Herculoids - alternate opening

[johnRc1963]

I used to watch the herculoids and Mighty Mightor before going to school in the 70's

they were my favourites. They don't make cartoons like that anymore, probably because

it is not politically correct to display violence anymore.

[thejimdoherty]

I watched this show in its original run in the '60s. I remember this theme well. As a matter of fact, I remember it with lyrics!! The only part I can remember was the last line or so. Starting at about 0:43 in the clip, as the music starts to modulate to the final part, the lrics went "...and energy rocks. Somewhere in the future live the Herculoids". I have never EVER been able to find this anywhere.

[thejimdoherty]

I watched this show in its original run in the '60s. I remember this theme well. As a matter of fact, I remember it with lyrics!! The only part I can remember was the last line or so. Starting at about 0:43 in the clip, as the music starts to modulate to the final part, the lrics went "...and energy rocks. Somewhere in the future live the Herculoids". I have never EVER been able to find this anywhere.

[Adom]

Everybody had a special descriptive intorduction except the kid. They couldn't think of ANYTHING to say about him?

...Dorna, who isn't particularly special or interesting at all...

[stonethrower88]

@Adom

That is pure money! LOL

[MONGOOSE1ful]

This Alternate Opening credit of Hanna-Barbera's "THE HERCULOIDS" was

from the 1968-69 season on CBS-as the network also preformed other diffrent

openings for the other HB shows,left over from the previous season(67-68)-and

actually,this was a pretty good credit opening,and an adventuresome theme,too!

it was on,right after "THE BATMAN-SUPERMAN HOUR"-which debuted that season.

[stardolphin2]

Sorry Shappy2000, but this is an original CBS show opener from 1967. For about the first 8 weeks of the series, it used the no voice-over 'alternate opening,' also available on YouTube. 'Moby Dick and Mightor' and 'Shazzan' also had re-worked openers appearing that same Saturday, re-worked closing credits also for Mightor, no change to Space Ghost..

The change was an improvement for those shows, but a step down for The Herculoids, IMHO. I was 13/14 then, but I remember it well.

[Shappy2000]

This is the opening from SPACE STARS from 1981 when HB recycled all of their sci-fi stuff to cash in on the Star Wars craze. They did make a dozen or so new Herculoids cartoons at this time. This is the new 80's intro, hence the weird robot character cameo.

[Nabelnoir]

@Shappy2000 WRONG....The opening from Space Stars was a series opening which introduced all the shows. During the Space Stars program the individual series never had their own specific openings just their own specific title cards that told you the name of the episode pertanent to each chapter of the show.

[blorgensteen]

I watched this as a kid, and never did like this opening.

I liked the original better.

Just another example of uptight grown ups screwing up a good thing.

Not much has changed in 42 years.

[oluham]

The other opening was deemed too violent, hence THIS opening.

[MightySaturn5]

wow...rare video

[EBro1209]

Still one of my favorites!!

[DealerSanchez]

i know it from family guy :D

[Stretch63]

This opening is on a couple of cartoons, but I'm not sure which one for right now, I love Tundro, he has a nasty disposition but a heart of gold, PS, Zok is cool too *S*

[lee3way]

I remember this opening too. I'm 50+ and was way too busy enjoying Saturday morning cartoons in general to notice the change. Thanks for the memories!

[oluham]

in response to the "too violent" original opening

[ebtat]

The music from this alternate intro comes from the "CBS Cartooniverse" promo spot for the series. The "Cartooniverse" campaign(fall of 1967) promoted the premieres of The Herculoids, Shazzan, Moby Dick/The Mighty Mightor and the Superman/Aquaman Hour. Each new series had a spot with similar music.

Both themes are excellent. The original however, is more 'sci-fi".

[lekocafe]

"Gloop and Gleep , the formless fearless wonders!"  - That brings back memories

[gleemen]

One of my favourite cartoons when I was around 5 years old (in '67). This could only have been made in the 1960's... Back then, there was no limit to the imagination even if the technology was less than today. It is more fascinating to watch now.

[fixer2004]

Some think theses cartoons are cheesy, but compared to 90% of today's cartoon stories, these have action and sci-fi. Classics!

[dcmatthews]

Meh. I liked the original music much better - it was more appropriate for the mood of the show.

And I also remember seeing the opening titles without the narration.

But I'm still a Herculoids fan. Zok rules!!

[rosilva0909]

rosilva0909

outra porcaria.

se tm coisa que brasileiro faz bem feito é dublagem.

[johnnieRad]

Prentis Saw This Show Once

[marxsbros1]

This brings back such good memories of the past.

[pachor2]

I really hated this cartoon, cheesy at its best

[AarHan3]

You gotta admit, it's got a hot beat! 8^)

[srb9]

Thanks for sharing this but I much prefer actual opening for the Herculiods. Just not feeling this one at all.

