The Astronut Show was a syndicated animated television series produced by the Terrytoons

Terrytoons

Terrytoons was an animation studio founded by Paul Terry. The studio, located in suburban New Rochelle, New York, operated from 1929 to 1968. Its most popular characters included Mighty Mouse, Gandy Goose, Sourpuss, Dinky Duck, Deputy Dawg, Luno and Heckle and Jeckle; these cartoons and all of its...

 animation studio. It first aired on August 23, 1965. Each episode included an episode of Astronut and Luno The White Stallion

Luno The White Stallion

Luno The White Stallion was a Terrytoons television series that aired in the mid-1960s. It centered on a little boy named Tim who had a marble Pegasus horse named Luno who would come alive and whisk him off on adventures in far off lands when Tim said the words, "Oh winged horse of marble white,...

, plus another cartoon from the Terrytoons stable.

Astronut first appeared on the Deputy Dawg

Deputy Dawg

Deputy Dawg is a Terrytoons cartoon character featured on the animated television series of the same name in an original TV weekly run from 8 September 1962 to 25 May 1963, with no episodes on 8 December to 29 December 1962, resuming on 5 January 1963. The cartoons are between four and six minutes...

series. He was a friendly alien who frequently got into mischief on Earth. He had a human friend called Oscar Mild.

The series was directed by Art Bartsch, Bob Kuwahara

Bob Kuwahara

Rokuro "Bob" Kuwahara was a Japanese-born American animator best known for his work with Walt Disney and Terrytoons between the 1930s and 1960s....

, Connie Rasinski

Connie Rasinski

Connie Rasinski was an animations director who did the 1952 animated short "Hansel and Gretel" among others. Rasinski's "House of Hashimoto" was in competition at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.- External links :*...

, and David Tendlar

David Tendlar

David Benjamin Tendlar was an American animator. He is best known for his work with Fleischer Studio and its successor, Famous Studios....

. The writers were Larz Bourne

Larz Bourne

Larz Bourne was an American cartoon writer for Famous Studios.-Work:* The Astronut Show* Hot Stuff the Little Devil* The Tom and Jerry Show * The All-New Popeye Hour* Casper's Halloween Special* The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show...

, Glan Heish, Tom Morrison

Tom Morrison

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, and Bob Ogle. Voices were provided by Dayton Allen

Dayton Allen

Dayton Allen was a comedian and voice actor. He was one of the "men in the street" on the '"The Steve Allen Show."' His catchphrase was "Why not, Bubbe?"...

 and Bob McFadden

Bob McFadden

Robert "Bob" McFadden was a singer and voiceover actor best known for his many contributions to animated cartoons. His best known characters were Milton the Monster, Cool McCool, and the ThunderCats' Snarf...

.