Fangface
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Fangface was a 30-minute Saturday morning cartoon
produced by Ruby-Spears Productions
for ABC
which aired from September 9, 1978 to September 8, 1979. The executive producers were Joe Ruby
and Ken Spears
.
(which was also created by Ruby and Spears), Fangface features four teenagers — Kim, Biff, Puggsy and Sherman "Fangs" Fangsworth (Puggsy and Fangs imitating Leo Gorcey
and Huntz Hall
of The Bowery Boys
fame ) who transforms into a werewolf
named Fangface whenever he sees the moon
, a picture of the moon, or anything resembling the moon. Fangface has brown fur with tan paws, muzzle, and tail tip. He has one large fang in the middle of his upper jaw, which protrudes over his lower lip. They drive around in their convertible called the Wolf-Buggy and catch crooks and solve crimes involving monsters and evil masterminds. Fangs sits in the backseat next to Puggsy, while Fangface rides on Puggsy's shoulders.
Despite the temporary difficulty of Fangface attacking Puggsy, the gang never hesitates to initiate the transformation to take advantage of the werewolf's power to cope with any danger. Indeed, they often refer to Fangface as their "secret weapon", even though very few people are afraid of him. Fangface and Fangs are unaware of each other, but Fangface lives in the moment, so he never seems to question why he's suddenly in a new place, whereas Fangs is always bewildered upon reversion.
Although it is consistently odd, if Fangface ever sees food, or hears a food word like "turkey", he eats Puggsy. Although, he doesn't swallow him whole; he just leaves him trapped in his jaw. The only way to get Puggsy out of Fangface's jaw is for either Biff or Kim to rub Fangface's foot, thereby calming him down and releasing Puggsy.
Another odd coincidence is that whenever Fangface sees his reflection in a mirror, he goes completely wild and only relies on instinct; sometimes with an addition of an order given to him, as demonstrated near the ending of A Heap of Trouble, as well as Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter, A Creep from the Deep, and Westward Ho to the UFO.
Even though Fangs and Fangface are completely different in their personalities, they have similarities to one another. Fangs and Fangface both wear an orange hat , although the rest of Fangs' clothes disappear, and are friends of Kim, Biff, and Puggsy. Fangs and Fangface also say the phrase "Ooh! Ooh!" (the trademark exclamation of Joe E. Ross
) before expressing an idea, as heard in the episode The Evil Design Of Vulture-Man's Mind.
Fangs is basically comic relief of the show having no real use as Fangs and getting changed into Fangface when he's needed. Though Fangs does show a spark of use when he's super scared. When he's super scared, he comes up with a super good idea to save his super scared neck.
Another interesting occurrence are the barrage of invented words that the character Puggsy says, such as 'scramify' and 'rescuefy' in the episode The Ill-Will Of Dr. Chill, which can be heard throughout the entire series.
In the episode Don't Abra When You Cadabra, it is revealed that Fangs has an uncle named Arnie (rumored to be possibly Baby Fang's father) and that he runs a video arcade
in New York City
called Arnie's Arcade.
During Season 1, Fangface would see the sun, or a representation, and transform back to Fangs at inconvenient times, as shown in the episode Space Monster Mishap, long before the gangs' case would be over. As a result, the gang would have to transform him back into Fangface in order to complete their case.
The opening title narration, voiced by John Stephenson , for each episode consists of the following:
Sixteen 30-minute episodes of Fangface were produced for the 1978
season from 8:30-9:00 a.m.
When the series first aired, there was no TV Parental Guidelines
rating system, but with repeats the show has been rated as TV-G.
, the second season titled Fangface and Fangpuss aired as a segment on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
and introduced a new character: Baby Fangs, Fangs' infant cousin who turns into a baby werewolf called Fangpuss (which contradicts the opening narration stating that only one werewolf is born into the family every 400 years, but, of course, that werewolf could be born through another family which may be married to the Fangsworth family). The show remained in the same mystery-adventure style as the first season, but episodes were now shortened to 15-minute segments. Sixteen episodes of Fangface and Fangpuss were produced for the 1979-80 season.
The episodes The Creepy Goon from the Spooky Lagoon and Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter are the only season two episodes in which Baby Fangs/Fangpuss did not make an appearance.
