Harlem Globetrotters (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Harlem Globetrotters was a Saturday morning cartoon
produced by Hanna-Barbera
and CBS Productions
, featuring animated versions of players from the basketball team, Harlem Globetrotters
.
Broadcast from September 12, 1970 to September 2, 1972 on CBS
, and later re-run on NBC
as The Go-Go Globetrotters, the show featured cartoon versions of George "Meadowlark" Lemon
, Freddie "Curly" Neal
, Hubert "Geese" Ausbie
, J.C. "Gip" Gipson, Bobby Joe Mason, and Pablo Robertson
, alongside their fictional bus driver and manager Granny, and Dribbles, their dog mascot.
The series worked to a formula where the team travels somewhere and typically got involved in a local conflict that leads to one of the characters proposing a basketball game to settle the issue. To ensure the Globetrotters' defeat, the villains rig the contest to ensure that their opponents lose; however, before the second half of the contest, the team always finds a way to even the odds, become all but invincible, and win the game.
's The Hardy Boys had been the first to feature an African-American character the previous year. Another Hanna-Barbera series, Josie and the Pussycats
, premiered 30 minutes earlier than Harlem Globetrotters on the same day and network, and was the first Saturday morning cartoon to feature an African-American female character. Like many other Saturday morning cartoons of the era, the first season episodes of the series featured a laugh track
.
After the show was canceled, the animated Globetrotters made three appearances on Hanna-Barbera's The New Scooby-Doo Movies
in 1972 and 1973. Oddly enough, Dribbles, who didn't appear on the show was in the theme song sequence and several references were made to Granny, who also didn't appear. Hanna-Barbera produced a second animated series starring the Globetrotters in 1979 called The Super Globetrotters
, this time featuring the players as superheroes. In spring 1999 TV Land
aired repeats of Harlem Globetrotters on Saturday mornings as part of its TV Land Super Retrovision Saturdaze lineup. The series has not been rerun since.
The series was a co-production of Hanna-Barbera and the CBS Television Network
(only one of few animated TV series that CBS directly produced). Syndication rights were originally held by Viacom Enterprises
, formerly owned by CBS as its syndication arm. They are now held by CBS Television Distribution
. CBS Home Entertainment currently does not plan on releasing the series on DVD (in any event, they would need approval from the
Globetrotters themselves
).
launched a comic adaptation of the Harlem Globetrotters animated series; their first comic book appearance was in issue #8 of Gold Key's Hanna-Barbera Fun-In published in July 1971. Several stories in early issues were based on episodes of the TV show. The comic series lasted for 4 years and 12 issues through January 1975.
and released in 1970 by Kirshner Records (Kirshner #KES-106, distributed by then-CBS division Columbia Records
), which featured tunes heard in episodes of the series (during the basketball game sequences). Don Kirshner
served as music supervisor for both the series and the record. 2 singles were generated from this onetime release, one of which (a cover of the J.R. Bailey and The Cadillacs
tune "Rainy Day Bells") managed to crack the Top 100, followed by 3 non-album singles. Jimmy Radcliffe
produced, with Wally Gold, and provided the vocals on "Duke Of Earl
", "Everybody's Got Hot Pants" from the first non-album single and co-wrote and produced "Everybody Needs Love" from the second as well providing a number of songs and recordings for the series.
Globetrotter frontman Meadowlark Lemon
was the only member of the team to be actually involved with the project, adding occasional background vocals to some tracks.
(side 2)
Saturday morning cartoon
A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming that has typically been scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the present; the genre's peak in popularity mostly ended in the 1990s while the popularity of...
produced by Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
and CBS Productions
CBS Productions
CBS Productions is the production arm of the CBS television network now a part of CBS Corporation, formed in 1952 to produce shows in-house, instead of relying solely on outside productions. Its first production was CBS Television Workshop, a drama anthology series...
, featuring animated versions of players from the basketball team, Harlem Globetrotters
Harlem Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism, theater and comedy. The executive offices for the team are currently in downtown Phoenix, Arizona; the team is owned by Shamrock Holdings, which oversees the various investments of the Roy E. Disney family.Over...
.
Broadcast from September 12, 1970 to September 2, 1972 on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, and later re-run on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
as The Go-Go Globetrotters, the show featured cartoon versions of George "Meadowlark" Lemon
Meadowlark Lemon
Meadow "Meadowlark" Lemon is an American basketball player, actor, and minister. For 22 years, Lemon was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters and is a 2003 inductee of the Naismith Memorial...
