The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show

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The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
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Directed by George Gordon
Bill Hutten
Bob Hathcock
Ray Patterson
Carl Urbano
Rudy Zamora
Theme music composer Hoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time90 minutes
Production companies Hanna-Barbera Productions
King World Productions
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseSeptember 25, 1982 (1982-09-25) 
September 3, 1983 (1983-09-03)

The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show is a 90-minute Saturday morning animated package show co-produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions (which then owned the animation rights for Pac-Man and Richie Rich , now a part of Warner Bros. Discovery and NBCUniversal (under licensed for Richie Rich characters only via DreamWorks Animation's Classic Media and Harvey Entertainment)) and King World Productions (owner of the intellectual property of The Little Rascals , now subsumed into Paramount Global) and broadcast on ABC from September 25, 1982 to September 3, 1983.

The show contains episodes and content from three separate programs: Pac-Man , The Little Rascals and Richie Rich . [1] It aired during the 1983-1984 season as The Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show. [1]

Segments

The 90-minute program was segmented as such:

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References

  1. 1 2 Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 509–511. ISBN   978-1476665993.