Wonderbug
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| Genre | Superhero[1] |
| Created by | Joe Ruby Ken Spears[2] |
| Starring | David Levy John-Anthony Bailey Carol Anne Seflinger [IMDB] |
| Voices of | Frank Welker |
| ComposerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Jimmie Haskell |
| Template:Pluralize from text of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
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| ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Sid and Marty Krofft |
| Running time | 15 minutes (per episode) |
| Production Template:Pluralize from text | Sid and Marty Krofft Television Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
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Wonderbug is a segment of the first and second season of the American television series The Krofft Supershow, from 1976 to 1978. It was shot in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The show was rerun as part of ABC's Sunday morning series.[3]
Plot
Wonderbug's alter ego "Schlep Car" (so named due to its personalized California license plate "SCHLEP") was an old, beat up, conglomeration of several junked cars that looked like a rusty dune buggy. Schlep Car was alive and could drive itself, and could also talk. It was found in a junk yard by teenagers Barry Buntrock (David Levy), C.C. McNamara (John Anthony Bailey) and Susan Talbot (Carol Anne Seflinger-[1]). Schlepcar transformed into the shiny metal-flake red Wonderbug (vocal effects provided by Frank Welker) whenever a magic horn (which played the bugle call for "cavalry charge") was sounded. In his Wonderbug identity, the car had the power of flight and was able to help the three teens capture crooks and prevent wrongdoing.[4]
In Wonderbug mode, the car was a Volkswagen-based Meyers Manx-clone body, a Dune Runner manufactured by Dune Buggy Enterprises of Westminster, California.[5]
The car had articulated eyeball headlights, and a custom bumper that resembled a mouth; different bumpers were sometimes used to give the car different facial expressions. When the car spoke in its mumbling voice, a rubber puppet stand-in with a moving mouth was sometimes used.
The space that would normally contain the right rear passenger seat instead contained a box, described in dialog as "the costume/wardrobe trunk"; this box actually served to conceal a hidden driver in scenes in which the car drives itself. The car also had a long fender-mounted radio antenna that terminated with a robot-like claw or gripper. Its license plate would change to "1DERBUG".
Barry often thought he was the brains of the outfit, but it was usually Susan who came up with the ideas that saved them.[6] A running gag was that Barry would suggest an outrageously implausible plan, its absurdity recognized by both C.C. and Susan. Susan would then suggest a far more sensible plan (usually involving disguises), which Barry would then suggest as if it were his own, prompting C.C. to praise Barry's supposed genius. Susan accepted the situation uncomplainingly, even telling a female character who observed one such exchange, "You get used to it".
Other appearances
Wonderbug shared the one-hour time slot with other Krofft Supershow titles, including Magic Mongo, Bigfoot and Wildboy, Dr. Shrinker, The Lost Saucer, and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl.
Ideal Toy Company published a board game in 1977.[7]
Aladdin Industries produced a metal lunchbox in 1976.[8]
Episodes
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Season 1 (1976)
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Season 2 (1977)
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Witw, John (13 July 2022). "10 Cringeworthy Live-Action Superhero Shows". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Ruby-Spears' Filmography. Received on 15 Sept. 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wonderbug". 70slivekidvid.com. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Temple Of Schlock: View-Master: Dr. Shrinker And Wonderbug". Templeofschlock.blogspot.com. 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dune Buggy Archives". Dune Buggy Archives. 2006-11-22. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hal Erickson (2007). Sid and Marty Krofft: A Critical Study of Saturday Morning Children's Television, 1969-1993. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3093-2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wonderbug Game (1977)". Retrieved 2010-11-16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vintage lunchpails boxes and thermos bottles". Gasolinealleyantiques.com. 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
External links
- Wonderbug (1976) at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- 70's Live Kid Videos - Wonderbug
- Program Lead-in, SF Signal
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