, Freddie "Curly" Neal
Fred Neal
Fred "Curly" Neal is an American basketball player best known for his career with the Harlem Globetrotters. Following in the footsteps of Marques Haynes, Neal became the Trotters' featured ballhandler, a key role in the team's exhibition act....
, Hubert "Geese" Ausbie
Hubert Ausbie
Hubert Eugene "Geese" Ausbie is a retired professional basketball player. He was born in Crescent, Oklahoma.Ausbie played basketball at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he earned All-Conference and All-American honors. Ausbie was one of the leading college scorers in the...
, J.C. "Gip" Gipson, Bobby Joe Mason, and Pablo Robertson
Pablo Robertson
Pablo Robertson was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters. As a Globetrotter, he was one of the animated characters on the 1970s cartoon series. He played college basketball at Loyola University in Chicago in the early 1960s.-References:...
, alongside their fictional bus driver and manager Granny, and Dribbles, their dog mascot.
The series worked to a formula where the team travels somewhere and typically got involved in a local conflict that leads to one of the characters proposing a basketball game to settle the issue. To ensure the Globetrotters' defeat, the villains rig the contest to ensure that their opponents lose; however, before the second half of the contest, the team always finds a way to even the odds, become all but invincible, and win the game.
History
Twenty-two episodes of Harlem Globetrotters were eventually produced: sixteen for the 1970-71 season, and six more for the 1971-72 season. Harlem Globetrotters has a place in history as being the first Saturday morning cartoon to feature a predominately African-American cast; FilmationFilmation
Filmation Associates was an American production company that produced animation and live action programming for television during the latter half of the 20th century. Located in Reseda, California, the animation studio was founded in 1963...
's The Hardy Boys had been the first to feature an African-American character the previous year. Another Hanna-Barbera series, Josie and the Pussycats
Josie and the Pussycats (TV series)
Josie and the Pussycats is an American animated television series, based upon the Archie Comics comic book series of the same name created by Dan DeCarlo....
, premiered 30 minutes earlier than Harlem Globetrotters on the same day and network, and was the first Saturday morning cartoon to feature an African-American female character. Like many other Saturday morning cartoons of the era, the first season episodes of the series featured a laugh track
Laugh track
A laugh track is a separate soundtrack invented by Charles "Charley" Douglass, with the artificial sound of audience laughter, made to be inserted into television programming of comedy shows and sitcoms.The term "laugh track" does not apply to the genuine audience laughter on shows that shoot in...
.
After the show was canceled, the animated Globetrotters made three appearances on Hanna-Barbera's The New Scooby-Doo Movies
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
The New Scooby-Doo Movies is the second incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. It premiered on September 9, 1972 and ran for two seasons on CBS as the only hour-long Scooby-Doo series...
in 1972 and 1973. Oddly enough, Dribbles, who didn't appear on the show was in the theme song sequence and several references were made to Granny, who also didn't appear. Hanna-Barbera produced a second animated series starring the Globetrotters in 1979 called The Super Globetrotters
The Super Globetrotters
The Super Globetrotters is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC. It premiered on September 22, 1979 and ran for 13 episodes.It was a spin-off series from Hanna-Barbera's Harlem Globetrotters....
, this time featuring the players as superheroes. In spring 1999 TV Land
TV Land
TV Land is an American cable television network launched on April 29, 1996. It is owned by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, which also owns Paramount Pictures, and networks such as MTV and Nickelodeon...
aired repeats of Harlem Globetrotters on Saturday mornings as part of its TV Land Super Retrovision Saturdaze lineup. The series has not been rerun since.
The series was a co-production of Hanna-Barbera and the CBS Television Network
CBS Productions
CBS Productions is the production arm of the CBS television network now a part of CBS Corporation, formed in 1952 to produce shows in-house, instead of relying solely on outside productions. Its first production was CBS Television Workshop, a drama anthology series...
(only one of few animated TV series that CBS directly produced). Syndication rights were originally held by Viacom Enterprises
Viacom Enterprises
Viacom Enterprises was a television distribution company formed in 1971 as the successor to CBS Enterprises, and spun off in 1973 due to now-repealed FCC bylaws prohibiting networks from syndicating their own shows....
