Fine Art of Boxing, The (No Stooge in the Ring)
| Air Date/Released | Saturday, November 20, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Station/Studio | ABC / Hanna-Barbera Prods. |
| Host/Star | Jabberjaw |
Hanna-Barbera's 1970s originality is at work here, recycling the formats of JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS and SCOOBY-DOO, with newly named characters living in the year 2076, a rock band named The Neptunes. Drawing on the mid '70s shark-mania of JAWS, the main character is Jabberjaw, a talking great white shark and The Neptunes' drummer. Frank Welker was Jabber's voice, an impersonation of Jerry 'Curly' Howard; the shark's personality drew on the characterization of Rodney Dangerfield.
The sinister Sculpin steals a time machine in his quest for power, and kidnaps inventor Professor Thorstein to help him finish it. Or, he thinks he did, because Clamhead is a dead ringer for the professor. Jabber and the Neptunes infiltrate Sculpin's headquarters to save their friend and stop Sculpin's scheme, and wind up trapped 1 million years in the past.
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