Inspector Gadget's Original Commercial Bumpers

Did you know that "Inspector Gadget" originally had commercial bumpers to announce the beginning and end of its commercial breaks? Here are two of them, taken and edited from a recording of WLVI Channel 56 (where Inspector Gadget aired under the Kids Club banner) from October 1994. These bumpers tie in nicely with the humor of the show itself, and using Doctor Claw as the announcer of the first one is a wonderful touch;)

Unfortunately, the clips I found aren't of the best quality, and they even lack the end of the sentence "And now back to Inspector Gadget". If anoyne has Inspector Gadget bumpers in a better/more complete version, please let me know and/or upload them to youtube. I know such commercial bumpers also exist for the pilot episode, as I once saw them on televsion with Inspector Gadget in his mustache.

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[SuperCruiser72]

0:01-0:05 Scary as heck! I don't remember if that scared me as a kid but I'll be surprised if it didn't as well as scare many other kids.

Also, I love that he says MAY return after these messages!

[Mesterius1]

Yeah, I love the "MAY return" bit myself! :) But, uhh... why excactly do you find it scary?.. :P

[AntiVenom36]

Frank Welker did two different voices for the bumpers. First one is his Dr. Claw and the second one's probably his normal everyday voice.

[Mesterius1]

Heh. Cool! That does sound very likely, actually;) But do you know for sure that he did both of the voices? Have you heard anything about the making of these bumpers?

[jayydee72]

Did anyone notice Claw says "Inspector Gadget MAY return after these messages." As if he still might kill him during the break. LOL. Also, it sounds like Freddie from "Scooby Doo" announcing the return from break segment.

[jnadle1]

@jayydee72 It's most likely because his character is willing to do away with him during the commercial break.

[capnbarfy]

Frank Welker owns.

[fuzzyroes]

I've never seen this before! thanks dude!

Huge gadget nerd I am :)

[AntiVenom36]

@jayydee72 Yes. I notice that. Frank Welker used his Doctor Claw voice to do "Inspector Gadget MAY retrn after these messages" bumper and he used the Fred Jones voice to do "We now return to Inspector Gadget" one. I think the Fred Jones voice is Frank Welker's regular normal voice.

[Spaceshotx7]

throughout the 80's and 90's there were requirements that there be bumbers before and after commercial breaks to distinquish betwen the commercials and the actual programming. There first had to be a "We'll be back after these messages" bumber before the commercial break, and then a "Now back to the Show" bumber after the conclusion of the commercial break.

[AntiVenom36]

@Mesterius1 Yes, I'm sure. Frank Welker is a very talented voice actor. He did voices for many TV shows, movies and video games. I think that's his real voice in the second bumper. He does used his real voice sometimes, he used it for the voice of Fred Jones from Scooby-Doo, which I think that's his first ever role. Currently, he's voice of Garfield, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Nibbler of Futurama.