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{{TV series infobox | {{TV series infobox | ||
|image=[[File:Saturdaysupercade.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:Saturdaysupercade.jpg|300px]] | ||
|format=Children's television series | |format=Children's television series | ||
|creator= | |creator={{wp|Joe Ruby}}<br>{{wp|Ken Spears}} | ||
| | |writer=Duane Poole<br>Tom Swale<br>Gary Greenfield<br>Michael Maurer<br>{{wp|Mark Jones (filmmaker)|Mark Jones}}<br>Rick Merwin<br>Cliff Ruby<br>Elana Lesser<br>Gordon Kent<br>Jack Enyart<br>Tom Dagenais<br>Matt Uitz<br>Michael Brown<br>Kayte Kuch<br>Richard Murphy<br>James Diamond<br>Sheryl Scarborough<br>Scott Ben-Yashar | ||
|writer= | |direct={{wp|Charles August Nichols|Charles A. Nichols}}<br>John Kimball | ||
|direct= | |star={{wp|Soupy Sales}} as [[Donkey Kong]] | ||
| | |voice=[[Milton Supman]]<br>[[Peter Cullen]]<br>{{wp|Kenneth Mars}}<br>Billy Bowles<br>Noelle North<br>{{wp|Bart Braverman}}<br>{{wp|Robert Ridgely|Bob Ridgely}}<br>{{wp|Dick Beals}}<br>{{wp|Bob Sarlatte}}<br>{{wp|Julie McWhirter|Julie Dees}}<br>{{wp|B. J. Ward (actress)|B. J. Ward}}<br>Ted Field, Sr.<br>[[Frank Welker]]<br>{{wp|Marvin Kaplan}}<br>[[Judy Strangis]]<br>Robbie Lee | ||
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|star= | |||
|voice= | |||
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|open="Supercade" | |open="Supercade" | ||
| | |compose={{wp|Haim Saban}}<br>{{wp|Shuki Levy}}<br>{{wp|Dean Elliott}} | ||
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|origin=[[United States of America]] | |origin=[[United States of America]] | ||
|language=English | |language=English | ||
|seasons=2 | |seasons=2 | ||
|episodes=97 | |episodes=97 | ||
|execprod= | |execprod=Joe Ruby<br>Ken Spears | ||
|prod= | |prod=Larry Huber | ||
|editor= | |editor=P. J. Webb<br>Larry Whelan | ||
|prodcompany={{wp|Ruby-Spears Productions}} | |prodcompany={{wp|Ruby-Spears Productions}} | ||
|distributor={{wp|CBS|CBS Broadcasting, Inc.}} | |distributor={{wp|CBS|CBS Broadcasting, Inc.}} | ||
|runtime=50 minutes | |runtime=50 minutes | ||
|channel={{wp|CBS}} | |channel={{wp|CBS}} | ||
|firstair=September 17, 1983 | |firstair=September 17, 1983 | ||
|lastair=December 1, 1984 | |lastair=December 1, 1984 | ||
|status=Ended | |status=Ended | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Saturday Supercade''''' is an animated television series based on several arcade games, including ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong | '''''Saturday Supercade''''' is an animated television series based on several arcade games, including ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Junior]]'', ''{{wp|Frogger}}'', ''{{wp|Q*bert}}'', ''{{wp|Pitfall!}}'', ''{{wp|Kangaroo (video game)|Kangaroo}}'', and ''{{wp|Space Ace}}''. Each episode is approximately one hour long and comprises four shorter, self-contained segments based on one arcade game each. The show originally aired on Saturday mornings on {{wp|CBS|CBS Broadcasting Inc.}} television network beginning on September 17, 1983. After two seasons, the show's original run ended on December 1, 1984. {{wp|Ruby-Spears|Ruby-Spears Productions}} produced the series. While the ''Donkey Kong'' segments appeared in both seasons, the ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments ended after the first season. In total there are nineteen ''Donkey Kong'' segments and thirteen ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments. | ||
Since the show's end, the ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments have ceased to air on television. Additionally, the series has | Since the show's end, the ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments have ceased to air on television. Additionally, the series has not been reproduced in any format, and as such only homemade recordings of the segments made during the show's television airing are available to the public. {{wp|MCA Inc.|Music Corporation of America Inc.