These tv specials were a must see for any kid and they kept making them for a long time. One memorable one from the 1980's was hosted by Roddy Piper. It's too bad these kind of things can't be made anymore.
Thank you for sharing this Mr. Schreiber. A flood of memories and more happy times as a kid besotted by the Superfriends. Also wonderful to see your very talented & missed dad. My sincerest best wishes.
Oh. My. God. I must have this! I remember seeing Rick on Sonny & Cher, and then a year later watching this and faithfully watching Mission: Magic every week. I now have it on DVD (along w/ most iof those other shows previewed), and at age 45, I still have my Saturday morning magic, along w/ a bowl of sugar coated goodness every week! Thanks so much for posting this!!
Josh, your dad was a genius, and he means so much to those of us who grew up at that time. His sketches were great, and I still can't eat nacho cheese Doritos without picturing him. He was (and is still since you have made his videos available) a true icon. Thanks for sharing this.
I remember when this originally aired. These were the BEST shows for gearing up for the first Saturday of the new season. It made having to go back to school worth it, knowing that you had this stuff to look forward to every Saturday morning. Good times. Good times. Thanks for sharing this little nostalgic gem. :)
Great stuff! Always thought Mr. Schreiber was a riot! An old friend of mine worked on one of his feature films years ago! Thnaks for posting! You brought back alot of pleasant memories!
Thanks Josh Schreiber for sharing this video. I remember when the Big Three tv networks still produced animation, and Saturday Morning Cartoons were a big event. Now, there are 24 hour cartoon cable channels, and websites that offer cartoon instantly at a mouse click. I remember when these Sneak Peaks were events I anticipated to see the next season of shows. I feel nostalgia for that era even though it was still in the middle of the dreaded Cold War. Avery Schreiber was a funny, talented man.
WTF did I just see Chuck Woolery as Superman and Rick Springfield busting out an acoustic bomb of a song set to early 1970's era "Yellow Submarine inspired" graphic animation?!! Haha this was fantastic. This showed how excited we got as kids for the new Saturday morning lineups that they had a primetime preview show to get us all even more pumped up! Thanks for finding this it's totally awesome!
Hey Josh: I was able to tell your dad how much I enjoyed his & Jack's comedy as a kid when I worked with him on Days of our Lives in the early 90s. We ate lunch together in the NBC commissary a few times too. That meant more to me than working on the soap. Years later I saw him on the picket line during the 2000 SAG strike. Avery was a true talent and genuine great guy! I'm going to watch every one of the videos you've shared. Thank you.
man, Avery Schreiber is such an icon. i loved him. he was everywhere in the 70s, and always fun (and funny). Doritos and Watta Pizzaria Junior, anyone?
I remember this show, my parents had just reconciled from a separation and we had moved into a new house. For a brief moment - everything was right. I commend your fathers craft - reaching out to other people and trying to bring them a little joy. Its meaningful.
This is truly a classic item! a Saturday morning preview from Fall 1973,when most of the cartoon shows that Fall were mostly based on classic TV series,which was very,very rare! this ABC-TV sneak peak special,though edited,saw the debut of "SUPER FRIENDS" (1973-1986) "LASSIE'S RESCUE RANGERS","MISSION:MAGIC",and "GOOBER AND THE GHOST CHASERS",that featured animated guest appearances by some of "THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY" cast,one year before CBS's "PARTRIDGE FAMILY 2200 A.D." in Fall 1974,,and of course,"The SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE" second season opener,"LOST IN SPACE",which was recently released on the "LOST IN SPACE" BluRay set. but given the appearance of Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber,it is pretty interesting,especially since NBC used the two of these guys for their "Two In a Taxi" Fall 1966 sneak peak-pretty classic stuff,,but then,so was Saturday morning TV,back when the cartoon studios were in full bloom-not to mention seeing Batman and Superman together for the first time,in an TV special,some 45 years before their soon to be released "BATMAN V SUPERMAN:Dawn Of Justice" movie-an amazing bit of trivia!
Thank you so much for sharing this...I knew about this special but didn't actually get to see it back then. It may be 45 years later but better late than never
... I think this may include the only complete version of the Mission Magic theme song. (In the actual show opening, the song fades out in the middle of the last chorus) Edit: I'm wrong, there was an *album* made from the show's songs, and there's a full version there.
