Cool McCool | |
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Country of origin | United States Australia |
No. of episodes | 20 ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production companies | King Features Entertainment Artransa Park Film Studios |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | September 10, 1966 January 21, 1967 | –
Cool McCool is a Saturday morning animated series that ran on NBC from September 10, 1966 to January 21, 1967, with three segments per show, in all consisting of sixty segments. It was created by Bob Kane – who was most famous as one of the creators of Batman – and produced by Al Brodax for King Features. [1]
The show was drawn in Australia, with Artransa Park Film Studios completing the bulk of the animation. Due to the quick turn-around times required by the rapid production schedule, further animation was completed by other Australian artists such as Gus McLaren and Eric Porter Studios. [2]
Riffing off the then-popular genres of superheroes and James Bond spy adventures, Cool McCool featured the adventures of a hip, trenchcoated spy, who – as on the contemporary TV show Get Smart – defeated villains despite being comically inept. [3] Villains included the Rattler, Hurricane Harry, the Owl, Jack-In-The-Box, and Dr. Madcap.
McCool's boss was known as Number One, although his face was never seen onscreen; only his arms and a cigar were visible behind his chair. [4] Number One's secretary was Friday, a dumpy girl who had an unrequited crush on the secret agent.
McCool has three catchphrases: "Danger is my business!" "When you're right, Number One, you're right", and (after bungling something) "That will never happen again, Number One" (Of course, it usually does.).
The show also featured a Keystone Kops-style segment featuring the adventures of McCool's father, Harry McCool, a uniformed police officer, presumed to have taken place decades before Cool's time. Harry was supported by his brothers Dick and Tom. [5] The Cool McCool character sang the theme song to his father's segments, which ended with his proclaiming, in a plaintive voice, "My Pop ... the cop." Only 20 Harry McCool segments were made, each one sandwiched between the two Cool McCool segments per show.
Cool and Harry were voiced by Bob McFadden, while most of the other voices were supplied by Chuck McCann. Carol Corbett provided the voices of the female characters. McFadden modeled McCool's voice after comic legend Jack Benny.
These segments were flashbacks, supposed to have taken place years or decades before Cool's time. At the end of every first Cool McCool segment, Cool sings about his recent missions and that he should be more like his father (a uniformed police officer who was even more of a bumbler), and the flashback segment starts.
Cool McCool's enemies. Although each villain normally acts independently (aside from married couple Dr. Madcap and Greta Ghoul who work together), the in-between sequences introducing Harry McCool shows them united in their quest to capture Cool McCool (they are usually outwitted nevertheless).
Nº | Cartoons | Original air date |
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1 | "Fine Feathered Fiends / The Phantom of the Opera House / The Big Blowout" | September 10, 1966 |
2 | "The House that Jack Built / Horsehide and Go Seek / If the Hat Fits...Watch It" | September 17, 1966 |
3 | "Garden of Evil / The Vaishing Shoehorns / The Odd Boxes Caper" | September 24, 1966 |
4 | "Queen's Ransom / Here's Pie in Your Eye / Rocket Racket" | October 1, 1966 |
5 | "Shrinking the Slinker / The Wood-Chopper / The Big Brainwash" | October 8, 1966 |
6 | "Bagging the Windbag / Gym Dandy / The Box Fox" | October 15, 1966 |
7 | "Owl on the Prowl / Big Top Cops / Will the Real Cool Mobile Please Stand Up" | October 22, 1966 |
8 | "How Now Foul Owl / The New Car / Sniffin, Snoozen, and Sneezen" | October 29, 1966 |
9 | "Caps and Robbers / Three Men on a House / The Romantic Rattler" | November 5, 1966 |
10 | "Jack in the Boxer / Fowl Play / Love Is a Gas" | November 12, 1966 |
11 | "The 500 Lb. Canary Caper / The Jet Set, Yet / Who Stole My 32 Secret Agents?" | November 19, 1966 |
12 | "Fun and Games / McCool Jazz / Mother Greta's Wrinkle Remover" | November 26, 1966 |
13 | "Rockabye for Rattler / Dog Tired / Two Fats and a Fink" | December 3, 1966 |
14 | "High Jacker Jack / High Jokers / The Wind Goddess" | December 10, 1966 |
15 | "A Growing Problem / Time Out / Hot McHot" | December 17, 1966 |
16 | "Oh Say Can You Seed / Monkey Dizziness / What Goes Up... Must Come Down" | December 24, 1966 |
17 | "Birds of a Feather Flop Together / Green Dragon / The Box Popper" | December 31, 1966 |
18 | "A Tree Is a Tree Is a...Tree? / A Lot of Ballooney / Owl's Well That Ends Well" | December 31, 1966 |
19 | "The College of Crooks / Goat Chasers / The Whistler's Mommy Case" | January 14, 1967 |
20 | "The Sombrero Affair / In the Dough / The Moon Goon" | January 21, 1967 |
Cool McCool | |
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Created by | |
Starring |
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Country of origin | United States Australia |
No. of episodes | 20 ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production companies | King Features Entertainment Artransa Park Film Studios |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | September 10, 1966 January 21, 1967 | –
Cool McCool is a Saturday morning animated series that ran on NBC from September 10, 1966 to January 21, 1967, with three segments per show, in all consisting of sixty segments. It was created by Bob Kane – who was most famous as one of the creators of Batman – and produced by Al Brodax for King Features. [1]
The show was drawn in Australia, with Artransa Park Film Studios completing the bulk of the animation. Due to the quick turn-around times required by the rapid production schedule, further animation was completed by other Australian artists such as Gus McLaren and Eric Porter Studios. [2]
Riffing off the then-popular genres of superheroes and James Bond spy adventures, Cool McCool featured the adventures of a hip, trenchcoated spy, who – as on the contemporary TV show Get Smart – defeated villains despite being comically inept. [3] Villains included the Rattler, Hurricane Harry, the Owl, Jack-In-The-Box, and Dr. Madcap.
