The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1968
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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EP1 The Eye of Doorgah Sep 15, 1968

In their first great adventure, Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Becky Thatcher visit a valley where they witness the theft of a powerful gem from an idol that the natives worship. The boys wind up becoming responsible for its safe return after being initially accused of stealing it. With Becky as the natives' hostage, they have a short time to get the gem back before she's sacrificed. Will Tom and Huck overcome the odds against the thugs and save Becky in time?

EP2 The Curse of Thut Sep 22, 1968

Tom, Huck, and Becky are in Egypt where they encounter a mummy, as well as thieves who are using him to steal valuable pyramid treasures. When they're captured by the latter, will they be able to escape their own entombment?

EP3 The Little People Sep 29, 1968

When the kids wind up on an island after a fierce storm, Huck finds himself in the role of Gulliver to the small people of Lilliput. Needing a big protector for their community, the king forces him into a vow of marriage to his daughter hoping he'll be their permanent guardian. But will a lovesick Lilliputian and a new threat to the island be too much for him to handle?

EP4 Pirate Island Oct 06, 1968

Rest and relaxation on a tropical island turns into a grand adventure when the kids encounter gorillas, pirates and excitement aboard their ship after the latter capture Tom and Becky. Can Huck rescue them in time or will they all be casualties to the cutthroats?

EP5 Castle of Evil Oct 13, 1968

Tom, Huck, and Becky find themselves near an old medieval castle where it's been taken over by an evil wizard. After he captures and imprisons Becky, the boys have to rely on their wits and some luck to make their way into and through the castle in order to rescue her and a princess. Will they succeed or will the evil wizard cast his magic upon them all and come out the victor?

EP6 The Last Labor of Hercules Oct 20, 1968

Tom, Huck, and Becky, meet the legendary demigod Hercules in ancient Greece. But things aren't all that friendly as evil king Hades tries to do what he can to stop him from completing his great 12 labors. Things get worse for the kids as they're accused by Hercules himself of attemping to sabotage his labors and become imprisoned in Hades' high-tower prison as a result. Can the kids escape in time to clear their names and warn the demigod of the evil king's true intentions?

EP7 The Terrible Tempered Khaleef Oct 27, 1968

After Becky is kidnapped by a ruthless ruler, it's up to Huck and Tom to rescue her. Because they're on a land where magic is used on a regular basis, they'll need some special help of their own from a friendly wizard as well as their wits in order to save Becky from a terrible fate.

EP8 The Mission of Captain Mordecai Nov 03, 1968

After the kids encounter an obsessed sea captain, they find themselves in a real-life Moby Dick-style adventure as they have to decide what is worse; getting hunted down by him, or having to make their way inside the whale that he so covets most?

EP9 Huck of La Mancha Nov 10, 1968

Tom, Huck, and Becky meet the legendary Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, but the adventure is just beginning when Sancho is kidnapped and the kids have to help Don rescue him in whatever unusual way they can. As confused as Quixote is, they're definitely going to need some big help as he and Tom are imprisoned with Sancho as well.

EP10 Menace in the Ice Nov 17, 1968

When the kids narrowly escape the destruction of an island, they discover the true cause of it in the form of an evil captain and his new, advanced submarine. When they journey to the Arctic, they're going to need as much help as possible to stop his wicked plans of using it to conquer the world. Will their appeals to snow creatures and the captain's primitive assistant lead to their salvation?

EP11 Hunting the Hunter Nov 24, 1968

The kids are in for a surprise when they travel to an island that's inhabited by quite unusual animals. They all have to deal with a hunter who seeks to add a few trophies to his collection. Can the kids and the animals work together to stop him?

EP12 Strange Experiment Dec 01, 1968

Seeking shelter from wolves in a nearby forest, Becky, Tom, and Huck are invited into a scientist's house where his hospitality turns into his own personal science project as he demonstrates his latest invention to them. It's a miniturization machine which he successfully used on a dog. But to prove its full potential, he needs a human subject. Huck becomes his unfortunate victim and in front of the others, is shrunken down to a mere 10 centimeters (4 inches). It's up to Tom, Becky, and the dog to get Huck back to normal size. But will another one of the scientist's experiments lead to their doom?

EP13 The Ancient Valley Dec 08, 1968

Utilizing a hot air balloon, Huck, Becky, and Tom attempt to get back to Hannibal, Missouri. But they wind up in a valley full of warring cavemen. Huck is separated from the others and found by one group of primitives while Tom and Becky wind up meeting another. As the two groups battle, Tom and Huck make things worse by helping their respective group better battle each other by introducing more advanced weapons to them. Can Becky stop them from going too far, or will another primitive tribe get the upper hand as a result of their interference?

EP14 The Magic Shillelagh Dec 15, 1968

In Ireland, Becky meets a group of Leprechauns who have trouble hiding their prescious magic shillelagh, the source of all their power. When gypsies seek this power and kidnap Tom and Huck in the process, Becky must work with the Leprechauns to keep the shillelagh out of the wrong hands and save the boys from peril.

