September 24, 1965 (1965-09-24) – March 7, 1970 (1970-03-07)
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space is a science fictionanimated television series that was syndicated to television from September 24, 1965 to March 7, 1970.[2] The series follows DoDo, a young humanoid extraterrestrial from the planet Hena Hydro, who has come to Earth in his flying saucer, and has numerous adventures. The shorts are often based on scientific and technological advances of the period, most notably the development of computers and space exploration.
DoDo is a young humanoid extraterrestrial from the planet Hena Hydro, who comes to Earth in his flying saucer, and has numerous adventures. For the most part, DoDo resembles an Earth child, but has antennas on his large, pointed ears and propellers on his heels that allow him to fly.[1] On Earth, DoDo shares living quarters with Professor Fingers, an eccentric scientist. Other characters include Compy the Computer Bird (DoDo's computer/duck hybrid friend), and How and his younger sister Why, two Earth children. The characters often speak in rhymed couplets, either independently or playing off each other.[3] A (non-rhyming) narrator accompanies each episode.
An episode of DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space was shown as part of the Canadiancomedytelevision seriesThis Movie Sucks! in between its showing of the film The Manster.
The series was broadcast on Spanish television (channel TVE1 & dubbed in the Spanish language) during the mid-1970s.
^Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 47. ISBN9781476672939.
^Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 275–276. ISBN978-1476665993.
