1968, Television: The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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".

Michael Shea as Huckleberry Finn

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.

Kevin Schultz as Tom Sawyer

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)...

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

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1964, Television: "The Addams Family"

The American horror sitcom "The Addams Family" premiered on 18 September 1964 on ABC. The series, based on the characters from Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons, ran for two seasons from 18 September 1964 to 8 April 1966 with a total of 64 episodes produced. The series was created by David Levy and Donald Saltzman and each 30 minutes episode was filmed in black-and-white. The opening theme was composed and sung by Vic Mizzy. 

John Astin as Gomez Addams
and Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams

John Astin as Gomez Addams

The main stars are John Astin as Gomez Addams and Carolyn Jones as his wife Morticia Addams, Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams and Ken Weatherwax as Pugsley Addams as their children, Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester and Ted Cassidy as the butler Lurch.

Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester, Blossom Rock as Grandmama Addams
Ted Cassidy as Lurch, Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams,
Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams, John Astin as Gomez Addams
and Ken Weatherwax as Pugsley Addams

Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams
and John Astin as Gomez Addams

Synopsis
The eccentric Addams Family have macabre interests and supernatural abilities. The wealthy, enthusiastic Gomez Addams (John Astin) is madly in love with his wife, Morticia (Carolyn Jones). Along with their children Wednesday (Lisa Loring) and Pugsley (Ken Weatherwax), Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan), and Grandmama (Blossom Rock), they live at 0001 Cemetery Lane. The family has two servants: the butler Lurch (Ted Cassidy) and Thing, a disembodied hand that appears from within a wooden box…

John Astin as Gomez Addams
and Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams

Felix Silla as Cousin Itt, John Astin as Gomez Addams,
Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams and Ted Cassidy as Lurch

Main Cast

• Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams
• John Astin as Gomez Addams
• Ken Weatherwax as Pugsley Addams
• Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams
• Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester
• Blossom Rock as Grandmama Addams
• Ted Cassidy as Lurch
• Felix Silla as Cousin Itt

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