, formerly owned by CBS as its syndication arm. They are now held by CBS Television Distribution
CBS Television Distribution
CBS Television Distribution is a global television distribution company, formed from the merger of CBS Corporation's two domestic television distribution arms CBS Paramount Domestic Television and King World Productions, including its home entertainment arm CBS Home Entertainment...
. CBS Home Entertainment currently does not plan on releasing the series on DVD (in any event, they would need approval from the
Royalties
Royalties are usage-based payments made by one party to another for the right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property...
Globetrotters themselves
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
).
Gold Key Comics series
In April 1972, Gold Key ComicsGold Key Comics
Gold Key Comics was an imprint of Western Publishing created for comic books distributed to newsstands. Also known as Whitman Comics, Gold Key operated from 1962 to 1984.-History:...
launched a comic adaptation of the Harlem Globetrotters animated series; their first comic book appearance was in issue #8 of Gold Key's Hanna-Barbera Fun-In published in July 1971. Several stories in early issues were based on episodes of the TV show. The comic series lasted for 4 years and 12 issues through January 1975.
Soundtrack LP
A soundtrack album, The Globetrotters, was produced by Jeff BarryJeff Barry
Jeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early career:...
and released in 1970 by Kirshner Records (Kirshner #KES-106, distributed by then-CBS division Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
), which featured tunes heard in episodes of the series (during the basketball game sequences). Don Kirshner
Don Kirshner
Don Kirshner , known as "The Man With the Golden Ear", was an American song publisher and rock producer who is best known for managing songwriting talent as well as successful pop groups, such as The Monkees, Kansas and The Archies.-Early life:Don Kirshner was born to Gilbert Kirshner, a tailor,...
served as music supervisor for both the series and the record. 2 singles were generated from this onetime release, one of which (a cover of the J.R. Bailey and The Cadillacs
The Cadillacs
The Cadillacs were an American rock and roll and doo-wop group from Harlem, New York; active from 1953 to 1962. The group was noted for their 1955 hit "Speedoo", which was instrumental in attracting White audiences to Black rock and roll performers.-History:...
tune "Rainy Day Bells") managed to crack the Top 100, followed by 3 non-album singles. Jimmy Radcliffe
Jimmy Radcliffe
James "Jimmy" Radcliffe was an American soul singer, composer, arranger, conductor and record producer.-Biography:James Radcliffe was born in New York City...
produced, with Wally Gold, and provided the vocals on "Duke Of Earl
Duke of Earl
"Duke of Earl" is a 1962 number-one song, originally by Gene Chandler. It is the best known of Chandler's songs, and he subsequently dubbed himself 'The Duke of Earl'. The song was penned by Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, and Earl Edwards....
", "Everybody's Got Hot Pants" from the first non-album single and co-wrote and produced "Everybody Needs Love" from the second as well providing a number of songs and recordings for the series.
Globetrotter frontman Meadowlark Lemon
Meadowlark Lemon
Meadow "Meadowlark" Lemon is an American basketball player, actor, and minister. For 22 years, Lemon was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters and is a 2003 inductee of the Naismith Memorial...
was the only member of the team to be actually involved with the project, adding occasional background vocals to some tracks.
Tracklist for The Globetrotters
(side 1)- The Globetrotter's Theme (Jeff BarryJeff BarryJeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early career:...
) - 0:41 - Globetrottin' (Jeff BarryJeff BarryJeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early career:...
) - 2:19 - Bouncin' All Over the World (Neil SedakaNeil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
- Howard GreenfieldHoward GreenfieldHoward Greenfield was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building...
) - 3:01 - Sneaky Pete (Rudy ClarkRudy ClarkRudy Clark is an American songwriter about whom little biographical information seems to be known. Supposedly a former mail carrier hailing from New York City, he was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s...
- J.R. Bailey - K. Williams) - 2:45 - Marathon Mary (Neil SedakaNeil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
- Howard GreenfieldHoward GreenfieldHoward Greenfield was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building...
) - 3:06 - River Queen (Neil SedakaNeil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
- Howard GreenfieldHoward GreenfieldHoward Greenfield was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building...
) - 3:06 - House Party (Rudy ClarkRudy ClarkRudy Clark is an American songwriter about whom little biographical information seems to be known. Supposedly a former mail carrier hailing from New York City, he was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s...
- J.R. Bailey - K. Williams) - 3:00
(side 2)
- Gravy (Rudy ClarkRudy ClarkRudy Clark is an American songwriter about whom little biographical information seems to be known. Supposedly a former mail carrier hailing from New York City, he was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s...
