That was Fred Silverman's idea. When he was programming CBS' Saturday morning schedule for the fall of 1966, he decided to create an all "superhero" lineup- beginning with "MIGHTY MOUSE AND THE MIGHTY HEROES", and encouraged Ralph Bakshi at CBS Terrytoons to create to create "The Mighty Heroes", which he guided for one season before he left the studio for his short tenure at Paramount. I've seen the black & white kinescope of "THE ROAD RUNNER SHOW" from that season as well.
I was 11 when the Mighty Heroes premiered. A local Atlanta station showed the Mighty Heroes cartoons as short subjects in the mid 70s, but it's been 40 years since I'd seen that open and close. Wow, what a trip back to Saturday morning as I knew it.
I hope that there will soon be an "authorized" DVD release of "the Mighty Heroes", with a high-quality, full-color version of this opening included as an "extra". Another extra I hope will be included will be the Ralph Baskhi-produced 1988 "Mighty Mouse" episode which reunited the Mighty Heroes----by 1988, they were mostly middle-aged men (and Diaperman was in his twenties). To whoever owns thr rights: Get going and put out an authorized "Mighty Heroes" DVD set....Now!!
It was because Bakshi accepted Paramount's offer to supervise their cartoon studio in 1967 that "The Mighty Heroes" came to an end. Cartoon production, however, DID continue in New Rochelle under the direction of Art Bartsch until 1968, when Terrytoons got out of the theatrical cartoon business altogether. They continued producing TV commercials and other projects until the studio closed for good in 1971.
"MIGHTY MOUSE AND THE MIGHTY HEROES" was only seen on CBS during the 1966-'67 season, and never syndicated in this half-hour format. When "The Mighty Heroes" were seen on local stations, they were shown individually, on other local cartoon shows....
At the very end of the show, the CBS logo (against a blue background) would appear, and the staff announcer would say, "This is CBS". The logo used in this print was for "delayed brodcast" purposes, as this was kinnied from a "live" telecast on the network.
Paul Terry sold his studio to CBS in December 1955, and retired. The network continued to run the New Rochelle facility [through business manager Bill Weiss] until they were forced out of the TV syndication business in 1971 (around the time Terry passed away). Their successor, VIACOM, had no interest in continuing "Terrytoons", and the studio closed up shop.
Not only did the CBS staff announcer [usually Pat Connell] deliver the sponsor's I.D.'s {"This portion of 'Mighty Mouse and the Mighty Heroes' is presented by..."}, he also altered viewers that the "thrilling conclusion" to the two-part "Mighty Heroes" adventure was coming up....as for the show's format, Fred Silverman remembered the "bookend" approach used on "TENNEESEE TUXEDO", and applied it here.
I caught these re-run cartoons on sundays early morning in the late 70s...first time I ever saw the mighty heros. Does anyone know if they come out on Boomerang?
Eventually Terrytoon end was after Bakshi's departure. According to Leonard Maltin's 'Of Mice and Magic' the studios leading heads were dwindling in number. Connie Raninski and Bob Kuwahawa had died and Manny Davis left leaving Art Bartsch to take over the reins although he was ill. He took over Bakshi's Sad Cat series before his death. The final years were taken over by Tommy Morrison. The staff writer and Mighty Mouse's voice.
That was Fred Silverman's idea. When he was programming CBS' Saturday morning schedule for the fall of 1966, he decided to create an all "superhero" lineup- beginning with "MIGHTY MOUSE AND THE MIGHTY HEROES", and encouraged Ralph Bakshi at CBS Terrytoons to create to create "The Mighty Heroes", which he guided for one season before he left the studio for his short tenure at Paramount. I've seen the black & white kinescope of "THE ROAD RUNNER SHOW" from that season as well.
I was 11 when the Mighty Heroes premiered. A local Atlanta station showed the Mighty Heroes cartoons as short subjects in the mid 70s, but it's been 40 years since I'd seen that open and close. Wow, what a trip back to Saturday morning as I knew it.
I hope that there will soon be an "authorized" DVD release of "the Mighty Heroes", with a high-quality, full-color version of this opening included as an "extra".
Another extra I hope will be included will be the Ralph Baskhi-produced 1988 "Mighty Mouse" episode which reunited the Mighty Heroes----by 1988, they were mostly middle-aged men (and Diaperman was in his twenties).
To whoever owns thr rights: Get going and put out an authorized "Mighty Heroes" DVD set....Now!!
It was because Bakshi accepted Paramount's offer to supervise their cartoon studio in 1967 that "The Mighty Heroes" came to an end. Cartoon production, however, DID continue in New Rochelle under the direction of Art Bartsch until 1968, when Terrytoons got out of the theatrical cartoon business altogether. They continued producing TV commercials and other projects until the studio closed for good in 1971.
Oh man, I used to love the Mighty Heroes!
"MIGHTY MOUSE AND THE MIGHTY HEROES" was only seen on CBS during the 1966-'67 season, and never syndicated in this half-hour format. When "The Mighty Heroes" were seen on local stations, they were shown individually, on other local cartoon shows....
yes! the mighty heroes rocked! i'm a huge fan as well. even got the mighty heroes cartoons on dvd from ebay awhile back.
some of my favorite childhood cartoons thanks for sharing
At the very end of the show, the CBS logo (against a blue background) would appear, and the staff announcer would say, "This is CBS". The logo used in this print was for "delayed brodcast" purposes, as this was kinnied from a "live" telecast on the network.
Paul Terry sold his studio to CBS in December 1955, and retired. The network continued to run the New Rochelle facility [through business manager Bill Weiss] until they were forced out of the TV syndication business in 1971 (around the time Terry passed away). Their successor, VIACOM, had no interest in continuing "Terrytoons", and the studio closed up shop.
Not only did the CBS staff announcer [usually Pat Connell] deliver the sponsor's I.D.'s {"This portion of 'Mighty Mouse and the Mighty Heroes' is presented by..."}, he also altered viewers that the "thrilling conclusion" to the two-part "Mighty Heroes" adventure
was coming up....as for the show's format, Fred Silverman remembered the "bookend" approach used on "TENNEESEE TUXEDO", and applied it here.
Deputy Dawg was also in the Terry Toons cadre, if I'm not mistaken.
I didn't know the mighty heroes theme had lyrics
I caught these re-run cartoons on sundays early morning in the late 70s...first time I ever saw the mighty heros. Does anyone know if they come out on Boomerang?
I've seen Might Mouse...but never seen The Mighty Heroes.
"And the mightiest of all....Diaperman!!!"WTF!!!
What are the lyrics to the Mighty Heroes theme?
@Rosetheribtickler For I 44 years.
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Eventually Terrytoon end was after Bakshi's departure. According to Leonard Maltin's 'Of Mice and Magic' the studios leading heads were dwindling in number. Connie Raninski and Bob Kuwahawa had died and Manny Davis left leaving Art Bartsch to take over the reins although he was ill. He took over Bakshi's Sad Cat series before his death. The final years were taken over by Tommy Morrison. The staff writer and Mighty Mouse's voice.
@bigg3469 The closest he got was an appearance on his Mighty Mouse The New Adventures where they retired and became accountants.
It's available now on Amazon.