Hi everyone,
My parents have been telling me about cartoons they used to watch when they were children. They have told me about a cartoon featuring two children with magic rings and when they clicked them together a genie would appear. They seem to remember it being called Shazaam but when I search for it on the net it comes up with Captain Marvel.
Is there anyone out there who knows the name of this cartoon or who remembers it?
Thanks
Amy
Sure do! It's called "Shazzam" indeed, and it was a Hanna Barbera cartoon.
http://www.tvparty.com/sat67.html
I couldn't find many info on him, but I can scan it down from my Hanna Barbera Encyclopedia if you want :)
It's being aired on Boomerang here in Brazil this month, maybe you can catch around somewhere. I specially like this toon because they never pretend that maybe the hero will be defeated. Because since it's a series, the hero obviously wins everytime. So they created a gigantic multi-powered magical here who is totally undefeatable, and their only concern is to come up with creative ways for him to win the fights :) You know he's going to win, and you keep watching the toon because you want to see HOW he's gonna do it. It's a lot of fun.
Not to mention I like to impersonate the camel Kaboop, walking around saying "uh! uh!'. Kinda like Bronty from Dino Boy.
Man, thank God I didn't play soccer on the street when I was a kid! I had so much to see on TV!
danielpoeira.org
Thank you very much for your reply Daniel! It's nice to final find some information about a show that my parents loved. My mum is very happy to see the images again, on websites.
It sounds like a good show and I'll look out for it on sky.
Thanks
Amy
Or creative ways of keeping Nancy and Chuck from being able to join rings.
Like Popeye and his spinach or Trans-lux's /Joe Oriolo's Hercules with his ring.
Thanks guys!
It sounds like it was very entertaining. I'll have to get hold of a video or try to catch it on sky, cos I feel like I'm missing out.
Amy
Had I some money I'd do a crossover feature animation with Shazzan, Baboopie, Nancy, Chuck and the Knights of Arabia all together! I remember watching one always expecting the others to appear... boy, it would be a blast.
I spent a good portion of my childhood screaming "in the size of a (whatever animal I felt like to become)!!!"
Sometimes a Hexorian Eagle, Supertwins style...
danielpoeira.org
Actually it's "Shazzan"
Chuck and Nancy are Brothers and sister. They each have half a ring and when they put it togehter the 60 ft Shazzan the Geni appears. They also have a flying camel named Kaboobie (sounds alot like Scooby Doo if all he did was make a blubbering sound) and a cloak of invisibilty. It's a Hanna Barbera Cartoon from '67-68. I remember it from its original run. I loved it as a kid but it didn't hold up as well as some of their other cartoons from that era when I saw it again on video.
Alex Toth did designs for this show too.
Shazam is the name of a powerful wizard, whom when his name is spoken changes little Billy Batosn to the original Captain Marvel....that's another story.
Nerdily yours,
Gman