- J.R. Bailey - K. Williams) - 3:19 - Meadowlark (Neil SedakaNeil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
- Howard GreenfieldHoward GreenfieldHoward Greenfield was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building...
) - 2:22 - Lillia Peabody (Rudy ClarkRudy ClarkRudy Clark is an American songwriter about whom little biographical information seems to be known. Supposedly a former mail carrier hailing from New York City, he was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s...
- J.R. Bailey - K. Williams) - 2:56 - Put a Little Meat On Your Bones, Lucinda (Neil SedakaNeil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
- Howard GreenfieldHoward GreenfieldHoward Greenfield was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building...
) - 3:00 - Rainy Day Bells (Neil SedakaNeil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
- Howard GreenfieldHoward GreenfieldHoward Greenfield was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building...
) - 3:02 - Cheer Me Up (Jeff BarryJeff BarryJeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early career:...
- Ron DanteRon DanteRon Dante is an American singer, songwriter, session vocalist, and record producer...
- J. Carr) - 2:22
Commercial singles (1970)
- "Cheer Me Up" b/w "Gravy" (Kirshner # 63-5006)
- "Rainy Day Bells" b/w "Meadowlark" (Kirshner #63-5008)
Non-album singles (1971)
- "Duke of EarlDuke of Earl"Duke of Earl" is a 1962 number-one song, originally by Gene Chandler. It is the best known of Chandler's songs, and he subsequently dubbed himself 'The Duke of Earl'. The song was penned by Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, and Earl Edwards....
" b/w "Everybody's Got Hot Pants" (Kirshner #63-5012) - "Everybody Needs Love" (Jimmy RadcliffeJimmy RadcliffeJames "Jimmy" Radcliffe was an American soul singer, composer, arranger, conductor and record producer.-Biography:James Radcliffe was born in New York City...
- Phil Stern) b/w "ESP" (Kirshner #63-5016) - "Sweet Georgia BrownSweet Georgia Brown"Sweet Georgia Brown" is a jazz standard and pop tune written in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard and Kenneth Casey .The tune was first recorded on March 19, 1925 by bandleader Ben Bernie, resulting in a five-week No. 1 for Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra...
" b/w "Bye Bye Blues" (Harlem Globetrotters #45-HGT-300 A/B)
Season 1 (1970-1971)
- HG-1. The Great Geese Goof-Up (9/12/1970)
- HG-2. Football Zeros (9/19/1970)
- HG-3. Hold That Hillbilly (9/26/1970)
- HG-4. Bad News Cruise (10/3/1970)
- HG-5. Rodeo Duds (10/10/1970)
- HG-6. Double Dribble Double (10/17/1970)
- HG-7. Heir Loons (10/24/1970)
- HG-8. From Scoop to Nuts (10/31/1970)
- HG-9. What a Day For a Birthday (11/7/1970)
- HG-10. It's Snow Vacation (11/14/1970)
- HG-11. The Great Ouch Doors (11/21/1970)
- HG-12. Hooray For Hollywood (11/28/1970)
- HG-13. Shook Up Sheriff (12/5/1970)
- HG-14. Gone To The Dogs (12/12/1970)
- HG-15. The Wild Blue Yonder (12/19/1970)
- HG-16. Long Gone Gip (1/2/1971)
Season 2 (1971-1972)
- HG-17. A Pearl Of A Game (9/11/1971)
- HG-18. Nothing To Moon About (9/18/1971)
- HG-19. Pardon My Magic (9/25/1971)
- HG-20. Granny's Royal Ruckus (10/2/1971)
- HG-21. Soccer To Me (10/9/1971)
- HG-22. Jungle Jitters (10/16/1971)
Production credits
- Produced and Directed By: William HannaWilliam HannaWilliam Denby Hanna was an American animator, director, producer, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of people for much of the 20th century. When he was a young child, Hanna's family moved frequently, but they settled in Compton, California, by...
and Joseph BarberaJoseph BarberaJoseph Roland Barbera was an influential American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century.... - Co-Producer: Alex LovyAlex LovyAlex Lovy was an American animator, who spent the majority of his career as an animator and director at Walter Lantz Productions, later being a producer at Hanna-Barbera, and also supervising the cartoon unit at Warner Bros...
