Original title
The Space Kidettes
Released
9/10/1966
Origin country
US
Genre
Animation, Comedy, Kids
Production companies
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, NBC
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
20
The Space Kidettes is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, originally airing on NBC during the 1966-67 season. Set in outer space, the series followed the adventures of a group of child astronauts, who have acquired a treasure map and have to keep it away from their nemesis, a man named Skyhook and his sidekick Static. 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; edited reruns of cartoons from another NBC Hanna-Barbera program, Samson & Goliath to form the syndication package The Space Kidettes and Young Samson. The original master elements for both programs were lost, leaving the syndicated edits as the only extant broadcast quality versions.
The Kidettes become lost, when they get caught in a space storm, and land on the nearest planet they can find. They end up saving a little blue man who warns them to watch out for the Mole Man, whom they encounter later, along with others of his species.
Snoopy is kidnapped by Captain Skyhook, who attempts to coerce him into revealing where their treasure is buried.
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