Just as Fangs is unaware that he is Fangface, Fangs is also unaware that his cousin, Baby Fangs, is Fangpuss. When Fangs sees Fangpuss, in the episode There Is Nothing Worse Than A Stony Curse, he becomes scared and runs off.
During Season 2, Fangface and Fangpuss would never see the sun, or a representation, as shown in the episode There Is Nothing Worse Than A Stony Curse, and transform back to normal before the gangs' case would be over.
Fangface and Fangpuss ran from September 22, 1979 to September 27, 1980; it then became a separate series in 1981
and, like the original Fangface, ran for just one season. After this series, Fangface and company faded into obscurity until reruns began to air on Cartoon Network
and Boomerang
.
Saturday morning cartoon
A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming that has typically been scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the present; the genre's peak in popularity mostly ended in the 1990s while the popularity of...
produced by Ruby-Spears Productions
Ruby-Spears Productions
Ruby-Spears Productions is a Burbank, California-based entertainment production company that specializes in animation...
for ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
which aired from September 9, 1978 to September 8, 1979. The executive producers were Joe Ruby
Ruby-Spears Productions
Ruby-Spears Productions is a Burbank, California-based entertainment production company that specializes in animation...
and Ken Spears
Ruby-Spears Productions
Ruby-Spears Productions is a Burbank, California-based entertainment production company that specializes in animation...
.
Fangface
Highly derivative of Scooby-DooScooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo is an American media franchise based around several animated television series and related works produced from 1969 to the present day. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears in 1969...
(which was also created by Ruby and Spears), Fangface features four teenagers — Kim, Biff, Puggsy and Sherman "Fangs" Fangsworth (Puggsy and Fangs imitating Leo Gorcey
Leo Gorcey
Leo Bernard Gorcey was an American stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying on film the leader of the group of young hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, The East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys. Always the most pugnacious member of the gangs he participated in, young Leo...
and Huntz Hall
Huntz Hall
Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall was an American radio, theatrical, and motion picture performer noted primarily for his roles in the "Dead End Kids" movies, such as Angels with Dirty Faces , which gave way to the "The Bowery Boys" movie franchise, a prolific and highly successful series of comedies in...
of The Bowery Boys
The Bowery Boys
The Bowery Boys were fictional New York City characters who were the subject of feature films released by Monogram Pictures from 1946 through 1958....
fame ) who transforms into a werewolf
Werewolf
A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse...
named Fangface whenever he sees the moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
, a picture of the moon, or anything resembling the moon. Fangface has brown fur with tan paws, muzzle, and tail tip. He has one large fang in the middle of his upper jaw, which protrudes over his lower lip. They drive around in their convertible called the Wolf-Buggy and catch crooks and solve crimes involving monsters and evil masterminds. Fangs sits in the backseat next to Puggsy, while Fangface rides on Puggsy's shoulders.
Despite the temporary difficulty of Fangface attacking Puggsy, the gang never hesitates to initiate the transformation to take advantage of the werewolf's power to cope with any danger. Indeed, they often refer to Fangface as their "secret weapon", even though very few people are afraid of him. Fangface and Fangs are unaware of each other, but Fangface lives in the moment, so he never seems to question why he's suddenly in a new place, whereas Fangs is always bewildered upon reversion.
Although it is consistently odd, if Fangface ever sees food, or hears a food word like "turkey", he eats Puggsy. Although, he doesn't swallow him whole; he just leaves him trapped in his jaw. The only way to get Puggsy out of Fangface's jaw is for either Biff or Kim to rub Fangface's foot, thereby calming him down and releasing Puggsy.
Another odd coincidence is that whenever Fangface sees his reflection in a mirror, he goes completely wild and only relies on instinct; sometimes with an addition of an order given to him, as demonstrated near the ending of A Heap of Trouble, as well as Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter, A Creep from the Deep, and Westward Ho to the UFO.
Even though Fangs and Fangface are completely different in their personalities, they have similarities to one another. Fangs and Fangface both wear an orange hat , although the rest of Fangs' clothes disappear, and are friends of Kim, Biff, and Puggsy. Fangs and Fangface also say the phrase "Ooh! Ooh!" (the trademark exclamation of Joe E. Ross
Joe E. Ross
Joe E. Ross was an American actor known for his trademark "Ooh! Ooh!" exclamation, which he used in many of his roles. He starred in such TV sitcoms as The Phil Silvers Show and Car 54, Where Are You?.-Career:...
