Rod Rocket
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Hal Sutherland
Hal Smith
Pat Blake
| Rod Rocket | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure |
| Written by | Dick Robbins |
| Directed by | Lou Scheimer Hal Sutherland |
| Starring | Sam Edwards Hal Smith Pat Blake |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 65[citation needed] |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mark Lipsky Walter N. Bien |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Production companies | Filmation Associates Sib Tower 12 Productions |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1963 |
Rod Rocket is an American animated television series that debuted in syndication in 1963, and was the first produced by Filmation. The show was produced in five-minute cliffhanger segments, with five segments making a full story. Television stations could broadcast the single-segment version daily on their local children's afternoon show, or package them together to make 26 weekly half-hour shows.[1]
Rod Rocket was originally produced by True Line, a small Los Angeles animation studio which subcontracted it to the newly formed Filmation Associates created by Lou Scheimer and Hal Sutherland in 1963.[2][3] Scheimer and Sutherland had met while working at Larry Harmon Productions on the made-for-TV Bozo the Clown and Popeye cartoons. They produced the series for SIB Productions, a Japanese company.[3]
Plot
A boy named Rod Rocket and his best friend, Joey, are sent by wise codger Professor Argus on an exploratory mission in a spaceship called the Little Argo. He waits for them at home with his teenage granddaughter, Cassie. While in space, Rod and Joey constantly battle two bumbling cosmonauts.[4]
Voices
The voice cast included:[5]
- Sam Edwards - Rod Rocket and Joey
- Hal Smith - Professor Angus
- Pat Blake - Cassie