I know right?? But did it sound like that's what they said to you? It totally sounded like they said her name to me. I get the lyrics to songs wrong all of the time though...could just be hearing things. :)
This is very,very RARE!! it was aired on Sept.7th,1973 on ABC,one day before all three of the networks at that time,aired their cartoons on Sept 8,1973-and ABC began its line-up with the debut of "SUPER FRIENDS",which went-on to run,until 1985,along with "LASSIE'S RESCUE RANGERS","MISSION MAGIC",and the second season primiere of "THE SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE" opener,"LOST IN SPACE",which of course was based on Irwin Allen's TV series-this was a great period for Weekend TV!
holy crap how am I just now seeing all of this retro goodness! bugs, batman, and a plethora of iconic characters not the least of which the great Avery Schreiber!
I came here due to a Rick Springfield post on FB. Good memories although I never saw any Mission Magic episodes. I was surprised at how different Rick sounded back then with a full blown Aussie accent. Thanks for the memories.
I saw this when I was 6 and couldn't believe my eyes. The introduction of the Super Friends alone was enough to blow my mind...and I still bite down on Doritos like they will break stuff thanks to your dad
Yes How I recall first seeing this on a Black and White TV on A Friday night in September of 1973.Yes It's also very interesting to both see and hear Rick Springfield here both before he was famous and lost his foreign accent and to top it off was even the star of that old time cartoon of Mission Magic of which I didn't get to see because it didn't play on my own local channel.Too bad that 2nd half of this is not available here on RUclips.I hope that it will be sooner or later too ASAP & Truly.
Looks like the "Three's Company" set with the step and the door placement. I notice from a comment below this was for ABC - but "Bugs" (The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show) was on CBS throughout the '70s - so I'm a bit confused.
This has to be for ABC 1973. Mission Magic premiered that year. Yogi, Lassie and Superfriends also premiered in 1973. Previews typically focus on the premiering shows.
Batman does not sound like Adam West. It was around 4 years after Batman 66 ended. This does mark the first time that a version of Batman 66 meets Superman. For some reason Chuck Woolery doesn't get enough recognition for play a live action version of Superman. Stilll would love to find that back half of this show,
The bit with the kid getting a glass of water gave me a chuckle. I mean, even if a person holds still, someone's bound to notice....unless the boy was assuming that bugs was a throw-rug and Rick was a cool new statue. Round little guy comes out in feetie pajamas...the kid just looks funny. I start riffing like the guys from MST3K: "*oogh* Gonna get water...thirsty...lights on...hi, Chuck Woolery in a Superman outfit...Lassie......I'll just step over Bugs Bunny here...Eeyup....tall pretty guy in white with invisible dog...oh well...water...hi, Batman....I saw nothing, just half asleep & getting water....*gulp gulp* here's the glass, Uncle....goodnight!"
I was a child of the 80's and I remember these "Sneak Peak" things, too. Saturday Morning used to be awesome. Sometimes certain innovations in Cable TV suck the wonder out of things. No more Saturday Morning TV and the quality of News journalism is crap. I'm not one to fall into the "Old dork who laments the new generation/new technology schtick" but some things I just miss. "A 'Smurfs', a bowl of 'S'mores Crunch' & me". I miss those days...they had a certain...(Aussie Rick voice) "MAGIC".
Burns & Schreiber were no strangers to "fall preview" specials- they previously presented NBC's 1966-'67 prime-time fall preview, "Two in a Taxi" [9/4/66], as an extension of their "taxicab" routine....
I don’t remember this, must not have seen it. Fall of ‘73 Saturday cartoons I do remember though, and I remember a different preview show. Think it was on NBC, it used the premise that the new shows were being delivered by the Enterprise but it crashed somewhere...
MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS - The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show was on ABC for the 1973-1974 and 1974-1975 seasons. But yes, other than those two years, Bugs Bunny was on CBS for the rest of the 1970s.
