SuperFriends (1973) - CLOSING

[boojwahz]

this music kicks ass

[WillRobinsonDanger]

The best Superfriends them by far, bar none, hands down!!!!!!

[MrPresidentFox]

Definitely my favorite theme out of all of the stupendously cheesy HB Superfriends shows.

[AlvaroWOLF117]

YEI! Congratulations for this powerful music!.

WOLF OUT.!!!!!

[xtoc422]

Eam22, if I may, at the cost of sounding ignorant, but what does the "theramin countermelody" mean precisely?

[eam22]

Love the theramin countermelody! Kudos to Hoyt for using it.

[MrGrandoz]

This has got to be the best theme song of any cartoon ever, and I watch a lot of cartoons.

[binkygirl99]

This is a great theme song...band geek warning - this would make a great song to put in a field show!!

[MashinGar]

This is the theme song that should be played when I get married and they introduce the bridal party! Superman! Batman & Robin! Wonder Woman! Aquaman!

[Mmebsuta]

That is just so heroic and full of kick-a@@ and win.

[therealbattlestar]

I get goose bumps still!

[Spy7roop]

classic hanna barbera production

[BedStuyMike]

This used to depress me because it was always the last cartoon they showed on Saturday! Awesome though.

[brianbuck70]

Absolutely perfect superhero music.

[MrStarshine333]

I love the horns of this song

[tnawcwvictoria]

Superfriends from 1973-1986 and here some facts:

This show was on when Barry & Enright Games such as Break the Bank, The Joker's Wild, The Hollywood Connection, Play the Percentages, Hot Potato, Tic Tac Dough and BULLSEYE were on the air along w/Family Feud w/Richard Dawson and also, Dallas, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest and Scarcrow & Mrs. King were on the air, too.

[Attila709]

Is there any dvd boxset for all of those seasons?

[sexymama1966]

that just gave me the tingles:)..thanks

[kascnef82]

on the first few episodes of this season of Superfriends, animation was done at Eric Porter Studios in Australia for budget reasons. The studio also did work on several HB Cartoons during the 70's, such as "Chan Clan".

[1974bubbie]

The best theme to any Superfriends season.

[djseriousbizness]

Great theme especially the horns and the kettle drum.

[FaytLinegod]

Warner Home Video's releasing the first half of the series on DVD in January.

[PatrioticPirate]

THERE IT IS! SuperFriends closing theme, without the narration! I love it!

[Dava1000]

I think this theme was composed by Hoyt Curtin - he is credited as musical director but I know that he did all of the Hanna Barbera background music for cartoons like the Flintstones, Jetsons and so many others.

[columbokicksass]

yep. hoyt curtin is right.  he also did battle of the planets. one of the best.

[BartletRocks]

That's just a great peice of music!!!

[rhpicayune]

@BartletRocks If you like this, see if you like theme from "Battle of the Planets"- an early 70s cartoon.

[rarobins17]

@BartletRocks Yes, I agree... I caught myself turning up the speakers on my computer to listen to the closing a couple of times. The brass section in this piece ROCKS!

[ECDT1089]

I miss Superfriends so much. R.I.P. old Cartoon Network. I don't think there will ever be a channel like that again.

[bjams2008]

I agree many of the comments left about this theme song. It was powerful and dynamic and just worked all the way through. I like the horn riff too. I've been a Superfriends fan all of my life and agree that the justice league isn't as kid friendly. The initial years of the Superfriends seemed to teach good lessons about character and humanity. Seems like those things just don't exist much anymore. Long live the Superfriends.

[o3021961]

the greatest closing theme for a cartoon .....ever !!!

[Astraldragon1]

The Superfriends on DVD that have come out , that I have are Season 2,(with Wonder Twins), Challenge of the Superfriends, and the last 2 seasons with Firestorm. But "Worlds Greatest and the season with Wendy and Marven have not yet come out.

The Challenage of the Superfriends box said season 1 but it is not season 1. season 1 is with Wendy and Marven.

[rufusman2008]

This was when SF was still watchable...B4 they wrecked it with Zan & Jana...

[AllRequired]

Even then it was tolerable (with other Superfriends thrown into the mix).

[TIPTON340]

This is the best Superfriends opening next to the challenge of the superfriends.