) before expressing an idea, as heard in the episode The Evil Design Of Vulture-Man's Mind.
Fangs is basically comic relief of the show having no real use as Fangs and getting changed into Fangface when he's needed. Though Fangs does show a spark of use when he's super scared. When he's super scared, he comes up with a super good idea to save his super scared neck.
Another interesting occurrence are the barrage of invented words that the character Puggsy says, such as 'scramify' and 'rescuefy' in the episode The Ill-Will Of Dr. Chill, which can be heard throughout the entire series.
In the episode Don't Abra When You Cadabra, it is revealed that Fangs has an uncle named Arnie (rumored to be possibly Baby Fang's father) and that he runs a video arcade
Video arcade
An amusement arcade or video arcade is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers , or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
called Arnie's Arcade.
During Season 1, Fangface would see the sun, or a representation, and transform back to Fangs at inconvenient times, as shown in the episode Space Monster Mishap, long before the gangs' case would be over. As a result, the gang would have to transform him back into Fangface in order to complete their case.
The opening title narration, voiced by John Stephenson , for each episode consists of the following:
- Every 400 years, a baby werewolf is born into the Fangsworth family, and so when the moon shined on little Sherman Fangsworth, he changed into Fangface, a werewolf! Only the sun can change him back to normal. And so little Fangs grew up and teamed up with three daring teenagers: Kim, Biff and Puggsy, and together they find danger, excitement and adventure! Who can save the day? Who can wrong the rights and right the wrongs? None other than Fangface!
Sixteen 30-minute episodes of Fangface were produced for the 1978
1978-79 United States network television schedule (Saturday morning)
This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all three commercial television networks on Saturday mornings for the season beginning in the fall of 1978 and ending in the spring of 1979. All times are Eastern and Pacific.- Fall 1978 :...
season from 8:30-9:00 a.m.
When the series first aired, there was no TV Parental Guidelines
TV Parental Guidelines
The TV Parental Guidelines system was first proposed on December 19, 1996 by the United States Congress, the television industry and the Federal Communications Commission , and went into effect by January 1, 1997 on most major U.S...
rating system, but with repeats the show has been rated as TV-G.
Fangface and Fangpuss
In 19791979 in television
The year 1979 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1979.For the American TV schedule, see: 1979-80 American network television schedule.-Events:...
, the second season titled Fangface and Fangpuss aired as a segment on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show is an animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears Productions from 1979 to 1981; it was shown right after Super Friends on the ABC Network. It featured various adventures of the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man...
and introduced a new character: Baby Fangs, Fangs' infant cousin who turns into a baby werewolf called Fangpuss (which contradicts the opening narration stating that only one werewolf is born into the family every 400 years, but, of course, that werewolf could be born through another family which may be married to the Fangsworth family). The show remained in the same mystery-adventure style as the first season, but episodes were now shortened to 15-minute segments. Sixteen episodes of Fangface and Fangpuss were produced for the 1979-80 season.
The episodes The Creepy Goon from the Spooky Lagoon and Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter are the only season two episodes in which Baby Fangs/Fangpuss did not make an appearance.
Just as Fangs is unaware that he is Fangface, Fangs is also unaware that his cousin, Baby Fangs, is Fangpuss. When Fangs sees Fangpuss, in the episode There Is Nothing Worse Than A Stony Curse, he becomes scared and runs off.
During Season 2, Fangface and Fangpuss would never see the sun, or a representation, as shown in the episode There Is Nothing Worse Than A Stony Curse, and transform back to normal before the gangs' case would be over.
Fangface and Fangpuss ran from September 22, 1979 to September 27, 1980; it then became a separate series in 1981
1981 in television
The year 1981 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1981.For the American TV schedule, see: 1981-82 American network television schedule.- Events :...
and, like the original Fangface, ran for just one season. After this series, Fangface and company faded into obscurity until reruns began to air on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
and Boomerang
Boomerang (TV channel)
Boomerang is a 24-hour American cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, a division of Time Warner. Boomerang specializes in reruns of animated programming from Time Warner's extensive archives, including pre-1986 MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises...
