| Rod Rocket | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation, Adventure |
| Written by | Dick Robbins |
| Directed by | Lou Scheimer Hal Sutherland |
| Starring | Sam Edwards Hal Smith Pat Blake |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 65[citation needed] |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mark Lipsky Walter N. Bien |
| Running time | 5 min. |
| Production companies | Filmation Associates Sib Tower 12 Productions |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1963 (1963) |
Rod Rocket is the first animated cartoon with production credited to Filmation, debuting in syndication in 1963. The show was produced in five-minute cliffhanger segments, with five segments making a full story. Television stations could broadcast the single-segment version daily on their local children's afternoon show, or package them together to make 26 weekly half-hour shows.[1]
Rod Rocket was originally produced by True Line, a small Los Angeles animation studio that subcontracted it the newly formed Filmation Associates created by Lou Scheimer and Hal Sutherland in 1963.[2][3] Scheimer and Sutherland had met while working at Larry Harmon Productions on the made-for-TV Bozo the Clown and Popeye cartoons. They produced the series for SIB Productions, a Japanese company.[3]
A boy named Rod Rocket and his best friend, Joey, are sent by wise codger Professor Argus on an exploratory mission in a spaceship called the Little Argo. He waits for them at home with his teenage granddaughter, Cassie. While in space, Rod and Joey constantly battle two bumbling cosmonauts.[4]
The voice cast included:[5]
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