Space Ghost and Dino Boy

Infobox Television
show_name = Space Ghost and Dino Boy


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runtime = 30 minutes
creator = Alex Toth
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producer = Hanna-Barbera
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voices = Gary Owens
Tim Matheson
Ginny Tyler
Don Messick
Johnny Carson
Mike Road
Keye Luke
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country = USA
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language = English
network = CBS
first_aired = September 10, 1966
last_aired = September 7, 1968
num_seasons = 2
num_episodes = 20
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"Space Ghost and Dino Boy" is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It first aired on CBS from September 10, 1966 to September 7, 1968. The series comprised two unrelated segments, "Space Ghost" and "Dino Boy in the Lost Valley". The show itself is called simply "Space Ghost" (as denoted by its opening title). The "Space Ghost and Dino Boy" name is used in official records to differentiate it from the Cartoon Network's late-night talk show "Space Ghost Coast to Coast".

The series was created by Alex Toth and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

"Space Ghost"

Space Ghost, along with teenaged sidekicks Jan and Jace and their monkey Blip, fights villains in outer space.

Voice cast

* Gary Owens – Space Ghost
* Ginny Tyler – Jan
* Tim Matheson – Jace
* Don Messick – Blip, Zorak, Sisto
* Keye Luke – Brak

"Dino Boy in the Lost Valley"

Dino Boy is a young boy called Todd who parachuted out of a crashing plane with his parents still on board. He lands in an unknown South American valley where dinosaurs, cavemen and saber-tooth tigers somehow have survived. Dino Boy then meets the caveman Ugh (who saved Dino Boy from a saber-tooth tiger when he first arrived) and his pet dinosaur Bronto who become his friends in the episodes to come.

The Dino Boy segments were similar in many ways to the 1960 film "Dinosaurus!", which also features a young boy befriending a caveman and a "Brontosaurus".

Ugh appeared in a Cartoon Network Promotional Bumper with Edd from Ed, Edd n Eddy.

Voice Cast

* Johnny Carson (not the talk show host) – Todd (Dino Boy)
* Mike Road – Ugh
* Don Messick – Bronto

Episodes

With the exception of the final two half hour shows (the "Council of Doom" episodes), each episode featured two Space Ghost segments with one Dino Boy segment between them.

# "The Heat Thing" / "Marooned" / "Zorak" (September 10, 1966)
# "The Lizard Slavers" / "The Moss Men" / "The Web" (September 17, 1966)
# "Creature King" / "The Treeman" / "The Sandman" (September 24, 1966)
# "The Evil Collector" / "The Fire God" / "The Drone" (October 1, 1966)
# "Homing Device" / "The Mighty Snow Creature" / "The Robot Master" (October 8, 1966)
# "The Iceman" / "The Wolf People" / "Hi-Jackers" (October 15, 1966)
# "The Energy Monster" / "Valley of the Giants" / "The Lure" (October 22, 1966)
# "The Cyclopeds" / "The Ant Warriors" / "The Schemer" (October 29, 1966)
# "Lokar - King of the Killer Locusts" / "The Bird Riders" / "Space Sargasso" (November 5, 1966)
# "Brago" / "Giant Ants" / "Revenge of the Spider Woman" (November 12, 1966)
# "Attack of the Saucer Crab" / "The Rock Pygmies" / "Space Birds" (November 19, 1966)
# "The Time Machine" / "Danger River" / "Nightmare Planet" (November 26, 1966)
# "Space Armada" / "The Vampire Men" / "The Challenge" (December 3, 1966)
# "Jungle Planet" / "The Terrible Chase" / "Ruler of the Rock Robots" (December 10, 1966)
# "Glasstor" / "The Sacrifice" / "The Space Ark" (December 17, 1966)
# "The Sorcerer" / "The Marksman" / "The Space Piranhas" (December 24, 1966)
# "The Ovens of Moltor" / "The Spear Warriors" / "Transor - The Matter Mover" (December 31, 1966)
# "The Gargoyloids" / "The Worm People" / "The Looters" (January 7, 1967)
# "The Meeting" / "Clutches of Creature King" / "The Deadly Trap" (September 9, 1967)
# "The Molten Monsters of Moltar" / "Two Faces of Doom" / "The Final Encounter" (September 16, 1967)

(The final two half-hour shows only feature Space Ghost. Additionally, they feature cameos from characters that would eventually appear in their own series the following season.)

DVD Release

Warner Home Video released "Space Ghost and Dino Boy: The Complete Series" on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time on July 17, 2007. [ [http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7066 Space Ghost and Dino Boy DVD news: Announcement for Space Ghost and Dino Boy - The Complete Series | TVShowsOnDVD.com ] ]

The DVD edition presents the episodes on two double-sided DVDs, but alters the order from the original air-date order.

Disc 1
Side A
1 - The Heat Thing / The Worm People / Zorak
2 - Creature King / The Treemen / The Lizard Slavers
3 - The Web / The Sacrifice / Homing Device
4 - The Drone / The Moss Men / The Sandman
Side B
5 - The Robot Master / Marooned / The Energy Monster
6 - Hi-Jackers / Giant Ants / The Lure
7 - The Schemer / The Rock Pygmies / The Evil Collector
8 - Lokar - King of the Killer Locusts / Danger River / Brago
9 - The Cyclopeds / The Fire God / Space Sargasso
10 - The Iceman / The Vampire Men / The Time Machine
11 - The Space Birds / The Wolf People / Attack of the Saucer Crab
12 - Nightmare Planet / Valley of the Giants / Space Armada

Disc 2
Side A
13 - Ruler of the Rock Robots / The Bird Riders / The Challenge
14 - Jungle Planet / The Marksman / Revenge of the Spider Woman
15 - The Space Ark / The Terrible Chase / Glasstor
16 - The Space Piranhas / The Spear Warriors / The Sorcerer
17 - The Ovens of Moltar / The Ant Warriors / Transor - the Matter Mover
18 - The Looters / The Mighty Snow Creature / The Gargoyloids
The Final 2 episodes are a six-part Space Ghost story called "The Council of Doom"
19 - The Meeting / Clutches of the Creature King / The Deadly Trap
20 - The Molten Monsters of Moltar / Two Faces of Doom / The Final Encounter
Side BFeature-Length Profile Simplicity:The Life and Art of Alex Toth

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