[RX552VBK]

As crazy as it sounds, if a really clever filmmaker and a talented screenwriter (like myself) got together--found a sucker producer...stand back, Avatar! Herculoids, the movie(watch for it 2018)! :)

[RX552VBK]

I love the way Gloop and Gleep used to talk. BTW, are they siblings, artificial or the same creature split in two? Ahhh, questions for greater minds than mine! :)

[MrReneManuel]

I think two separate creatures. Maybe a father & son?

[godzilloid]

Almost completely ignore the wife and son.

[themisterandersen]

At least the son get's name checked. They just throw up a pic for the missus.

[rundunnyrun]

I remember this from eons ago !! Is that Race Bannon narrating the intro ??!! LOL !! I used to love this cartoon !!

[L7world]

lmao

everyone gets great descriptions like "bloop and bleep the formless wonders" even the father gets referred to as "Zandor their leader"

but when they get to the son they just say his name, worse don't even mention his mom they just show a picture of her standing there!

[peecee1384]

It's "gloop and gleep", actually, and don't you forget it!

[L7world]

meh,

i was liked igloo more anyway

[MrReneManuel]

I guess its the mind set of the day. A woman was there to keep the home fires burning, have sons and to be resuced. Of course, you see her shoot an energy rock when she, Zok, and Dorno was attacked by a flying creature. In the 1981 version she is more helpful (?) . One scene she uses a weapon caputred from a villian to also help her husband as he was doing the same thing in the scene.

[Cereal4never]

This show was amazing!

[agdobleu]

Hey!!! Hace mucho que no veia esto!!!!

[diddymuck]

CBS had a commercial advertising the new fall Sat AM lineup, complete with catchy songs; the campaign was called CBS Cartooniverse. One of the catchy songs was "Somewhere In the Future, Live the Herculoids; out is outer space among the asteroids" etc. This rather spirited, is badly lyriced, music was used in the second season as title.

[skykicker1600]

man i remember this used to come on toonami

[tlofee]

This opening is real trippy,the producers must have been doing some serious dope back then.But I like the other opening better.

[fubukifangirl]

Herculoids sorta seem like the forerunners of Pokemon.

[Lfdjake91]

No way. The Herculoids are way cooler then Pokemon ever thought of being. Pokeman is just lame.

[edclectic]

i thought they created the alternate opening to tone down the violent aspect of the show a bit

[msm2you]

I don't like this intro - I prefer the music from the original intro better.

[Shawnster65]

Amen!

The original music is so eerie and moody. It just fits right in with the motive, because the Herculoids are and always will be THE weirderst assembly of humans\creatures ever.

This is perhaps the strangest cartoon of it's day, and it was always non-stop action. They always had some creature to fight.

And yes I saw this on Boomerang too earlier this year and I was like, WTF?

[coker10]

MO great action scenes but this music makes me wince. The original had an alien place and a variation (sp) of the opening theme that occasionally played in episodess, that I found really cool. Wish I could get a disk of that with just that song alone.

[Shawnster65]

Gotcha! :)

The original music was very otherworldly and it really set the mood for the show.

It set up that mid-late 60's science fiction feel, while the look of the Herculoids themselves gave you that pulp-rag look that might see them on a comic book cover from the day. Great combo!

[pglove69]

holy crap! i was just gonna leave a comment lookin for this i couldn't remember the name of it, but i was always into superhero cartoons like this, james bond jr, birdman, iron man, the hulk, fantastic four, and pirates of the dark water, space ghost, lol i remember my friend was into scooby doo, i hated it, it seemed repetitive to me i always new how it was gonna end, i need action superman, spiderman, jla, batman, i couldn't even stand tom and jerry because it was like watchin wall-e "dialogue

[amd0576]

The announcer and the animation both do a terrific job in making the human contingent look inefficient and a non-factor.

[kokujin1014]

Gloop and Gleep,friend.

[67nairb]

Who were the names of the ghost-like blobs that could stretch?

[kokujin1014]

Gloop and Gleep,friend.

[imcdownsound]

I remember this opening during The Herculoids' original Saturday morning run on CBS for its second season. It had a finalizing horn blast at the end.Great musical hooks and Mike Road had a great voice for action adventure cartoons.The first season theme, with the theremin, emphasized the show's creepier underpinnings. I also remember the lyric-laced ("Somewhere in the future live the Herculoids"...) CBS promo version.

[Krazy3912]

This version (theme song) is a cross between Hawaii Five-O and The Impossibles.

[Steve17010]

I remember this too. Poor Tara. She the only one not mentioned by name in this opening.

[X6800]

I lol'd at that! Yet her face is seen.