EP15 The Jungle Adventure Dec 22, 1968

In an African jungle, Tom is stung by a poisonous plant and it's up to Huck and Becky to find an antidote for him. Though they find a trade ship that has the medicine, it holds a secret that may lead to doom for all three kids if they don't act in time to save Tom.

EP16 The Gorgon's Head Dec 29, 1968

When the kids save a young maiden from sacrifice to a dragon, they get in big trouble by the Guru of New Olympus. They themselves are slated to be a meal for a moat monster, but escape with some help. They need to save the maiden again and must go on a perilous mission to do so. Will they succeed, or will their fate be set in stone?

EP17 Prophecy of Peril Jan 05, 1969

Tom, Huck, and Becky arrive in China and save a young prince from being ambushed by Mongol bandits. They however, are captured by the rogues and Tom is forced to help them find a way into the kingdom of Petchu so the bandits can loot and conquer it. With Huck and Becky as their hostages, he has little choice but to comply. The task proves even more difficult when the people of Petchu revere him as the divine one who saved the prince from capture and is held against his will, which will lead to his friends' doom unless he finds a way to escape.

EP18 The Curse of the Conquistador Jan 12, 1969

Huck, Tom, and Becky find gold in an old Incan palace in Peru, but this gold bears a curse that could jeopardize their friendship. Will the boys' greed get the better of them as they begin battling over the gold?

EP19 Son of the Sun Jan 19, 1969

While exploring an ancient Aztec temple, Tom becomes revered as its people's sun king. But is there more to this than being treated as royalty? It's up to Huck and Becky to save him from himself as they learn the truth as to what's really going on.

EP20 All Whirlpools Lead to Atlantis Jan 26, 1969

Huck, Tom, and Becky are in for a grand adventure as they wind up in the undersea world of Atlantis. There, they meet a young king who switches clothes with Huck and causes a little confusion as the latter is captured by a familiar-looking person who seeks to overthrow the king. Will the kids be able to help the king before it's too late?
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Released: 15 September 1968 Ended
Producted By: Hanna-Barbera Productions
Country: United States of America
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The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American children's television series that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1968 through February 23, 1969. Produced by Hanna-Barbera and based on the classic Mark Twain characters, the program starred its three live-action heroes, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher, and Tom Sawyer, navigating weekly adventures within an animated world as they attempted to outrun a vengeful "Injun Joe". After the show's original run, the series continued to air in reruns as part of The Banana Splits and Friends Show syndication package.

