Samson & Goliath (1967)

Original title

Young Samson & Goliath

Directed by

Joseph Barbera

Genre

sci-fi & fantasy, animation, family

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 20 episodes

Rated

7

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy and his dog gain superpowers from a magical stone. They fight villains and protect people in their city.

lightheartedaction-packedwhimsicalnostalgicfast-pacedplayfulretroenergetic

What happens

Samson & Goliath, also known as Young Samson, is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC, where it debuted on September 9, 1967. Primarily sponsored by General Mills, who controlled the distribution rights through its agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, Samson & Goliath was retitled Young Samson in April 1968 to avoid confusion with the stop-motion Christian television series Davey and Goliath. Twenty-six 12-minute episodes of the series were produced, six of which no longer exist. Samson & Goliath cartoons were paired with other General Mills-sponsored shows such as Tennessee Tuxedo and Go Go Gophers to form a full half-hour for their original network broadcasts. Young Samson was later shown in syndication with The Space Kidettes as The Space Kidettes and Young Samson, distributed by The Program Exchange. The rights were acquired by Warner Bros. Television Distribution when it became rights owner of the Hanna-Barbera catalog. The series was the only Dancer Fitzgerald Sample-sponsored cartoon to be outsourced to Hanna-Barbera; the agency's in-house studio, Gamma Productions, had closed shortly before the series began. It was also the only cartoon in the DFS portfolio not to be created either by Jay Ward Productions or by Total Television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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