[jointron33]

wendy,marvin,wonderdog,gleek, and the wonder twins are actually part of the DC universe now

[blastardinc]

alex toth-space ghost creator-can i get a boo yah!

[johnissoevil]

I've been wondering out of curiosity all these years why they brought this theme back for the 1984-85 season. Not that I find anything wrong with it. I actually liked how they updated it that year.

[thesign79]

Yo for real i watched ths growing up and there was nothing better than Superfriends on Saturday with a bowl of damn Frosted Flakes or Fruit Loops! Long live the 1970's!! LOL

[LBF522]

Yes I enjoyed Saturday mornings as well. This show was great.

[crash1929]

right on lol. i remeber being 5 years old in kinder and not being able to sleep friday night. fuck.

[CDickerson]

Anybody realise that Ted Knight was the narrator/announcer for several years, if not all of them. I know he was for at least the first 2 or 3.

[notseriousenough]

Yeah, Ted Knight was the Narrator for just the '73 to '74 season. The best, imo.

[chocolateman85006]

Who did it after he did?

[notseriousenough]

Bill Woodson took over as Narrator after Ted Knight and kept the job 'til '83.

[vinylrecord68]

Bill Woodson. He also did the narration for the first few seasons of "The Odd Couple": "On November 13th..."

[LBF522]

I agree. He had a very distinct voice.

[AKAFT]

Wonderful brass arrangement. Great French horn riff at 00:26-30!

[DrGlitterhouse]

I never realized Henry Sharp and Fred Freiberger were writers on this show. Freiberger, at least, later wrote for Starsky and Hutch and Space: 1999, but how did Sharp go from head writer of Wild Wild West to this?

[SeanElGatoTelevision]

Fred Freiberger also produced the original Bionic Woman and Season 3 of Star Trek.

He also wrote and helped develop Sealab 2020 for Hanna-Barbera.

[DrGlitterhouse]

I remember Freiberger producing the last season of Six Million Dollar Man, but I don't remember him producing the Bionic Woman. Before TNT started rerunning first-season episodes of Wild, Wild West, I had thought of Freiberger as "Mr. Last Season" based on his track record so far as I knew it.

[stevephil07]

This theme had many a kid wanting to be a superfriend back in the day!!!

[jaj4764]

If they ever decide to make a "Superfriends" movie, I hope that they use this very powerful, yet dynamic theme. It is yet by far the best ever theme for a cartoon series.

I saw this series as a kid, and it still moves me thirty four years later.

[athansky]

Watching this again after so long ago, makes me yearn to what I feel as a child: to be a superhero. I guess these revived HERO movies and tv series really reaches out to our inner selves, the mythic journey as JOHN Campbell wrote: the HERO COMPLEX, Hero with thousand faces

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Nice!

George Vreeland Hill

[dinordo]

wendy hot....

[xetal7917]

Damn right!! XD

[yerkeskid]

I love the French Horn and the bass drum. Powerful theme for a cartoon.

[tvgator1]

Easily the STRONGEST theme song that ANY cartoon ever had (even stronger than Jonny Quest, and that one had a powerful theme)

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

Just what kind of bet did Superman lose to make Wendy, Marvin, and Wonderdog members of the Justice League?

[cha5]

Well yes Takamoto did produce it, But I always loved Alex Toth's character design work in this show, Beautiful.

[skrag1]

What use did Marvin, Wendy and Wonderdog serve? I don't recall them really having any powers. Even Aquaman was marginally more useful, but not by much.

[cha5]

Cannon fodder, Just kidding, They didn't really have much of a pupose beyond getting someone for the kiddy audience to identify with.

I always loved Alex Toth's work in this show.

[KiCreativeStudios]

Iwao Takamoto is the man here!

[PieFights]

Yea now note Iwao Takamoto also did Wacky Races in 1968

[rogerdodgeraviation]

....and THAT is why I'm a super hero now

[VIBEFAT]

Have any clips of the 1973 season?

[Ravenous69]

in my younger years. i love to watch this toon evry saturday. classic superheroes cartoons there the bases of what they are today the new ones.

[MGHSHour2]

I Love The Hanna-Barbera Box Logo

[OLDS98]

Thank you for sharing and adding.

[mrmoore1970]

A true Classic. One of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons of all time, I loved thi show as a kid. Much more "kid friendly" than Justice League. Thnks for this clip.