Another example of very RARE material from ABC's Saturday Morning TV line-up from Fall 1973 as Jack Burns & Avery Schreiber introduce ABC's cartoon line-up on Friday, September 7, 1973. Burns & Schreiber previously hosted NBC's Fall 1966 TV preview, "Two In A Taxi", so seeing these two guys usher in the cartoons for Fall 1973 on ABC was historic, given that all the Saturday morning cartoons that were launched by the TV networks in Fall 1973 were all spinoffs of popular live-action shows of the 60s, as exampled with NBC's "STAR TREK" from Filmation Associates and Roddenberry's Norway Productions banner, and "LASSIE'S RESCUE RANGERS", based on ABC's SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE" segment, "Lassie And The Spirit Of Thunder Mountain" in Fall 1972, and the return of the Super Heroes since their cancelation in 1969, as ABC debuted "SUPER FRIENDS", from the ratings success of "Batman & Robin" s guest appearance on CBS's "THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES" in Fall 1972, and "Cindy's Super Friend" segment from "THE BRADY KIDS" also in Fall 1972, but in the case of "SUPER FRIENDS" first TV season (1973-74) ABC had hired Child Psychologist Haim Ginnott as a consultant, so that the actions of the Super Friends were not violent like the previous Filmation cartoons on CBS in the late 1960s that resulted in parental backlash which led to their removal from the Saturday morning schedules by 1969.
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I lived for these fall previews. Was I the only kid that watched with pencil and paper planning my Saturday morning ritual? ❤
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Bloody Hell! Im 58 years old and I just found out Rick Springfield was Australian AND that he had a Saturday morning cartoon! 😮😮😮
miss seeing these saturday morning preview shows thought I don't recall this one but to see it
I was such a fan of all of this, including B&S!
These tv specials were a must see for any kid and they kept making them for a long time. One memorable one from the 1980's was hosted by Roddy Piper. It's too bad these kind of things can't be made anymore.
It's too bad these preview specials or the weird and wacky Sid & Marty Krofft shows can't be made anymore. R.I.P. Marty Krofft (1937-2023).
I loved your Dad! I remember him from my childhood. Thank you for posting.
Chuck Woolery as Superman! Chuck was on "New Zoo Revue" too, playing an old man character.
Thank you for sharing this Mr. Schreiber. A flood of memories and more happy times as a kid besotted by the Superfriends. Also wonderful to see your very talented & missed dad. My sincerest best wishes.
Thanks Mr.Schrieber..for sharing this rare piece of ABC TV kids tv history..that was hosted by your dad(God Bless his soul)and his partner..Mr.Burns.
Oh. My. God. I must have this! I remember seeing Rick on Sonny & Cher, and then a year later watching this and faithfully watching Mission: Magic every week. I now have it on DVD (along w/ most iof those other shows previewed), and at age 45, I still have my Saturday morning magic, along w/ a bowl of sugar coated goodness every week! Thanks so much for posting this!!
So glad to see this. I used to LOVE these shows! Every September all 3 networks would have one.
Josh, your dad was a genius, and he means so much to those of us who grew up at that time. His sketches were great, and I still can't eat nacho cheese Doritos without picturing him. He was (and is still since you have made his videos available) a true icon. Thanks for sharing this.
This is absolutely fantastic. So much fun to watch. I loved Avery - especially on Match Game. He was such a beautiful soul. Is this the entire show?
I remember when this originally aired. These were the BEST shows for gearing up for the first Saturday of the new season. It made having to go back to school worth it, knowing that you had this stuff to look forward to every Saturday morning. Good times. Good times. Thanks for sharing this little nostalgic gem. :)
The Saturday morning sneak peak was 30 minutes, and only these 15 minutes were found!
Chuck Woolery as Superman? Lol...now, I've seen EVERYTHING!
Me too!,I have.
I thought that's who the Superman guy was...whoa!
Great stuff! Always thought Mr. Schreiber was a riot! An old friend of mine worked on one of his feature films years ago!
Thnaks for posting! You brought back alot of pleasant memories!
Thanks Josh Schreiber for sharing this video. I remember when the Big Three tv networks still produced animation, and Saturday Morning Cartoons were a big event. Now, there are 24 hour cartoon cable channels, and websites that offer cartoon instantly at a mouse click. I remember when these Sneak Peaks were events I anticipated to see the next season of shows.
I feel nostalgia for that era even though it was still in the middle of the dreaded Cold War. Avery Schreiber was a funny, talented man.
Cool 🙏 thanks for sharing knowledge freely Amen in Christ God Bless everyone John 3 16
Remember the cartoon dr.shrinker!
Rick still had his Australian accent. I think that may have been Kurtwood Smith under the Batman cowl.
