanc), a prehistoric troglodyte whom they discovered one day in a cave, frozen in a block of ice. The set-up is even more simple than usual by H-B standards.and only explained in the show's pre-credit sequence. No extras for these sharp, colorful fullscreen transfers. As it plays today, it's typically goofy 70s H-B fare which should entertain young kids while giving you a nice nostalgic kick. For whatever reason, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (or at least Cavey) is beloved by kids who grew up during the late 70s and early 80s, proven by the fact that you can pretty much pull anyone aside from that age group, scream "Caaaaptain CAAAAAAAVEMAAAAAAAAAN!" in their face, and they'll know instantly where you're coming from, pop culture-wise. Okay? Warner Bros.' fun Archive Collection of hard-to-find library and cult titles has released, through their popular Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection line, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels: The Complete Series, the animated mystery comedy voiced by Mel Blanc, Laurel Page, Marilyn Schreffler, and Vernee Watson, that originally aired on ABC from 1977-1980. ![]() "Set free by the Teen Angels from his prehistoric block of glacier ice, comes the world's first superhero: Captain Caveman! Now the constant companion to the Teen Angels, Brenda, Dee Dee, and Taffy, in their hilarious and sometimes scary mystery missions, get ready for Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels!"
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