No Magic Lamp Required.

Now I'm up to "Shazzan," a wondrous cartoon from H-B.

When I saw this, shortly before it was cancelled, I didn't even know the genie had a name. I just called it the show with a boy, a girl, and a genie, though I heard Chuck call Nancy both Nancy and sis in the episode I saw. I didn't learn the title or the other characters' names until much later. But seeing Chuck and Nancy use rings instead of a magic lamp to call on Shazzan was way cool. And who could forget Kaboobie, the only camel in Araby who could fly?

I saw that every villain the kids and Kaboobie encountered had some magical or supernatural powers that they could use to capture them. I also liked seeing that they'd often bail themselves out with a magic rope, cloak of invisibility,etc. However, I did say "Ah-ah-ah," when I saw the episode "Master Of The Thieves." Chuck and Nancy used the rings merely to show off at a magic festival. When Shazzan lectured them about misusing the power of the rings, it was not unlike a policeman, fireman, or EMT lecturing kids about calling 911 when there's no emergency. That same episode, they also fell for a thief's ploy to steal their rings. How often does something like that happen in real life? More times than I can count.

There were several recurring characters. But the only one who wasn't an adversary was Shazzan's friend Baharuum The Befuddled, unless you consider this genie's evil persona an enemy, like I did. Baharuum ended up becoming Aladdin's genie. But since this was Hanna-Barbera, and not Disney, there was no Princess Jasmine. But I didn't mind, since the Master Of The Thieves was just as much a threat as Jafar was. And Baharuum's two appearances were unforgettable, even if he wasn't a blue-skinned song and dance man. So all things considered, "Shazzan" was a great series.

From this thread on, I'll post my trivia questions in the reply boxes.

Trivia Question 64: On which page of the Evil Jester's spellbook was the spell for disposal of genies, and which page revealed that it doesn't always work?

Page 21 for the spell, but the Evil Jester should have checked out the caveat on page 22! (Just watched the episode!)

Good job, Pete. You nailed it!