The American children television series "The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" premiered on 15 September 1968. The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and distributed by NBC. It ran for 20 thirty minute colour episodes. The title role stars Michael Shea as Huckleberry Finn, LuAnn Haslam as Becky Thatcher, Kevin Schultz as Tom Sawyer and Ted Cassidy as Injun Joe. It was the first live-action and animated television series with three live-action heroes navigating weekly adventures within an animated world as they attempted to outrun the vengeful "Injun Joe".
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| Michael Shea as Huckleberry Finn |
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| LuAnn Haslam as Becky Thatcher |
The live actors were filmed in front of a royal blue backdrop (the forerunner to the CGI green screen) and the cartoon background and characters were animated in later. The young cast was required to master the art of engaging in conversational exchanges without having their animated co-stars to interact with. Each episode took approximately four hours to film and six months to animate. The title song was composed by Ted Nichols.
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| Kevin Schultz as Tom Sawyer |
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| LuAnn Haslam as Becky Thatcher |
Synopsis
Late afternoon in Hannibal, Missouri, Aunt Polly and Mrs. Thatcher are concerned for their children arriving late at home. Huckleberry Finn (Michael Shea), Becky Thatcher (LuAnn Haslam) and Tom Sawyer (Kevin Schultz) are taking a shortcut home through the town's graveyard, where they encounter "Injun Joe" (Ted Cassidy)...
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| Ted Cassidy as Injun Joe |
Main Cast
- Michael Shea as Huckleberry Finn
- LuAnn Haslam as Becky Thatcher
- Kevin Schultz as Tom Sawyer
- Ted Cassidy as Injun Joe
- Dorothy Tennant as Mrs. Thatcher
- Anne Bellamy as Aunt Polly
Opening and closing credits
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