.
Season 1 (1978, Fangface)
| # | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | A Heap of Trouble | September 9, 1978 | Professor Arnos uses his invention to change into a hulking blue Heap creature, and plans on changing everyone on the university's campus into monsters for revenge. |
| 02 | A Creep from the Deep | September 16, 1978 | Grueller and his men steal an ancient tablet that will lead them to lost treasure, defying the consequences of its curse. |
| 03 | The Shocking Creature Feature | September 23, 1978 | Dr. Cybron, an evil scientist, plans to create numerous energy creatures and use them in his plot to take over the world. |
| 04 | Westward Ho to the UFO | September 30, 1978 | Spider-creatures from space cover the city in webs, trying to take over the world. |
| 05 | The Great Ape Escape | October 7, 1978 | Professor Ling is captured by Ape Creatures on the Misty Islands, and its up to the gang to rescue him. |
| 06 | Dinosaur Daze | October 14, 1978 | A live tyranosaurus rex breaks surface during an earthquake, being controlled by a mysterious figure, and the gang must stop it before it causes damage to the city. |
| 07 | Don't Abra When You Cadabra | October 21, 1978 | Mysto The Magician creates a super wand that can bend buildings over sideways, and with it, he plans to take over the world. |
| 08 | Space Monster Mishap | October 28, 1978 | A Space Monster gains entry into a space station and uses a device to drain the minds of the most brilliant scientists. |
| 09 | The Invisible Menace Mix-up | November 4, 1978 | The Sky Ghost kidnaps airplane daredevil, Su Chang, in order to get information on where her uncle hides a valuable black pearl, the only thing that can power his invisibility machine. |
| 10 | The Cuckoo Carnival Calamity | November 11, 1978 | The evil swami, Zorak, uses a control device to turn Harold 'Hal' Hercules into a monster in order to get the world's strongest teenager to help him steal gold. |
| 11 | Begone, You Amazon | November 18, 1978 | During a storm, the gang land in the Amazon jungle, where Fangface rescues Sheba, an amazon queen, and they must help her reclaim her throne from her evil cousin, Thera. |
| 12 | Snow Job Jitters | November 25, 1978 | The gang's ski-trip turns into a delivery, when they help take Charlie, a cat with a formula on how to make synthetic gold hidden on him, to a laboratory while trying to avoid a villain named the Scorpion. |
| 13 | The Goofy Gargoyle Goof-Up | December 2, 1978 | The gang go to a hollywood costume party, where they meet the glamorous Raquel Taylor. Unfortunately, Crula plans on making the actress a bride for her gargoyle. |
| 14 | A Toothy Shark is No Lark | December 9, 1978 | Neptune, a sea-creature from Atlantis, uses a device to control a shark, in order to enslave humanity into building him a new empire. |
| 15 | Where's the Wolf That's the Werewolf? | December 16, 1978 | A werewolf is stealing the animals in the Jungleland Animal Safari and Fangface is to blame. What they don't know is that a staff member named Zorlaff is stealing the animals using a special potion in order to create a potion that will turn him into different animals. |
| 16 | Don't Get Mean with the Cobra Queen | December 23, 1978 | Cobra Queen sends her giant cobra to abduct Gloria Vanderfeller in order to claim her fortune. |
Season 2 (1979-80, Fangface and Fangpuss)
| # | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | There is Nothing Worse Than a Stony Curse | September 22, 1979 | The evil Medulla possesses an amulet that gives her the appearance and powers of Medusa. She uses her powers to turn the top scientists to stone and auction them off to the highest bidder. |
| 02 | Evil Guider of the Giant Spider | September 29, 1979 | Upon crashing onto Spider Island and an encounter with a giant spider, the group ends up stumbling upon the lab of Dr. Lazarus Web who plans to use a formula to enlarge the insects and take over the world. |
| 03 | Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter | October 6, 1979 | When astronaut Steve West lands on Jupiter, Dr. Lupiter opens a trap door in the shuttle where the gases of Jupiter turn Steve into a molten monster in a plan to tap the Earth's energy supply. |
| 04 | Who Do the Voodoo | October 13, 1979 | Nigel Winslow helps Count Drako escape from prison by using black magic to change Count Drako into a mist monster. |