}}, then-owner of [[Universal Pictures|Universal City Studios]], was the last known holder of the segments (due to a deal made between MCA/Universal and Ruby-Spears in the leadup to [[Donkey Kong (game)#Universal Studios lawsuit|Universal's lawsuit against Nintendo]]),<ref>[https://casetext.com/case/universal-city-studios-inc-v-nintendo Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo; United States District Court, S.D. New York; Jul 29, 1985; 615 F. Supp. 838 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)]</ref><ref>[https://casetext.com/case/universal-city-studios-v-nintendo-co Universal City Studios v. Nintendo Co.; United States District Court, S.D. New York; Dec 22, 1983; 578 F. Supp. 911 (S.D.N.Y. 1983)]</ref> but it is unclear if Universal or related entities still have any rights to the segments. The copyright to the segments (excluding the ''Space Ace'' segments) was assigned to the owners of the source materials, including the ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments; it appears that said segments are owned by [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]].<ref>Copyright listing for Saturday Supercade : no. 1, copyright registration number PA0000222759</ref> When questioned by a fan on Facebook, the Warner Archive Collection team stated that the accessible segments of the show may be released on DVD in 2011, with "cool vintage footage" replacing any unavailable segments,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140103044435/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Saturday-Supercade-DVDs-Planned/14789 ''Saturday Supercade'' - Could the '80s Coin-Op-Based Cartoons be Coming Home? Warner Says...] (Archived)</ref> but this did not come to fruition. | ||
Predating ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'' by nearly three years, ''Saturday Supercade'' marked the first animated adaption of any ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''-related series. A few months before the series aired, however, TV commercials for [[Donkey Kong (cereal)|Donkey Kong cereal]] and the [[Game & Watch]] included animated ''Super Mario'' characters.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7TfycLGAng William Marshall Donkey Kong Commercial (1983)].''YouTube''. Retrieved December 25, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss3gZ6yV79c Nintendo Game And Watch (Commercial, 1983)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 25, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkveNFgB0zo Nintendo - Mario's Cement Factory Video Game Commercial - 1983]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 13, 2022.</ref> It also marked the first appearances of [[Mario]] and [[Donkey Kong]] in a television series, both of whom would later star in their own television series with ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' in 1989 and ''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' in 1996 respectively; as well as the first appearance of Mario's modern color scheme in America (a red hat and shirt, and blue overalls). The show also marked the currently only televised appearances of the characters [[Pauline]], [[Donkey Kong Jr.]], and [[Stanley]], all from the ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]'' series. | |||
==Plot synopsis== | ==Plot synopsis== | ||
===''Donkey Kong''=== | ===''Donkey Kong''=== | ||
[[File: | [[File:SS Mario and Pauline.png|thumb|[[Mario]] and [[Pauline]] in the ''Donkey Kong'' segment of the show.]] | ||
Similar to the premise of ''[[Donkey Kong Circus]]'', the introduction to the ''Donkey Kong'' segments show that [[Mario]] apparently owned the circus along with his animal trainer [[Pauline]] and the star of the show, [[Donkey Kong]]. However, the | Similar to the premise of ''[[Donkey Kong Circus]]'', the introduction to the ''Donkey Kong'' segments show that [[Mario]] apparently owned the circus along with his animal trainer [[Pauline]] and the star of the show, [[Donkey Kong]]. However, the [[Kong]] escaped and made his way down a dock on a motorcycle, pursued by Mario and Pauline in their circus van. Exiting the van, the pair gave chase on foot until Mario slipped on a [[banana]] peel laid by Donkey Kong as a trap. The tables turned, the pair fled from the approaching Kong. However, Mario and Pauline quickly resumed pursuit with a net and followed him up the stairway of a building. Their resultant chase is outlined in the ''Donkey Kong'' segments. | ||