George Carlin was Jack's partner before my dad. Two birds with one answer.
Are you related to Avery scheiber
Was that a young Chuck Woolery playing "Superman"?
Classic....words escape me ...only CLASSIC comes to mind...
LOL... Chuck Woolery as Superman.
This is a great clip! I can’t tell, is that Adam West or not?
WTF did I just see Chuck Woolery as Superman and Rick Springfield busting out an acoustic bomb of a song set to early 1970's era "Yellow Submarine inspired" graphic animation?!! Haha this was fantastic. This showed how excited we got as kids for the new Saturday morning lineups that they had a primetime preview show to get us all even more pumped up! Thanks for finding this it's totally awesome!
Thank you so much for the Memories.
Hey Josh: I was able to tell your dad how much I enjoyed his & Jack's comedy as a kid when I worked with him on Days of our Lives in the early 90s. We ate lunch together in the NBC commissary a few times too. That meant more to me than working on the soap. Years later I saw him on the picket line during the 2000 SAG strike. Avery was a true talent and genuine great guy! I'm going to watch every one of the videos you've shared. Thank you.
Avery was one my favorite actors/comedians. He always makes me smile and laugh when I see him in reruns!!
Your father was hilarious. Thanks for sharing.
I love seeing and hearing a very young and beautiful Rick with his Aussie accent! I was older and not in Sat morning cartoons when this came out..
I was always a big fan of the Double D Nose because 'Thou Shalt Rock"
Avery Schreiber was great and wonderful to be a human computer. Nobody could do it like him.👌👍👍😂😎
Came for the Schreiber. Stayed for the show. Thanks for sharing this, man!
man, Avery Schreiber is such an icon. i loved him. he was everywhere in the 70s, and always fun (and funny). Doritos and Watta Pizzaria Junior, anyone?
And he played a semi-bad guy in the Angel gets married episode of Rockford Files! God I miss the 70s soooo much!
I remember well, Frank Ozaki!
I remember him from Days of our lives. Leopoldo Alamein.
Avery Schreiber never played"Angel Martin"on "The Rockford Files"..Mr.Stuart Margolin..played that conniving character on the detective series.
Awesome clip... loved seeing the old cartoons from my childhood, and especially a young Rick Springfield!
One of my favorites😍Great entertainers at work.
I remember being so excited to find these preview specials in the TV Guide. That meant it was time for new cartoons!
I remember this show, my parents had just reconciled from a separation and we had moved into a new house. For a brief moment - everything was right. I commend your fathers craft - reaching out to other people and trying to bring them a little joy. Its meaningful.
That bushy mustache, those fantastic Doritos commercial
Thanks for sharing.
Great find and I really want to see the second part if possible.
I really looked forward to these on Friday nights B4 the new season of Saturday Morning shows the next day
One of the highlights of the kids' year calendar back in the 70s. I'd never miss them, either.
Oh, wow. I actually remember this. Never thought I'd see it, again. Thanks!
Wow, Avery was such a memorable character in everything he did.
This is truly a classic item! a Saturday morning preview from Fall 1973,when most of the cartoon shows that Fall were mostly based on classic TV series,which was very,very rare!
this ABC-TV sneak peak special,though edited,saw the debut of "SUPER FRIENDS" (1973-1986) "LASSIE'S RESCUE RANGERS","MISSION:MAGIC",and "GOOBER AND THE GHOST CHASERS",that featured animated guest appearances by some of "THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY" cast,one year before CBS's "PARTRIDGE FAMILY 2200 A.D." in Fall 1974,,and of course,"The SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE" second season opener,"LOST IN SPACE",which was recently released on the "LOST IN SPACE" BluRay set. but given the appearance of Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber,it is pretty interesting,especially since NBC used the two of these guys for their "Two In a Taxi" Fall 1966 sneak peak-pretty classic stuff,,but then,so was Saturday morning TV,back when the cartoon studios were in full bloom-not to mention seeing Batman and Superman together for the first time,in an TV special,some 45 years before their soon to be released "BATMAN V SUPERMAN:Dawn Of Justice" movie-an amazing bit of trivia!
Thank you so much for sharing this...I knew about this special but didn't actually get to see it back then. It may be 45 years later but better late than never
... I think this may include the only complete version of the Mission Magic theme song. (In the actual show opening, the song fades out in the middle of the last chorus)
Edit: I'm wrong, there was an *album* made from the show's songs, and there's a full version there.