McCool's boss was known as Number One, although his face was never seen onscreen; only his arms and a cigar were visible behind his chair. [4] Number One's secretary was Friday, a dumpy girl who had an unrequited crush on the secret agent.
McCool has three catchphrases: "Danger is my business!" "When you're right, Number One, you're right", and (after bungling something) "That will never happen again, Number One" (Of course, it usually does.).
The show also featured a Keystone Kops-style segment featuring the adventures of McCool's father, Harry McCool, a uniformed police officer, presumed to have taken place decades before Cool's time. Harry was supported by his brothers Dick and Tom. [5] The Cool McCool character sang the theme song to his father's segments, which ended with his proclaiming, in a plaintive voice, "My Pop ... the cop." Only 20 Harry McCool segments were made, each one sandwiched between the two Cool McCool segments per show.
Cool and Harry were voiced by Bob McFadden, while most of the other voices were supplied by Chuck McCann. Carol Corbett provided the voices of the female characters. McFadden modeled McCool's voice after comic legend Jack Benny.
These segments were flashbacks, supposed to have taken place years or decades before Cool's time. At the end of every first Cool McCool segment, Cool sings about his recent missions and that he should be more like his father (a uniformed police officer who was even more of a bumbler), and the flashback segment starts.
Cool McCool's enemies. Although each villain normally acts independently (aside from married couple Dr. Madcap and Greta Ghoul who work together), the in-between sequences introducing Harry McCool shows them united in their quest to capture Cool McCool (they are usually outwitted nevertheless).
Nº | Cartoons | Original air date |
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1 | "Fine Feathered Fiends / The Phantom of the Opera House / The Big Blowout" | September 10, 1966 |
2 | "The House that Jack Built / Horsehide and Go Seek / If the Hat Fits...Watch It" | September 17, 1966 |
3 | "Garden of Evil / The Vaishing Shoehorns / The Odd Boxes Caper" | September 24, 1966 |
4 | "Queen's Ransom / Here's Pie in Your Eye / Rocket Racket" | October 1, 1966 |
5 | "Shrinking the Slinker / The Wood-Chopper / The Big Brainwash" | October 8, 1966 |
6 | "Bagging the Windbag / Gym Dandy / The Box Fox" | October 15, 1966 |
7 | "Owl on the Prowl / Big Top Cops / Will the Real Cool Mobile Please Stand Up" | October 22, 1966 |
8 | "How Now Foul Owl / The New Car / Sniffin, Snoozen, and Sneezen" | October 29, 1966 |
9 | "Caps and Robbers / Three Men on a House / The Romantic Rattler" | November 5, 1966 |
10 | "Jack in the Boxer / Fowl Play / Love Is a Gas" | November 12, 1966 |
11 | "The 500 Lb. Canary Caper / The Jet Set, Yet / Who Stole My 32 Secret Agents?" | November 19, 1966 |
12 | "Fun and Games / McCool Jazz / Mother Greta's Wrinkle Remover" | November 26, 1966 |
13 | "Rockabye for Rattler / Dog Tired / Two Fats and a Fink" | December 3, 1966 |
14 | "High Jacker Jack / High Jokers / The Wind Goddess" | December 10, 1966 |
15 | "A Growing Problem / Time Out / Hot McHot" | December 17, 1966 |
16 | "Oh Say Can You Seed / Monkey Dizziness / What Goes Up... Must Come Down" | December 24, 1966 |
17 | "Birds of a Feather Flop Together / Green Dragon / The Box Popper" | December 31, 1966 |
18 | "A Tree Is a Tree Is a...Tree? / A Lot of Ballooney / Owl's Well That Ends Well" | December 31, 1966 |
19 | "The College of Crooks / Goat Chasers / The Whistler's Mommy Case" | January 14, 1967 |
20 | "The Sombrero Affair / In the Dough / The Moon Goon" | January 21, 1967 |