Most stories had the trio happening on crime, with criminals usually involved in schemes involving theft, fraud, and deceit. Often, the crooks would realize Donkey Kong's slow-wittedness and try to get him to do their dirty work, but in the end, Donkey Kong would either realize the truth himself or Mario and/or Pauline would reveal the facts to the | Most stories had the trio happening on crime, with criminals usually involved in schemes involving theft, fraud, and deceit. Often, the crooks would realize Donkey Kong's slow-wittedness and try to get him to do their dirty work, but in the end, Donkey Kong would either realize the truth himself or Mario and/or Pauline would reveal the facts to the Kong, and in the end, the villains' plot was foiled. The chase then continued. | ||
===''Donkey Kong Junior''=== | ===''Donkey Kong Junior''=== | ||
[[File:BonesDKJr.png|thumb|left|[[Bones ( | [[File:BonesDKJr.png|thumb|left|[[Bones (Saturday Supercade)|Bones]] and [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] in the ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segment of the show.]] | ||
Outlined in the introduction to the ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments, Donkey Kong Jr. traveled from the jungle to Mario's circus to see his father, Donkey Kong. Realizing that his dad has escaped and without means of finding him, Donkey Kong Jr. is reduced to tears. [[Bones ( | Outlined in the introduction to the ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments, Donkey Kong Jr. traveled from the jungle to Mario's circus to see his father, Donkey Kong. Realizing that his dad has escaped and without means of finding him, Donkey Kong Jr. is reduced to tears. [[Bones (Saturday Supercade)|Bones]] approached Junior and consoled him. After hearing his story, Bones suggested they follow after Donkey Kong in his motorcycle. Overjoyed, Donkey Kong Jr. joyously yelled his catchphrase, "Monkey muscle!" and took the driver's seat. With Bones in the sidecar covering his eyes, the two sped off on the first of their adventures which are outlined in the ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments. | ||
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==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
===''Donkey Kong''=== | ===''Donkey Kong''=== | ||
[[File:DonkeyKongTitleCard.png|thumb | [[File:DonkeyKongTitleCard.png|thumb|Title card to the show's ''Donkey Kong'' Season 1 segments.]] | ||
====Season 1==== | ====Season 1==== | ||
*"[[Mississippi Madness]]" | *"[[Mississippi Madness]]" | ||
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*"[[Private Donkey Kong]]" | *"[[Private Donkey Kong]]" | ||
*"[[Get Along, Little Apey]]" | *"[[Get Along, Little Apey]]" | ||
[[File:DonkeyKongTitleCard2.png|thumb | [[File:DonkeyKongTitleCard2.png|thumb|Title card to the show's ''Donkey Kong'' Season 2 segments.]] | ||
====Season 2==== | ====Season 2==== | ||
*"[[Sir Donkey Kong]]" | *"[[Sir Donkey Kong]]" | ||
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===''Donkey Kong Junior''=== | ===''Donkey Kong Junior''=== | ||
[[File:DKJr Supercade Title Card.png|thumb | [[File:DKJr Supercade Title Card.png|thumb|Title card to the show's ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segment.]] | ||
*"[[Trucknapper Caper]]" | *"[[Trucknapper Caper]]" | ||
*"[[Sheep Rustle Hustle]]" | *"[[Sheep Rustle Hustle]]" | ||
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==Voices== | ==Voices== | ||
*[[Bones ( | *[[Bones (Saturday Supercade)|Bones]] - {{wp|Bart Braverman}} | ||
*[[Donkey Kong]] - [[Milton Supman]] | *[[Donkey Kong]] - [[Milton Supman]] | ||
*[[Donkey Kong Jr.]] - [[Frank Welker]] | *[[Donkey Kong Jr.]] - [[Frank Welker]] | ||
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PaulineSupercadeArt.png|[[Pauline]] | PaulineSupercadeArt.png|[[Pauline]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References== | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://imdb.com/title/tt0085008/fullcredits Cast and Crew] - Full cast and crew on IMDB. | *[http://imdb.com/title/tt0085008/fullcredits Cast and Crew] - Full cast and crew on IMDB. | ||
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Revision as of 03:02, November 17, 2024
| Saturday Supercade | |
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| General information | |
| Format | Children's television series |
| Creator(s) | Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Director(s) | Charles A. Nichols John Kimball |
| Writer(s) | Duane Poole Tom Swale Gary Greenfield Michael Maurer Mark Jones Rick Merwin Cliff Ruby Elana Lesser Gordon Kent Jack Enyart Tom Dagenais Matt Uitz Michael Brown Kayte Kuch Richard Murphy James Diamond Sheryl Scarborough Scott Ben-Yashar |
