The Space Kidettes

The Space Kidettes is an American Saturday morning animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, originally airing on NBC during the 1966–67 season. In the show, junior rangers Snoopy, Jenny, Countdown and Scooter patrol the cosmos from their space-capsule clubhouse, with help from their dog Pupstar.^[1] Twenty episodes were produced.^[2]

The Space Kidettes
Genre	Science fiction
Created by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Directed by	Joseph Barbera William Hanna
Voices of	Chris Allen Lucille Bliss Daws Butler Don Messick Janet Waldo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producers	Joseph Barbera William Hanna
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 10, 1966 (1966-09-10) – February 4, 1967 (1967-02-04)

Plot

Set in outer space, the series followed the adventures of a group of child astronauts,^[3] who have acquired a treasure map and have to keep it away from their space pirate nemesis Captain Skyhook and his sidekick Static.^[4]

Episodes

1. Molemen Menace (1966-09-10)
2. Jet Set Go (1966-09-17)
3. Space Indians (1966-09-24)
4. Swamp-Swamped (1966-10-01)
5. Space Heroes (1966-10-08)
6. Space Witch (1966-10-15)
7. Tale of a Whale (1966-10-22)
8. Space Giant (1966-10-29)
9. Space Carnival (1966-11-05)
10. The Laser-Breathing Space Dragon (1966-11-12)
11. The Flight Before Christmas (1966-11-19)
12. Beach Brawl (1966-11-26)
13. Dog-napped in Space (1966-12-03)
14. Secret Solar Robot (1966-12-10)
15. King of the Space Pirates (1966-12-17)
16. Planet of Greeps (1966-12-24)
17. Cosmic Condors (1966-12-31)
18. The Space Mermaid (1967-01-07)
19. Haunted Planet (1967-01-14)
20. Something Old, Something Gnu (1967-01-21) ^[5]

Voice cast

• Chris Allen – Scooter (freckled kid, blue suit)
• Lucille Bliss – Snoopy (kid with white hair, orange suit)
• Daws Butler – Captain Skyhook
• Don Messick – Countdown (leader / kid with glasses, green suit), Pupstar (dog), Static^[6]
• Janet Waldo – Jenny Jet (girl with cap and dress)

Production

Originally airing for one season on NBC as a half-hour program and sponsored by General Mills, The Space Kidettes episodes were later edited down to ten-minute episodes and paired with other General Mills-sponsored shows such as Tennessee Tuxedo and Go Go Gophers to form a full half-hour for syndication.^[7]

Edited further, it was later paired with edited reruns of cartoons from another NBC Hanna-Barbera program, (Young) Samson & Goliath to form the syndication package The Space Kidettes and Young Samson.^[4] The original master elements for both programs were lost, leaving the syndicated edits as the only extant broadcast quality versions.^[4]

All 20 episodes of The Space Kidettes and Young Samson were released on DVD via the Warner Archive Collection manufacture-on-demand program in 2011.^[4]

See also

• 1960s portal

• List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions
• List of Hanna-Barbera characters