The Secret World of Og (film)

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The Secret World of Og
Written by Mark Evanier
Directed bySteve Lumley
Voices of Janet Waldo
Music byIan Mason
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
ProducerDoug Paterson
Running time70 minutes
Production companies Hanna-Barbera Productions
Hanna-Barbera Australia Pty, Ltd.
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseApril 30 (1983-04-30) –
May 14, 1983 (1983-05-14)

The Secret World of Og is a 1983 animated film produced by Hanna-Barbera's Australian subsidiary (Hanna-Barbera Australia Pty. Ltd.) and based on the 1961 children's novel of the same name by Pierre Berton. [1] It originally aired in three parts on ABC Weekend Special series on April 30, May 7 and 14, 1983. [2]

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Plot

A small green elfin creature visits a family of five young siblings (Penny, Pamela, Peter, Patsy and Pollywog) and their pets (Yukie, a dog and Earless, a cat) to help himself to their comic books. The children follow the creature through a secret downward passageway into a colorful underground realm of Og, a world of small green people who love games of make-believe. The inhabitants of this mushroom town mimic the characters of the children's favorite comic books. After the children and their pets survive several fantastic escapades, the Ogians enlist them to help save Og from the dreaded Snake People. But the children, unlike the Ogians, understand the difference between fantasy and reality, and when they expose the Snake People as mere comic book characters, the Ogians let them go free, all the wiser after their first visit to the Secret World of Og.

Voices

Production credits

See also

Home media

The Secret World of Og was released on DVD in Region 1 by Visual Entertainment (VEI) in September 2011. [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 366–368. ISBN   0-8108-2198-2 . Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ↑ The Secret World of Og DVD.
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