| Starring | Soupy Sales as Donkey Kong |
| Voice actor(s) | Milton Supman Peter Cullen Kenneth Mars Billy Bowles Noelle North Bart Braverman Bob Ridgely Dick Beals Bob Sarlatte Julie Dees B. J. Ward Ted Field, Sr. Frank Welker Marvin Kaplan Judy Strangis Robbie Lee |
| Opening theme | "Supercade" |
| Composer(s) | Haim Saban Shuki Levy Dean Elliott |
| Country of origin | United States of America |
| Original language | English |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 97 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Producer(s) | Larry Huber |
| Editor(s) | P. J. Webb Larry Whelan |
| Production company | Ruby-Spears Productions |
| Distributor(s) | CBS Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Channel(s) | CBS |
| First aired | September 17, 1983[?] |
| Last aired | December 1, 1984[?] |
| Status | Ended |
Saturday Supercade is an animated television series based on several arcade games, including Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, Frogger, Q*bert, Pitfall!, Kangaroo, and Space Ace. Each episode is approximately one hour long and comprises four shorter, self-contained segments based on one arcade game each. The show originally aired on Saturday mornings on CBS Broadcasting Inc. television network beginning on September 17, 1983. After two seasons, the show's original run ended on December 1, 1984. Ruby-Spears Productions produced the series. While the Donkey Kong segments appeared in both seasons, the Donkey Kong Junior segments ended after the first season. In total there are nineteen Donkey Kong segments and thirteen Donkey Kong Junior segments.
Since the show's end, the Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior segments have ceased to air on television. Additionally, the series has not been reproduced in any format, and as such only homemade recordings of the segments made during the show's television airing are available to the public. Music Corporation of America Inc., then-owner of Universal City Studios, was the last known holder of the segments (due to a deal made between MCA/Universal and Ruby-Spears in the leadup to Universal's lawsuit against Nintendo),[1][2] but it is unclear if Universal or related entities still have any rights to the segments. The copyright to the segments (excluding the Space Ace segments) was assigned to the owners of the source materials, including the Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior segments; it appears that said segments are owned by Nintendo of America.[3] When questioned by a fan on Facebook, the Warner Archive Collection team stated that the accessible segments of the show may be released on DVD in 2011, with "cool vintage footage" replacing any unavailable segments,[4] but this did not come to fruition.
Predating Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! by nearly three years, Saturday Supercade marked the first animated adaption of any Super Mario-related series. A few months before the series aired, however, TV commercials for Donkey Kong cereal and the Game & Watch included animated Super Mario characters.[5][6][7] It also marked the first appearances of Mario and Donkey Kong in a television series, both of whom would later star in their own television series with The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! in 1989 and Donkey Kong Country in 1996 respectively; as well as the first appearance of Mario's modern color scheme in America (a red hat and shirt, and blue overalls). The show also marked the currently only televised appearances of the characters Pauline, Donkey Kong Jr., and Stanley, all from the Donkey Kong series.
Plot synopsis
Donkey Kong
Similar to the premise of Donkey Kong Circus, the introduction to the Donkey Kong segments show that Mario apparently owned the circus along with his animal trainer Pauline and the star of the show, Donkey Kong. However, the Kong escaped and made his way down a dock on a motorcycle, pursued by Mario and Pauline in their circus van. Exiting the van, the pair gave chase on foot until Mario slipped on a banana peel laid by Donkey Kong as a trap. The tables turned, the pair fled from the approaching Kong. However, Mario and Pauline quickly resumed pursuit with a net and followed him up the stairway of a building. Their resultant chase is outlined in the Donkey Kong segments.
