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Cast:
Voices...Camilla Banora
Voices...Josh Blake
Voices...Gary V. Brown
Voices...Jim Brownold
Voices...Danielle DuClos
Voices...Seth Green
Voices...Earl Hammond
Voices...Maggie Jakobson
Voices...Larry Kenney
Voices...Carmen De Lavallade
Voices...Robert McFadden
Voices...Jim Meskimem
Voices...Peter Newman
Voices...Gordy Owens
Voices...Gerriane Raphael
Voices...Ron Taylor
Voices...Tanya Willoughby
Voices...Daniel Wooten
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Following in the success of the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, Rankin’ Bass brought together four separate cartoons under the title The Comic Strip.
On Karate Kat, the title character was an employee of the McClaw Detective Agency. He considered himself a martial arts expert, and much like Penrod Pooch/Hong Kong Phooey of Hanna-Barbera fame that he was styled after, Karate Kat was completely inept. Fortunately for him (and everyone else!) he had handy co-workers at his side, such as ‘weapons expert’ Katmandu and the dim-witted Cat Gut. “Big Mama” Katie McClaw, the ex-wife of the town’s top gangster was his boss. Karate Kat also worked closely with Meow Baby, who appeared to be completely blind to Karate Kat’s ineptitude.
The Street Frogs, a “Battle Toads” meets “Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids” mix, showed a group of hip, young amphibians that spent their days recording hip hop and dancing in their neighborhood.
The Mini-Monsters focused on the children of the most famous beasts in history. The more gentle offspring of their hideous parents, Dracky, Wolfie, Mumm-O, Blank-O and Franklin, befriended two human children Sherman and Melissa, and were shown the wonders of the two kids’ ‘normal’ world.
The final piece, Tigersharks, featured a group of superheroes with the ability to turn themselves into half-man/half-fish creatures, using their newfound abilities to fight crime and generally ‘save the day.’ Lucky for all of us, all the crimes took place in and around the ocean!
None of the Comic Strip components made it past the one year run, however, it gave kids of the 80s a wide variety of characters to satisfy their Saturday Morning cartoon appetite.
