The Three Musketeers (U.S. TV series)

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The Three Musketeers
Genre Cartoon
Created by Hanna-Barbera
Directed by William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voices of Julie Bennett
Teddy Eccles
Jonathan Harris
Don Messick
Barney Phillips
Bruce Watson
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes18
Production
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time30 minutes
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor Taft Broadcasting (original)
Worldvision Enterprises (former)
Turner Broadcasting (former)
Warner Bros. Television (current)
Release
Original network NBC
Original releaseSeptember 7, 1968 
May 31, 1969

The Three Musketeers is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC. It premiered in 1968, running for 18 episodes as a segment on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour . The cartoon is based on the famous novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.

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Premise

Athos (voiced by Jonathan Harris), Porthos (voiced by Barney Phillips), Aramis (voiced by Don Messick), and D'Artagnian (voiced by Bruce Watson) partake in new adventures fighting the enemies of the crowned heads of France King Louis XIV (voiced by Don Messick) and Queen Anne (voiced by Julie Bennett). They are sometimes assisted by a queen's handmaid named Lady Constance Bonacieux (voiced by Julie Bennett) and her young nephew Tooly (voiced by Teddy Eccles). A recurring theme has Tooly trying to prove himself worthy of becoming a Musketeer but the Musketeers won't allow him into their services because of his age. Tooley, who has a white horse, named Lightning, does get a present from the Musketeers, a mule for his birthday. Several of the cartoons end with the famous "All for one, and one for all" slogan.

Athos (character) fictional character

Athos, Count de la Fère, is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père. He is a highly fictionalised version of the historical musketeer Armand de Sillègue d'Athos d'Autevielle (1615–1644).

Jonathan Harris American character actor

Jonathan Harris was an American character actor whose career included more than 500 television and movie appearances, as well as voiceovers. Two of his best-known roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in the television version of The Third Man and the fussy villain Dr. Zachary Smith of the 1960s science fiction series Lost in Space. Near the end of his career, he provided voices for the animated features A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2.

Porthos fictional character from Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers

Porthos, Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the other two musketeers, Athos and Aramis, are friends of the novel's protagonist, d'Artagnan.

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air date
1"The Littlest Musketeer"September 7, 1968 (1968-09-07)
Count Douvac is intent on making Spain declare war on France. The Musketeers ride to save the Spanish envoy and arrest Count Douvac.
2"The Jewel of India"September 14, 1968 (1968-09-14)
The Musketeers deliver the Jewel of India for the Queen of Spain, but the Jester steals it. The Musketeers follow him, fight off the corrupt Duke and recover the jewel.
3"A Letter of Peril"September 21, 1968 (1968-09-21)
4"The Ring"September 28, 1968 (1968-09-28)
5"The Plot of the Puppetmaster"October 5, 1968 (1968-10-05)
6"The Moorish Galley"October 12, 1968 (1968-10-12)
7"The True King"October 19, 1968 (1968-10-19)
8"The Pirate Adventure"October 26, 1968 (1968-10-26)
9"The Evil Falconer"November 2, 1968 (1968-11-02)
10"The Mysterious Message"November 9, 1968 (1968-11-09)
11"The Challenge for the Crown"November 16, 1968 (1968-11-16)
12"The Red Duke"November 23, 1968 (1968-11-23)
After the mysterious Red Duke steals the defense plans for the castle, the musketeers must recover the plans and uncover the identity of the thief.
13"The Outlaw Archer"November 30, 1968 (1968-11-30)
14"Tooly's Dream"December 7, 1968 (1968-12-07)
As the Musketeers go on their latest mission, Constance puts Tooly to bed where he dreams that he is a Musketeer.
15"The Haunted Castle"December 14, 1968 (1968-12-14)
16"A Fair Day for Tooly"January 4, 1969 (1969-01-04)
17"Tooly's Treasure Hunt"January 11, 1969 (1969-01-11)
18"Tooly's Surprise"May 31, 1969 (1969-05-31)

See also

The Three Musketeers is a 1973 animated television special produced by the Australian division of Hanna-Barbera and a remake of the 1968 American Saturday morning cartoon The Three Musketeers. It originally aired November 23, 1973 as part of Famous Classic Tales on CBS.


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