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Mystery Island (1977)

Mystery Island poster
Original title
The Skatebirds
Directed by
Hollingsworth Morse
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 2 episodes
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A live-action series from the late 1970s about a group of people exploring a mysterious island. It was part of a larger children's show.

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What happens

Mystery Island is a live-action science fiction adventure television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that originally aired as a segment on The Skatebirds from September 10, 1977, to January 21, 1978, on CBS. In the fall of 1979, Mystery Island continued to air on The Skatebirds when the show returned to CBS in a shortened half-hour version on Sunday mornings until January 25, 1981. In September 2005, episodes resurfaced on Boomerang and were rebroadcast as part of Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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