My era in cartoons. I was just the right age at 7 or 8. I was so excited for the Superfriends, but I loved all those shows.
Mar vista local here in 2020 wussup
I know right?? But did it sound like that's what they said to you? It totally sounded like they said her name to me. I get the lyrics to songs wrong all of the time though...could just be hearing things. :)
2021 Rules forever I'm Avery Schreiber Wade's Jack burns. Love Avery and he's a Chicago bear like me. 🐻👍.
Huh??
This is very,very RARE!! it was aired on Sept.7th,1973 on ABC,one day before all three
of the networks at that time,aired their cartoons on Sept 8,1973-and ABC began its
line-up with the debut of "SUPER FRIENDS",which went-on to run,until 1985,along with
"LASSIE'S RESCUE RANGERS","MISSION MAGIC",and the second season primiere
of "THE SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE" opener,"LOST IN SPACE",which of course
was based on Irwin Allen's TV series-this was a great period for Weekend TV!
That's Chuck Woolery playing Superman lol.I remember watching this when it originally aired.
I miss Avery Schreiber. He was so funny, a great schlub.
holy crap how am I just now seeing all of this retro goodness! bugs, batman, and a plethora of iconic characters not the least of which the great Avery Schreiber!
They cut out the preview for "Lassie's Rescue Rangers!" Did Disney sue or something (though Lassie's RR was on two decades before Chip & Dale's)?
I came here due to a Rick Springfield post on FB. Good memories although I never saw any Mission Magic episodes. I was surprised at how different Rick sounded back then with a full blown Aussie accent. Thanks for the memories.
I saw this when I was 6 and couldn't believe my eyes. The introduction of the Super Friends alone was enough to blow my mind...and I still bite down on Doritos like they will break stuff thanks to your dad
How come "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters" is not on this special? I like the Sid & Marty Krofft shows.
Avery Schreiber was everywhere on TV when I was growing up. He was such a familiar face but I didn't find out his name til many years later.
I I've right, I miss those days.
Yes How I recall first seeing this on a Black and White TV on A Friday night in September of 1973.Yes It's also very interesting to both see and hear Rick Springfield here both before he was famous and lost his foreign accent and to top it off was even the star of that old time cartoon of Mission Magic of which I didn't get to see because it didn't play on my own local channel.Too bad that 2nd half of this is not available here on RUclips.I hope that it will be sooner or later too ASAP & Truly.
That's Chuck Woolery as Superman. OMG!
Sounds like Alex Trebeck as Batman.
Paul Winchell, who voiced the invisible dog here, also voiced Tigger in Winnie The Pooh. Did anyone figure out who Batman is here?
Looks like the "Three's Company" set with the step and the door placement. I notice from a comment below this was for ABC - but "Bugs" (The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show) was on CBS throughout the '70s - so I'm a bit confused.
Bugs Bunny was on ABC during this time. The BB/RR Show (Hour)was on CBS from 1975-1985.ABC continued with a similar version until 2000.
The screen graphic at the very beginning shows American Broadcasting Co. 1973 so it is def ABC.
LOLOL You mean Harry Mudd? HARCOURT THENTON MUDD!!!!! HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING AGAIN???? lmao
This has to be for ABC 1973. Mission Magic premiered that year. Yogi, Lassie and Superfriends also premiered in 1973. Previews typically focus on the premiering shows.
+Patrick McNamara At the beginning the copyright notice is 1973
That Avery Schreiber...I only remember him from Doritos advertisements back in the early mid 70's, lol.
Wow! Memories.
BATMAN? That is really Adam West
at 2:50..Hayden Panettierre?
Wow. That...was......painful.
Superman will be back in two 'n two.
Huh ??
Thanx for sharing brings back fond memories of my childhood. Loved your Dad so much in the 70's truly a great man. R.I.P Avery Screiber.
Batman does not sound like Adam West. It was around 4 years after Batman 66 ended. This does mark the first time that a version of Batman 66 meets Superman. For some reason Chuck Woolery doesn't get enough recognition for play a live action version of Superman. Stilll would love to find that back half of this show,
The bit with the kid getting a glass of water gave me a chuckle. I mean, even if a person holds still, someone's bound to notice....unless the boy was assuming that bugs was a throw-rug and Rick was a cool new statue. Round little guy comes out in feetie pajamas...the kid just looks funny.
