Funshine Friday: Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels

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From the Captain & Tennille to Captain Caveman. 1977 ruled.

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels was created by the team of Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera. The animated show ran, at first, on ABC from September 10th, 1977 to June 21st, 1980 as segments on Scooby’s All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and Scooby’s All-Stars and finally as its own series. The cavemen in question was voiced by the amazing Mel Blanc. Enjoy the Captain Cavemen intro below and have a fantastic Funshine Friday!

TV Time: Captain & Tennille ABC Promo

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The Captain (ex-Beach Boys) rockin' the ivories. Jan. 1977

Husband and wife musical duo, Captain & Tennille, had a slew of hit records in the 1970s including “Love Will Keep Us Together” (US, #1) and “Muskrat Love” (US #4.)

From September, 1976 through March of 1977 the Captain (Daryl Dragon) & Tony Tennille hosted their own television variety show on ABC. Catch a quick promo below from January, ’77 featuring guests Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr., John Byner, Muhammad Ali, and Joe Namath.


(*Update: Dangit, the YouTube user removed the original promo. Enjoy this Capt. & Tennille show pie fight with Don Knotts and Rich Little instead.)

Captain & Tennille at TV.com, Captain & Tennille Wiki

Trailer Tuesday: The Doberman Gang

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The Doberman Gang, 1973. It's Dog Day Afternoon all over again!

The Doberman Gang was released on March 29th, 1973. The film features a bank heist conducted by a pack of Doberman Pinschers named after famous criminals; Dillinger, Bonnie, Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Ma Barker and Pretty Boy Floyd.

If you saw this film as a child (as I did) it probably fascinated you and you remember it fondly. If you saw it as an adult – not so much. Two sequels followed; The Daring Dobermans (’73) and The Amazing Dobermans (’76). Enjoy the original trailer below.

The Doberman Gang Wiki, IMDb

Music for Mondays: Neil Young ‘Heart of Gold’

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Neil Young sings his 'new' tune, 'Heart of Gold,' for the BBC, 1971

Happy Monday, good people. Let’s get right to the music. Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” was recorded in 1971 and released in 1972. It is, to date, Young’s only #1 single on the Billboard charts. Enjoy an excellent live performance, recorded for the BBC in ’71, below.

TV Time: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

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Parker Stevenson, Shaun Cassidy as The Hardy Boys, 1977. Spooky!

Seeing as how we’re pushing into late October let’s look at a slightly spooky spot. Click below to enjoy the ABC intro for the The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. The show ran from January’77 to January ’79 and starred Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson as the Hardy Boys and Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy Drew. Enjoy “An adventure into suspense!”

Funshine Friday: Wonderbug

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Wonderbug, 1976. Never underestimate a Schlepcar.

Wonderbug ran for 22 episodes as 15 minute segments during the first two seasons (’76-’78) of The Krofft Supershow. The car was a beat up old dune buggy (known as “Schlepcar”) which transformed into a shiny “Wonderbug” when its magic horn was used. Barry, C.C and Susan were the fun-lovin’ “youngsters” who drove around outwitting the bad guys.

Enjoy the tap-along intro (with a theme song co-written by The Osmonds) below.

Wonderbug Wiki, IMDb