Most stories had the trio happening on crime, with criminals usually involved in schemes involving theft, fraud, and deceit. Often, the crooks would realize Donkey Kong's slow-wittedness and try to get him to do their dirty work, but in the end, Donkey Kong would either realize the truth himself or Mario and/or Pauline would reveal the facts to the Kong, and in the end, the villains' plot was foiled. The chase then continued.
Donkey Kong Junior
Outlined in the introduction to the Donkey Kong Junior segments, Donkey Kong Jr. traveled from the jungle to Mario's circus to see his father, Donkey Kong. Realizing that his dad has escaped and without means of finding him, Donkey Kong Jr. is reduced to tears. Bones approached Junior and consoled him. After hearing his story, Bones suggested they follow after Donkey Kong in his motorcycle. Overjoyed, Donkey Kong Jr. joyously yelled his catchphrase, "Monkey muscle!" and took the driver's seat. With Bones in the sidecar covering his eyes, the two sped off on the first of their adventures which are outlined in the Donkey Kong Junior segments.
Episodes
Donkey Kong
Season 1
- "Mississippi Madness"
- "Gorilla Gangster"
- "Banana Bikers"
- "The Incredible Shrinking Ape"
- "Movie Mania"
- "Gorilla My Dreams"
- "Little Orphan Apey"
- "Circus Daze"
- "The Great Ape Escape"
- "Apey and the Snowbeast"
- "How Much is That Gorilla in the Window?"
- "Private Donkey Kong"
- "Get Along, Little Apey"
Season 2
- "Sir Donkey Kong"
- "The Pale Whale"
- "El Donkey Kong"
- "New Wave Ape"
- "Greenhouse Gorilla"
- "Hairy Parent"
Donkey Kong Junior
- "Trucknapper Caper"
- "Sheep Rustle Hustle"
- "Rocky Mountain Monkey Business"
- "Magnificent Seven-Year Olds"
- "The Ventriloquist Caper"
- "The Great Seal Steal"
- "The Jungle Boy Ploy"
- "Junior Meets Kid Dynamo"
- "The Amazing Rollerskate Race"
- "A Christmas Story"
- "Gorilla Ghost"
- "The Teddy Bear Scare"
- "Double or Nothing"
Voices
- Bones - Bart Braverman
- Donkey Kong - Milton Supman
- Donkey Kong Jr. - Frank Welker
- Mario - Peter Cullen
- Pauline - Judy Strangis
Theme song
- "Supercade"
Well, Saturday Supercade, gather 'round,
We'll get your video friends together.
Yeah, Saturday Supercade, it's time for fun,
And no one else can do it better.
And it feels so right,
Because it's Supercade time!
Let's have some Supercade fun!
Yes, it's Supercade time,
Let's have some Supercade fun, fun, fun!
Come on, to Supercade time,
Join all the Supercade fun.
Yes, it's Supercade time,
Let's have some Supercade fun, fun, fun!
Come on, to Supercade time,
Join all the Supercade fun.
Monkey Muscle!
(Monkey Noises)
Let's have some Supercade fun.
(It's Saturday Supercade!)
Staff
- Main article: List of Saturday Supercade staff
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Saturday Supercade.
References
- ^ Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo; United States District Court, S.D. New York; Jul 29, 1985; 615 F. Supp. 838 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)
- ^ Universal City Studios v. Nintendo Co.; United States District Court, S.D. New York; Dec 22, 1983; 578 F. Supp. 911 (S.D.N.Y. 1983)
- ^ Copyright listing for Saturday Supercade : no. 1, copyright registration number PA0000222759
- ^ Saturday Supercade - Could the '80s Coin-Op-Based Cartoons be Coming Home? Warner Says... (Archived)
- ^ William Marshall Donkey Kong Commercial (1983).YouTube. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ Nintendo Game And Watch (Commercial, 1983). YouTube. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ Nintendo - Mario's Cement Factory Video Game Commercial - 1983. YouTube. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
External links
- Cast and Crew - Full cast and crew on IMDB.