- Story Supervision: Joe RubyJoe RubyJoseph "Joe" Ruby is commonly known for inventing scotch tape. Ruby was an American inventor who worked for Johnson and Johnson, Permacel Co., and 3M in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he invented masking tape and cellophane tape.[1]Biography...
, Ken SpearsKen SpearsKen Spears is a TV writer and animator who is known as the co-creator for the Scooby-Doo series, Josie and the Pussycats, and Jabberjaw with his partner Joe Ruby. He is co-founder of the production company Ruby-Spears Productions.-References:... - Story: Mike Maltese, Woody Kling, Dalton Sandifer, Tom Dagenais
- Story Direction: Earl Klein, George Singer, Paul Sommer, Howard Swift
- Voices: Eddie AndersonEddie Anderson (comedian)Edmund Lincoln Anderson , also known as Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, was an American comedian and actor. His most famous role was that of Rochester van Jones, valet of Jack Benny, on his radio and television shows.-Early life:Anderson was born in Oakland, California...
, Rudy ClarkRudy ClarkRudy Clark is an American songwriter about whom little biographical information seems to be known. Supposedly a former mail carrier hailing from New York City, he was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s...
, Scatman CrothersScatman CrothersBenjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers was an American actor, singer, dancer and musician known for his work as Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and as Dick Hallorann in The Shining in 1980...
, Robert DoQuiRobert DoQuiRobert DoQui was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He is best known for his role as King George in the 1973 film Coffy, starring Pam Grier, as Sgt. Warren Reed in the 1987 science fiction film RoboCop, the 1990 sequel RoboCop 2, and the 1993 sequel RoboCop 3...
, Richard Elkins, Stu Gilliam, Meadowlark LemonMeadowlark LemonMeadow "Meadowlark" Lemon is an American basketball player, actor, and minister. For 22 years, Lemon was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters and is a 2003 inductee of the Naismith Memorial...
, Nancy Wible, Johnny Williams, Ken Williams - Animation Director: Charles A. NicholsCharles August NicholsCharles August "Nick" Nichols was an American animator and film director.-Biography:Nichols was born in Milford, Utah....
- Production Design: Iwao TakamotoIwao TakamotoIwao Takamoto was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director. He was most famous as being a production and character designer for Hanna-Barbera Productions shows such as Scooby-Doo....
- Production Supervisor: Victor O. Schipek
- Layout: Bob Singer, Don Morgan, Mike Arens, Rick Gonzalez, Mo Gollub, Dan Noonan, Alex Ignatiev, Herb Johnson
- Animation: Volus Jones, Rudy Cataldi, Don PattersonDon PattersonDon Patterson may refer to:*Don Patterson , former head college football coach for the Western Illinois University Leathernecks*Don Patterson , American animator and director...
, John Walker, Ken SouthworthKen SouthworthKen Southworth was a veteran English cartoon animator and instructor who worked for a number of major animation studios throughout his career, including Walt Disney Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Warner Bros., MGM, Walter Lantz and Clokey Productions...
, Carlo Vinci, Bob Goe, Dave Tendlar, Jack Parr - Background Styling: Walt Peregoy
- Backgrounds: Lorraine Andrina, Bill Butler, Philip DeGuard, Rolly Oliva, Don Watson, Ann Guenther
- Animation Checking: Marceil Ferguson, Jeanne Thorpe, Grace McCurdy, Woody Chatwood
- Titles: Robert Schaefer
- Music Supervision: Don KirshnerDon KirshnerDon Kirshner , known as "The Man With the Golden Ear", was an American song publisher and rock producer who is best known for managing songwriting talent as well as successful pop groups, such as The Monkees, Kansas and The Archies.-Early life:Don Kirshner was born to Gilbert Kirshner, a tailor,...
- Musical Director: Ted NicholsTed NicholsTheodore "Ted" Nichols is a composer, arranger, director and music producer. As a musician Nichols primarily played saxophone, violin and clarinet...
- Globetrotters Tunes Produced By: Jeff BarryJeff BarryJeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early career:...
- Technical Supervision: Frank Paiker
- Ink & Paint Supervision: Roberta Greutert
- Xerography: Robert "Tiger" West
- Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Editorial Supervisor: Larry Cowan
- Music Editor: James Yaras
- Effects Editors: Joe Reitano, Rex Lipton
- Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
- Post Production: Joed Eaton
- Camera: Charles Flekal, Dick Blundell, Dennis Weaver, George Epperson