| 05 | The Creepy Goon from the Spooky Lagoon | October 20, 1979 | Dr. Vincent Blackmire has invented a machine that transfer the contents of one's brain to another. The results end up different when he switches the brain contents of a Lagoon Monster with Fangface. |
| 06 | A Scary Affair in the Skullman's Lair | October 27, 1979 | A race of Skullman have kidnapped Professor Ortega and Carmen. They have also shrunken them in a plot to enter a crack in the Earth and retrieve a Skull Coin containing the superpowers of the Skullmen's ancestors. |
| 07 | A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship | November 3, 1979 | Our heroes are transported in time where they stumble upon pirates led by Ironmask who has plans to rob a Spanish ship. |
| 08 | The Ill-Will of Dr. Chill | November 10, 1979 | Dr. Chill uses a heat ray to melt the polar ice caps. He plans to flood the Earth if his demands aren't met. |
| 09 | The Romantic Plot of the She-Wolf Robot | November 17, 1979 | Countess Zarla creates a robotic she-wolf to seduce Fangface into helping her steal the Maltese Diamond Cat from its museum. |
| 10 | The Sinister Plan of Lizard Man | November 24, 1979 | Lizard Man uses a ray that turns his victims into small reptiles. He uses the device to steal a meteor that will give him enough super-strength to rule the world. |
| 11 | Royal Trouble with the King's Double | December 1, 1979 | Count Basil kidnaps King Rudolph to prevent his coronation. Seeing as Puggsy resembles the king, he takes his place while the others rescue the real king. |
| 12 | The Stone-Cold Dragon of Gold | December 8, 1979 | A golden dragon statue lies within Hong Kong. |
| 13 | The Evil Design of Vulture-Man's Mind | December 15, 1979 | Vulture-Man is abducting Peruvian natives with his giant condor and is making them his slaves to mind for the precious metals located in Vulture Mountain. |
| 14 | The Defiant Casablanca Giant | December 22, 1979 | Abdul the Giant captures a nuclear physicist named Zatci Hafid and plans to sell him to aliens in exchange for diamonds. |
| 15 | The Film Fiasco of Director Disastro | December 29, 1979 | Disastro is an alien director who plans to make a movie called "The Day the Earth Exploded" with special effects that are too real. |
| 16 | A Goofy Bungle in the Filipino Jungle | January 5, 1980 | On the Philippine Islands, a tribe of Filipino Caveman have been discovered by Zeno who uses his ring to hypnotize them into stealing Professor Batack's invention which can make a man 100 times stronger than normal. |
Voices
- Frank WelkerFrank WelkerFranklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...
- Fangs/Fangface, Baby Fangs/Fangpuss - Susan BluSusan BluSusan Maria Blu , sometimes credited as Sue Blu, is an American voice actress, voice director, and casting director in American and Canadian cinema and television...
- Kim - Bart BravermanBart BravermanBartley Louis "Bart" Braverman is an actor who is well known for guest starring on many shows. He is probably best known today for his Match Game appearances...
- Puggsy - Jerry DexterJerry DexterJerry Dexter is a voice actor best known for voicing heroic young men in Hanna-Barbera cartoons from the 1960s to the 1980s. He is a California native...
- Biff
Production credits
- Executive Producers: Joe RubyRuby-Spears ProductionsRuby-Spears Productions is a Burbank, California-based entertainment production company that specializes in animation...
, Ken SpearsRuby-Spears ProductionsRuby-Spears Productions is a Burbank, California-based entertainment production company that specializes in animation... - Produced By: Jerry Eisenberg
- Directed By: Rudy Larriva
- Story: Norman Maurer, Mark Jones, Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser
- Story Direction: Cullen Houghtaling, Gary Goldstein, Jan Green
- Voices: Frank WelkerFrank WelkerFranklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...
, Bart BravermanBart BravermanBartley Louis "Bart" Braverman is an actor who is well known for guest starring on many shows. He is probably best known today for his Match Game appearances...
, Susan BluSusan BluSusan Maria Blu , sometimes credited as Sue Blu, is an American voice actress, voice director, and casting director in American and Canadian cinema and television...
