Cartoon Aficionado / Moderator
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Aug 14, 2011, 2:32 PM
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Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Of Clue Club.
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Thirty-five years ago today, "Clue Club," yet another of Hanna-Barbera's teen detective shows, premiered on CBS. It was one of the few Saturday morning cartoons to not premiere in September.
This differed from the usual formula in many ways. The teens, particularly youngest member Dotty, used high tech equipment not seen on the other shows. Each episode ended with them rounding up the suspects, and revealing the culprit(or culprits, if there was an accomplice). And the dogs, Woofer and Wimper, while capable of speech, only spoke to each other, never the humans.
Edited episodes were featured on "The Skatebirds," under the title "Woofer And Wimper, Dog Detectives" in 1977. In 1978, it returned in the original half-hour format, and ended its run four months later. Altogether, it ran for two and a half years.
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"Never walk alone in a danger zone."
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Directing Animator / Moderator
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Aug 15, 2011, 1:54 PM
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Re: Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Of Clue Club.
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I was a fan of the 1975-1976 NBC version of "Ellery Queen" that starred Jim Hutton as the title sleuth...a mystery novelist and the son of a New York City police official (David Wayne) who investigated murder mysteries in the 1940s. Based on a series of novels created by Frederick Dannay and Manfred Lee.
The series featured a lot of guest stars who played the various suspects and victim(s) in each murder mystery...before the final 15 minutes of the show, Ellery would turn to face the tv screen and ask the viewers if they figured out the solution of who committed the murder and ran down the list of the various clues found and suspect motives found in his investigations.
After the commercial break, Ellery (with his father and various policemen) would summon all of the suspects in one room as he explained his deductions and then revealed the actual killer to end the story.
Nice 1940s period details, good mix of guest stars, and interesting mysteries but the show was cancelled after one season. The creators/producers Richard Levinson and William Link would later create the similar who-dun-it crime show "Murder She Wrote" with Angela Lansbury that had a long run on CBS in the 1980s.
I think the "Ellery Queen" show might have been a big influence in the creation of the "Clue Club" show.
Clue Club voice cast:
Larry: David Joliffe
D.D.: Bob Hastings
Pepper: Patricia Smith
Dotty: Tara Talboy
Woofer: Paul Winchell
Whimper: Jim MacGeorge
Sheriff Bagley: John Stephenson
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"Don't chew gum on camera. Don't whistle. You may kiss Bob Barker but please don't kill him." -announcer Johnny Olson briefing the audience of potential contestants for "The Price is Right"
(This post was edited by artytoons on Aug 15, 2011, 1:56 PM)
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Intern
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Nov 23, 2011, 11:23 AM
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Re: Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Of Clue Club.
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I remember Dottie always having to stay home while the others went after the bad guys.
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"The Aardvark strikes again...even again...and again if necessary!"
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Apprentice
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Jan 7, 2012, 2:20 PM
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Re: Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Of Clue Club.
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I'm hoping the Warner Archive releases Clue Clue, or some version of the whole Skatebirds show on DVD soon.
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