I start riffing like the guys from MST3K: "*oogh* Gonna get water...thirsty...lights on...hi, Chuck Woolery in a Superman outfit...Lassie......I'll just step over Bugs Bunny here...Eeyup....tall pretty guy in white with invisible dog...oh well...water...hi, Batman....I saw nothing, just half asleep & getting water....*gulp gulp* here's the glass, Uncle....goodnight!"
I was a child of the 80's and I remember these "Sneak Peak" things, too. Saturday Morning used to be awesome. Sometimes certain innovations in Cable TV suck the wonder out of things. No more Saturday Morning TV and the quality of News journalism is crap. I'm not one to fall into the "Old dork who laments the new generation/new technology schtick" but some things I just miss. "A 'Smurfs', a bowl of 'S'mores Crunch' & me". I miss those days...they had a certain...(Aussie Rick voice) "MAGIC".
avery schrieber used to be all over TV back in the 70's
Indeed!,he has!,R.I.P. Avery Schrieber!
Burns & Schreiber were no strangers to "fall preview" specials- they previously presented NBC's 1966-'67 prime-time fall preview, "Two in a Taxi" [9/4/66], as an extension of their "taxicab" routine....
P.S. Your dad was very funny!
great show!
i'd like to see the 2nd half again too.
Lame lame lame Lame . I love it
Anyone know the original air date?
Even though i was roughly nine months old at that time, the original air date might have been 07 September 1973 (Friday).
Chuck Woolery as Superman, I vaguely remember this
Dude - LOVED your dad's stuff when I was a kid. Great to see you've posted this.
I can honestly say that this was the most unintentionally gay show I have ever seen.
Dear Lord in heaven! I saw this when I was four!
I do remember that guy in the mustache was in a lot of Doritos commercials back then.
Fifty years ago yow
I don’t remember this, must not have seen it. Fall of ‘73 Saturday cartoons I do remember though, and I remember a different preview show. Think it was on NBC, it used the premise that the new shows were being delivered by the Enterprise but it crashed somewhere...
No, she was born born August 21, 1989, some 15+ years after this would have aired, lol
super rare. thanks.
MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS - The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show was on ABC for the 1973-1974 and 1974-1975 seasons. But yes, other than those two years, Bugs Bunny was on CBS for the rest of the 1970s.
bookhouse88 The inclusion of Mission Magic times this special as being for the 1973-1974 season.
+bookhouse88
it has an American Broadcasting 1973 copyright at the start of the show.
bookhouse88 also the Bugs&Daffy h0ur was on CBS Till 1987 it went back to ABC
And Chuck Woolery as Superman.
Chuck Woolery as Superman. Before Love Connection, SCRABBLE and Wheel of Fortune.
R.I.P Avery Schreiber (1935 - 2002)
Another example of very RARE material from ABC's Saturday Morning TV line-up from Fall 1973 as Jack Burns & Avery Schreiber introduce ABC's cartoon line-up on Friday, September 7, 1973. Burns & Schreiber previously hosted NBC's Fall 1966 TV preview, "Two In A Taxi", so seeing these two guys usher in the cartoons for Fall 1973 on ABC was historic, given that all the Saturday morning cartoons that were launched by the TV networks in Fall 1973 were all spinoffs of popular live-action shows of the 60s, as exampled with NBC's "STAR TREK" from Filmation Associates and Roddenberry's Norway Productions banner, and "LASSIE'S RESCUE RANGERS", based on ABC's SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE" segment, "Lassie And The Spirit Of Thunder Mountain" in Fall 1972, and the return of the Super Heroes since their cancelation in 1969, as ABC debuted "SUPER FRIENDS", from the ratings success of "Batman & Robin" s guest appearance on CBS's "THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES" in Fall 1972, and "Cindy's Super Friend" segment from "THE BRADY KIDS" also in Fall 1972, but in the case of "SUPER FRIENDS" first TV season (1973-74) ABC had hired Child Psychologist Haim Ginnott as a consultant, so that the actions of the Super Friends were not violent like the previous Filmation cartoons on CBS in the late 1960s that resulted in parental backlash which led to their removal from the Saturday morning schedules by 1969.
Is that Chuck Woolery as Superman?