[GuyNSD4U]

She rarely gets in to the fighting action. I think i remember just one episode....maybe.

[Ruffrob]

With the right casting and direction,this could be a kick-ass live action movie,something along the lines of X-Men,serious and determined. There were some parts that were intentionally funny,bu not riddled with camp,like say the Adam West Batman.; It has to be spectacular ,but serious as a cardiac.

[11281962]

Seansea10 got it right, I believe. The original opener was the first season, and I think this was their second season when they were part of the Godzilla power hour. Igoo was my favorite, still is!

[CoogieWarrior]

I miss all of the late 60's cartoons; The Herculoids, Young Samson & Goliath, Mightor, Birdman, Space Ghost, Johnny Quest, etc. Different groups did start protesting and complaining. They were forced to take the action out of our superhero cartoons that we loved. That's why I started reading superhero comic books at 8 years old in 1973. I could get my action and adventure in comic books. No more in comic books either. Comic books are a soap opera now. There's hardly any action and adventure.

[Telcomcorp1]

I agree with you and brcbrtn a %100 percent.We still live in the same violent world and some studies show watching and playing violence does NOt nesscerialy lead to acting it out.

While anyway Classic Cartoon memories.

Thanks Internet!!

[Timothy2035]

I remember this opener.

[dcmretro]

WOW! What a blast from the past!

[brcbrtn]

I'm 55, and iSTILL remember this cartoon! i remember also that there wereparent groups that protested this and other cartoons, saying that they were too violent. That's what we boys loved about them! this, and Johnny Quest were my faves. Then they put on those stupid smurfs and "Care Bears" eccch! I think later on, the Teletubbies and Barney were just too much! My kids hated them!

[1975tooto]

Creatures as Fighting Heroes is what made this cartoon different! Would also make a great movie with the technology they have today! Great Team they were!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Timothy2035]

You know I was just thinking the same thing earlier on the past day. This would make an awesome movie. Imagine Jurassic Park with people. It would be epic!

[balerick42]

The original opening from 1966 or so had voiceover too.

[BlackMariaDownUnder]

Ironically it's more sexist than the original

[seansea10]

This was the opening credits I remember when The Herculoids were rerun as part of The Godzilla Power Hour on NBC back in 78. I liked the original theme from the 60's better.

[3inthemornin]

I do not remember this cartoon,but my 13yr.old daughter said she watches it on boomerang.Which she stays up to 1:00 o'clock in the morning to watch it,the same time i get up to exercise.I guess you can say we are both crazy..LOL!

[SuperCruiser72]

@3inthemornin

>>>>>>>>>"I guess you can say we are both crazy..."

No, you both are not crazy so stop putting both yourself and your daughter down. Especially since there's nothing wrong with staying up late. Geez, when will people learn to stop insulting themselves and putting themselves down?!?!?

[dvision23]

This title and theme definitely came from back in the sixties, before it stopped running at all in primetime. I personally haven't heard it or thought it about since then, though I've had the opportunity to see and hear the better known "jungle" theme. Very interesting to see it here, now.

[dvision23]

I've got it. The Hercs were rereleased in the late 1970's. This was the reworked title and music they attached to it. I'm pretty sure of this now. I think I was kind of aghast when I first heard it. I've been tossing this over for the past twenty hours or so.

[hrapozo]

I remember the music but I don't think there was any voiceover during the openning credits.

[81GB0YD0ESWELL]

wow i've wondering what this memory was since i was a child i'm 31 now thankyou very much for posting this

[LordLebu]

This cartoon was different from regular batman ,spidermans ... This was more like an RPG game . A theme that will come to life much later on , when video games would evolve .

[ikecot3rd]

man this bring back great memories on saturday mornings

[major600]

I thought herculoids are what women got instead of himorrhoids.

[VideyoJunkei]

Love the funky music! never heard this one either!!

[Tiburon690]

Esta comiquita es maravillosa, yo la veía mucho cuando vivía en Catia La Mar. Era mi hermosa infancia, que recuerdos aquellos.

[gameshow1241]

does naybody know if that is going to come out on dvd ihave the complete series of space ghost and birdman and wonderingare they going the same for for them

[jupitr2]

As with Jonny Quest, Space Ghost and Birdman, Herculoids will also see a release soon. Hanna-Barbera (now Warner Bros.) is methodically releasing their superhero properties on DVD in stages while also releasing Josie and the Pussycats, Flintstones, Jetsons, Huckleberry Hound, Scooby-Doo, Wacky Races and many others. There are so many of their cartoons to get to market and I can't imagine them 'not' releasing it on DVD. It's probably one of their most wanted collections.