, Jerry DexterJerry DexterJerry Dexter is a voice actor best known for voicing heroic young men in Hanna-Barbera cartoons from the 1960s to the 1980s. He is a California native...
, John StephensonJohn Stephenson (actor)John Stephenson is an American actor and voice actor. He has also been credited as John Stevenson...
, Allan MelvinAllan MelvinAllan Melvin was an American character actor who appeared in several television shows, including the roles of Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show; Alice's boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch; and Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's...
, Michael RyeMichael RyeMichael Rye is a US voice actor. He is also known as Mike Rye and sometimes used his surname at birth, Rye Billsbury...
, Joan GerberJoan GerberJoan Gerber is an American voice actress for a variety of cartoons.- Filmography :* 1959: Matty's Funday Funnies : Additional Voices...
, Larry D. MannLarry D. MannLarry D. Mann is a Canadian actor. Prior to his acting career, he was a disk jockey on CHUM 1050 radio in Toronto in 1949. His best-known Canadian television exposure was in a Bell Canada series of commercials called "The Boss" in which he played the title role for ten years beginning in 1981...
, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Lewis Bailey, Ted CassidyTed CassidyTheodore Crawford Cassidy , known as Ted Cassidy, was an American actor who performed in television and films. At 6 ft 9 in in height, he tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction series such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie... - Character Design: Jerry Eisenberg
- Production Design: Lew Ott
- Layout: Lin Larsen, Alex Ignatiev, Don Morgan, Jim Willoughby, Dave High, George Goode, Kirk Henderson, Phil Phillipson, Gordon Kent, Alan Huck, Gary Hoffman, Joel Seibel
- Animation Supervision: Ed Solomon
- Animation: Jim Davis, Ken O'Brien, Daniel De La Vega, Bill Pratt, John Freeman, Virgil Raddatz, John Howley, Bill Reed, John Kimball, Mike Stribling, Frank Nakielski, Bonita Versh, Xenia
- Assistant Animation Supervision: Bill Exter
- Assistant Animation: Fred Abranz, Don Parmele, Holly Forsyth, Karen Schultz, Leonard Johnson, John Shook, Merie Keller, Susan Sugita, John C. Lange, Jim Steele, Anneline Liu, Giselle Van Bark, Judy Niver, Kathy Vaslett
- Background Styling: Eric Semones
- Background Painted By: Phil Lewis, Michelle Moen, Lorraine Andrina
- Color Key: Kit Harper
- Production Supervisor: Natalie Yates
- Xerox Supervision: Ralph Coffman
- Ink & Paint Supervision: Laura Craig
- Checking: Nikki Zelenka, My Bushman, Lisa Lydon, Steve Carr
- Production Assistant: Jodi Berman
- Studio Manager: Jeff Cooke
- Unit Auditor: Henriette Pacile
- Stock: Sandy Benenati
- Cel Service: Jerome Stocks, Jim Stocks
- Title Design: Bill Perez
- Titles: Robert Schaefer
- Music: Dean Elliot
- Supervising Editor: David Spence
- Sound Editor: Ron Fedel
- Camera: Take One
- Laboratory: C.F.I.Consolidated Film IndustriesConsolidated Film Industries was a film laboratory, and film processing company, and was the leading film laboratory in the Los Angeles area for many decades. CFI processed negatives and made prints for motion pictures and television...
- Sound: Glen Glenn SoundGlen Glenn SoundGlen Glenn Sound was an audio post production company.The company was founded by Glen R. Glenn in 1936 and provided creative audio services to the television and film industry for five decades....
- © Copyright 1978 Ruby-Spears Productions
- A Ruby-Spears Production
- A Company Of FilmwaysFilmwaysFilmways, Inc. was a television and film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff in 1958...
Merchandising and video releases (1978-1986)
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A Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... board game, titled as "FANGFACE - Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... ' Wacky Werewolf Game" with this subcaption "Rescue Puggsy from Fang Face as you travel with the gang". |
Fangface 70 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
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| Storybook #1: A Heap of Trouble with front cover caption "Fangface versus the Heap in a laugh-filled TV frolic." and back cover caption "It's Fangface to the rescue as a mad scientist menaces a college campus with his monster-making ray machine. Join Fangface and his TV friends, Biff, Kim and Puggsy as they foil the fiendish Dr. Arnos."