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mcornett I watched this on and off as a kid...I was too young to catch it in first run, but then it aired in reruns for a long time but trying to find it could be tricky as sometimes it was in a morning cartoon block, sometimes on Saturday mornings, and sometimes not at all. Later, as an adult, I told friends about this show and they didn't believe me...but now there's proof as it's on DVD!Tom, Huck, and Becky are chased by Injun Joe into a cave that suddenly turns into animated backgrounds. They flee Joe through the cave (I guess it's meant to be a sort of inter-dimensional portal...) and they end up wandering through different locations and time periods, always encountering adventures with villains who look and talk just like Injun Joe.The unique thing was that the three heroes were live-action actors against an animated background and interacting with animated characters. And for its time, it was very well-done. The animated portions were very much standard Hanna-Barbera of the late 60s.The stories ranged from the comical to the adventurous to the downright sinister. Settings ranged from ancient Greece to Spain (where they meet Don Quixote) to China to India to a Gothic swamp to a generic medieval Europe to a valley inhabited by cave men. (No explanation is given as to why they shift time periods and location so easily; as I kid I wanted to know!) Injun Joe always showed up, as a robber captain or a Nemoesque mad scientist or a wicked king or even an evil sorcerer. (He never recognized the kids, but he was always their enemy. Again, no explanation.) Sometimes they riffed on classic literature; plots are cribbed from Don Quixote, Moby Dick, Greek mythology, and others. One episode, "The Ancient Valley," is a clear, wry commentary on the arms race, and another, "The Conquistador's Curse," is a commentary on greed with Injun Joe barely appearing at all.In its time it was popular with kids and teens, and the young stars had their 15 minutes of fame, but actual ratings were so-so and a second season never produced. Watching it today, it's still fun, making me remember snowy Saturday mornings watching this and dreaming of the sort of flamboyant, pulpy adventure it depicted. To modern eyes, it's sometimes primitive but still impressive, and on occasion the depiction of minorities is less than enlightened by modern standards, but nearly every group is depicted as having its good and bad, so there's that much, at least.So, maybe not dazzling, but good if you're nostalgic like I am. I'm so happy it's now available on DVD!
doveshooter Am I the only one who thought this series really stunk? Cheesy animation, silly plots, even as a 9-year-old, it gave me a queasy feeling. And I loved cartoons, science fiction and both "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn," all of which were elements of the series. But combining a conventional Twain character with far-fetched fantasy plots was a nauseous mix. I think this is a great example of Hanna-Barbera's cartoon heresies that drug animated films to their historical low point. The mixture of animated and live action is a very difficult concept to pull off. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is a good example of where it worked well. This is an example of where it failed miserably.
pepsivanilla "The New Adventures of Huck Finn" and aired in prime time on NBC-TV on Sunday evenings during the 1968-69 TV season starting at 7:00 P.M. as a lead in for the 'Wonderful World of Disney' show.The series is better remembered by those who are younger (I was born in 1980) as a segment on the syndicated/Cartoon Network series 'The Banana Splits and Friends'.The Banana Splits originally aired on Saturday Mornings on NBC-TV as an hour long show called 'The Banana Splits Adventure Hour' starting in 1968. Later, in 1973 (and continuing into the 1990's) it was sold to local TV stations as a half-hour series called 'The Banana Splits and Friends'. In was in this later syndicated version that 'The New Adventures of Huck Finn' were added (older Hanna-Barbara series from the 1960's where added to the Banana Splits to make more episodes for repeats).The 'Huck Finn' segments featured live actors portraying the Mark Twain characters Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher living in an animated world trying to get back home. The three young people were chased into this world by an animated character named Injun Joe. Throughout the run of the series, Huck and friends try to evade Injun Joe while trying to get back to the early 19th Century and their home U.S. state of Missouri. The series is similar to such Disney movies as 'Pete's Dragon' and 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' by combining live actors with animation. Only in this case the actors where live and everyone and everything around them was animation. 'Cartoon Network' spin off 'Boomerang' airs repeats of the 'Banana Splits and Friends' shows that air the 20 or so episodes of 'The New Adventures of Huck Finn'.
raysond This was at the time,one innovative series that featured both live action and animated and to make it special,it took the characters of Mark Twain's classic,"Huckleberry Finn",which consisted of Tom Sawyer,Huck Finn,and Becky Thatcher to strange and exotic places where they visited any land,time in history and it was always they were facing constant danger at every turn in which they would encounter some menacing villain or in other aspects creatures from other places. In other words they went each week for one animated world to the next where in some of the episodes,they would face some kind of predicament in which the show always ended in a cliffhanger until next week,where the conclusion of the story was to be continued."The New Adventures of Huck Finn",premiered on NBC-TV in September of 1968 and it ended in September of 1969. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show lasted one season,producing 20 episodes,which when NBC canceled the series in 1969,repeats were aired on different days,until the 1970's where some of the episodes were in syndication for the half-hour version of "The Banana Splits"."The New Adventures Of Huck Finn",was a brilliant premise that came on Sunday evenings at the 7:00 hour where when it first premiered in September of 1968,it went up against some very tough competition which featured the shows,"Lassie","Gentle Ben",and at the same time the science-fiction adventure series,"Land Of The Giants". It was followed on Sunday nights by "The Wonderful World Of Disney",and not to mention "The Ed Sullivan Show". This was a excellent and highly innovative concept for Hanna-Barbera,which was in fact the first series produced by the company,and one of the first shows to blend in live action with animation. Also,this was a first for the studio,especially in prime-time and it was something that Hanna-Barbera did,and this was two years after one of the most highly successful animated series in prime-time history,and the longest-running,"The Flintstones",which ran for six years in prime-time television.Speaking of this series by the way,I saw some of the episodes as a child and it blew me away with the non-stop action mixed in with some of breathtaking adventure and high-flying animation that kept it's viewers hooked,and me too. When I found out that the network that aired it,NBC-TV canceled the series,a lot of its audience was devastated,and this may have to do with the show's demise,which was at the time quite expensive to create as well as produced. It should have been given the chance to succeed,and it could however have worked very well with if the network decided to moved the series to Saturday Mornings. But they didn't. Speaking of the main villain,no better actor at the time was more menacing and more evil than Ted Cassidy who gave the show its juice and he was simply magnificent. Ted Cassidy,by the way,was a more sinister actor in some of the roles he played,and that was a role that was far better than the one he had opposite,"The Addams Family". See some of the episodes and you'll know why. As he chased our young friends from one animated world to the next,you'll never know what to expect since in some of the animated villains they faced really looked just like Injun Joe!!!.....As for Tom Sawyer(Kevin Schultz),Becky Thatcher(Lu Ann Haslam),and Huck Finn(Micheal Shea),they always were faced with the constant peril and sudden danger everywhere they went. Some of the episodes were directed by the best in the business and it consisted of Hollingsworth Morse,Ezra Stone,Virgil W. Vogel,and in some segments by William Hanna and Joesph Barbera. One of the best episodes of that series is called "The Eye Of Doogerah",and it is something to see!!!Too bad that this series is never shown anymore. Recently,Cartoon Network's sister station Boomerang has resurrected some for the episodes after being out of action or for one point,missing for decades. They showed these episodes in its entirely during the network's programming of Boomeraction,which consisted some of the greatest Hanna-Barbera action/adventure animated cartoons anywhere!!! Not to be missed!