Super Adventure Team

Super Adventure Team
Genre	Satire Puppetry
Created by	Dana Gould Robert Cohen
Composer	Eban Schletter [1]
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	approx. 22 minutes
Original release
Network	MTV
Release	June 23 (1998-06-23) – August 27, 1998 (1998-08-27)

Super Adventure Team is an American comedy series shown on the cable television network MTV in 1998. The show is a superhero satire series using puppetry, in the style of Thunderbirds . ^{[2] [3]}

History

The show's co-creators, Rob Cohen and Dana Gould, met when writing for The Ben Stiller Show . The show debuted in July 1998 with a six-episode run. ^[4]

The marionettes were voiced by comedians popular at the time, using aliases:

• Talia Criswell was played by Karen Kilgariff, stage name Barbara St. Bill.
• Benton Criswell was played by Paul F. Tompkins, stage name Francis Mt. Pleasant.
• Chief Engineer Head was played by creator Dana Gould, ^[5] stage name Benjamin Venom.
• Major Landon West was played by Daran Norris, stage name James Penrod.
• Colonel Buck Murdock was played by Wally Wingert, stage name Grant W. Wyllie.

The plot centered around an allegedly effective disaster Incident response team bogged down with their own internal squabbles. ^{[2] [3]}

Keith Marder of the Los Angeles Daily News gave the show a positive review, saying that the use of puppetry gave the show an original look. He also thought that the show's comedy had the potential to make it a cult classic. ^[6]

References

1. Bob Leszczak (August 31, 2018). Single Season Sitcoms of the 1990s: A Complete Guide. McFarland. p. 174. ISBN   9781476670775. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
2. Dale, Chris (March 31, 2020). "From Space Patrol to Team America: 5 productions inspired by Supermarionation". GerryAnderson.com. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
3. "Super Adventure Team". Trakt.tv. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
4. "Real People? Ha! Who Needs 'em Anymore?; Television: Animated series in prime time have opened the door for adult-themed puppet shows such as MTV's latest, 'Super Adventure Team.'". The Los Angeles Times. July 23, 1998. p. 54. ProQuest   421406173.
5. "Dana Gould". Dana Gould. Archived from the original on November 13, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
6. "'Super Team' to the rescue". Los Angeles Daily News. July 23, 1998. pp. L4. ProQuest   281810214 . Retrieved May 4, 2022.

External links

• Super Adventure Team at IMDb
• Super Adventure Team at epguides.com