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Storybook #2: A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship with front cover caption "Fangface meets Ironmask, a time-traveling pirate, in this laugh-filled TV frolic." and back cover caption "The Fangface gang travels back in time to pirate days to foil the evil plans of Ironmask. Join Fangface, Fangpuss and their TV friends, Puggsy, Kim and Biff in this action packed adventure."
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A 3-reel View-Master View-Master View-Master is a device for viewing seven 3-D images on a paper disk. Although the View-Master is now considered a children's toy, it was originally marketed as a way for viewers to enjoy stereograms of colorful and picturesque tourist attractions.-1939–66: stereoscopic sightseeing:In 1911,... 3D Set with the Story Description "Fangface, Puggsy, Biff and Kim are going trout fishing. To save time, Puggsy takes a shortcut through a swamp. Searching for a way out, our gang stumbles on a creepy-looking mansion. Inside, they find themselves prisoners of a crazy scientist who has discovered a way to harness electricity. He has the uncanny ability to change it into an energy creature. Will Fangs and the gang be able to stop the fiendish villain?" and subcaption "New adventures of the modern werewolf . . . now in 3D!" |
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A Fangface 12-inch LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... #1107 by Peter Pan Records Peter Pan Records Peter Pan Records is a record label specializing in children's music. It was created in the late 1940s. The label was owned by the Synthetic Plastics Company of Newark, New Jersey until the 1970s.... (1979) with the front captions "4 Exciting, New Complete Stories" and "America's #1 TV Show!" and the back caption "Every four hundred years a baby werewolf is born into the Fangsworth Family, and so when the moon shined on little Sherman Fangsworth, he changed into Fangface, a werewolf. Only the sun can change him back to normal, and so little Fangsworth grew up and teamed up with three daring teenagers -- Kim, Biff, and Puggsy, and together they find danger, excitement, and adventure. Who can save the day, who can wrong the rights, and right the wrongs . . . . None other than FANGFACE!"
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| A Collegeville TV-Comics Halloween costume Halloween costume Halloween costumes are costumes worn on or around Halloween, a festival which falls on October 31. The Halloween costume has a fairly short history. Wearing costumes has long been associated with other holidays around the time of Halloween, even Christmas... with box captions "Costume With Mask", "Flame Retarded", "One Only", and the following safety notice: "Fabric complies with U.S. Flammable Fabrics Act. Additionally Treated To Retard Flame. Do Not Wash. Washing Removes Flame Retardancy Fire Retardant Fabrics Fire retardant fabrics are textiles that are naturally more resistant to fire than others through chemical treatment or manufactured fireproof fibers.-Terminology and test limitations:... ." Collegeville, Pennsylvania Collegeville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia on the Perkiomen Creek. Collegeville was incorporated in 1896. It is the seat of Ursinus College, opened in 1869... , PA Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to... 19426 U.S.A. |
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Fangface Plush Toy
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| Fangface (1983) videocassette VHS The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan .... with the back description "Sherman Fangsworth, also known as "Fangs", is your average teenager, except for one little quirk: the full moon changes him into a whirling dervish of a werewolf called "Fangface". His pals, Biff, Kim and Puggsy, do their best to keep him under control, but they all seem to have an inexplicable knack for stumbling into some incredible and hilarious adventures -- and this is where Fangface's wolfish ways come in handy! There are two rollicking episodes of this cassette. First, our heros get into A Heap of Trouble when Fangface must match wits with Professor Arnos who has created a diabolical ray machine that turns people into hulk-like creatures. Then, A Creep From The Deep makes trouble when Fangface and the kids wind up in Mexico City where they face the Mummy of Molezuma as they search for lost treasure. But whether Fangs' wacky and unpredictable transformation is a help or a hindrance, this funny foursome always manages to come out on top."
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| Fangface: Spooky Spoofs (1986) videocassette VHS The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan .... with the back description "Sherman Fangsworth is a pretty goofy guy in broad daylight. But when the full moon rises, he transforms into a fang-toothed werewolf, Fangface -- and becomes goofier than ever! Teenagers Kim, Biff and Puggsy are at his side, stumbling hilariously into danger, excitement and adventure wherever they go. Here are two more of their thrilling, side-splitting stories:
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