[lauranmary]

The Herculoids were awesome...right after Land of the Lost and Johnny Quest...while eating my cereal...and separating my marshmallows from my lucky charms before my brother could :)

[chrisandcairo]

Gotta love that voice - Mike Road who was an HB staple as Race Bannon from Jonny Quest, and Reed Richards from Fantastic Four.

[Ruffrob]

Actually,Reed Richards was done by actor Gerald Mohr

[chrisandcairo]

Depends on which incarnation you're watching - Mike Road was Reed Richards in the 1978 series

[Flerrion]

I think I do remember the words to the song. Here's how it goes:

Somewhere in the future, live the Herculoids

Somewhere out in space, among the asteroids

Igoo and Tundro, Zandor and Zok

Electrical dragons and energy rocks

Somewhere in the future live the Herculoids!

[startover942]

They are...the Herculoids! Zok rules!

[quarqill]

I agree about Zok.When I first saw the cartoon I fell in love with Zok.First shooting the lasers from his eyes then swinging the tail between his legs and firing another one.Hanna-Barbera left us a lot of great cartoons.

[Makiba08]

Zok was my favorite too. Those early Saturday mornings of the 60s and 70s, if only there was a time machine.

[hrapozo]

The song sounds familar but I don't remember any words been spoken in the openning during the orginal run of the series.

[osotoron]

All strongs, all great, all heros. Like Sandor, Abel, Enoc, Abraham, Noah, Isaac, Sara, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Rahab, David, Samson, Jefté, Barac, Gedeon, Samuel, Amram, Jocabed, are heros (Hebrews 11) real heros in the earth, life and for the eternity. Be one of them, received Jesus Christ in your heart and soul, and be saved, by Him. He loves you now. Open your heart to Him.

[UWRONG4DAT]

thats soo true

[greenmonkey88]

the position has been filled, i said the position has been filled...lol

[rodineisilveira]

This is the second overture from "The Herculoids", which was made in 1968; and which brings a different theme song, quite rock'n'roll, which was arranged and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

[altfactor]

Wasn't this put together for season Two??

(And IIRC, there were only a few episodes that were produced in 1968)

[citizenterryk]

yeah, it's cool...but it still doesn't top the theremin jam of the Hercs theme i know and love!!

[Actionguy1]

citizenterryk: I know what you mean!

The third season theme to "Lost in Space" was good too, but it just wasn't as "cool" as season one and two's theme!

Long live the theremin!

[BronzeKnight70]

This was new to me when I saw it. Funky though

[kokujin1014]

I coincide with Centaursdream,Bobp.There WERE lyrics to that theme adaptation.They were only heard during CBS's promo ads to the Saturday morning lineup (CARTOONIVERSE). I remembered the song started off..."SOMEWHERE IN THE FUTURE...LIVE THE HERCULOIDS."

[citizenterryk]

ahhhhh yes, the beloved Cartooniverse(yeah, i'm old enough to remember that, too!!)...the brainchild of some guy named Fred Silverman who, from what I hear, wound up doing okay in the TV biz...

[kokujin1014]

Yeah,remember there were 5 CARTOONIVERSE ads.One was devoted to the Saturday morning lineup(as seen on YouTube).One was centered on THE HERCULOIDS. One wasf focused on SHAZZAN.Another one centered on MOBY DICK AND THE MIGHTY MIGHTOR.And one other advertised the SUPERMAN/AQUAMAN - HOUR OF ADVENTURE series.Ahhh,Saturday mornings will never be the same.

[citizenterryk]

yes, and always remember..."they're fun-fun-fun-fun-fun-funTASTIC!­!!"....jeez, how long has it been since i heard that jingle??...

[kokujin1014]

For both of us....TOO LONG.

[citizenterryk]

jeez, thanks for reminding me!!!!!!......now if could remember where i put the ?!#$&!? phone bill!!.....take care, friend!!

[Centaursdream]

don't worry I'm old also (50) and this is the theme version I remember and I even remember words to this theme music!!! thanx again for posting this version of the theme

[bobp3568]

Words?? There were words that went with that music? Obviously, I wasn't paying attention. Maybe I was too busy eating my third bowl of Cocoa Puffs. But, then that begs another question -- would that music + lyrics version still exist somewhere?

[boru25]

Do you have any episodes from the 80s? Like The space trappers, The Thunderbolt or The Snake riders episodes?

[papaclanc]

@bobp3568 You mean "that RAISES the question." "Begging the question" is something completely different.

[eccapper]

Centauarsdream, I'm right there with ya at 50. I do remember the last part:

"*something , something*, Zandor and Zock,

Electrical dragon and energy rock.

Somewhere in the future live the Herculoids!"

Hope that helps.

[Centaursdream]

also there were words to theme music

[Centaursdream]

this is actually the opening that i remember growing up with thanx for posting!!!!!!!!!!!!!