Harlem Globe Trotters (1970–1971)

TV ShowEndedAdventure, Children, Sports2 seasons, 22 episodes
Harlem Globe Trotters posterReview score: 58%

Plot

Harlem Globetrotters (called Harlem Globe Trotters in the opening titles) is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera and CBS Productions, featuring animated versions of players from the famous basketball team, Harlem Globetrotters. Broadcast from September 12, 1970, to September 2, 1972 on CBS, and later re-run on NBC as The Go-Go Globetrotters, the show featured cartoon versions of George "Meadowlark" Lemon, Freddie "Curly" Neal, Hubert "Geese" Ausbie, J.C. "Gip" Gipson, Bobby Joe Mason, and Pablo Robertson, alongside their fictional bus driver and manager, Granny, and their dog mascot. Dribbles. The series worked to a formula where the team travels somewhere and typically get involved in a local conflict that leads to one of the Globetrotters proposing a basketball game to settle the issue.

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Episodes by season

Season0116Episodes1970–71Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01The Great Geese Goof-UpSeptember 12, 1970—The Globetrotters are on their way to an All-Star game, when the bus gets a flat tire. In attempting to fix it, “Geese” Ausbie sprains his w
  2. S01E02Football ZerosSeptember 19, 1970—The gang volunteers to take the place of a football team that can’t make it to a charity game that benefits poor kids, and end up getting em
  3. S01E03Hold That HillbillySeptember 26, 1970—
  4. S01E04Bad News CruiseOctober 3, 1970—
  5. S01E05Rodeo DudsOctober 10, 1970—
  6. S01E06Double Dribble DoubleOctober 17, 1970—
  7. S01E07Heir LoonsOctober 24, 1970—
  8. S01E08From Scoop to NutsOctober 31, 1970—
  9. S01E09What a Day for a BirthdayNovember 7, 1970—
  10. S01E10It's Snow VacationNovember 14, 1970—
  11. S01E11The Great Ouch DoorsNovember 21, 1970—
  12. S01E12Hooray for HollywoodNovember 28, 1970—
  13. S01E13Shook-Up SheriffDecember 5, 1970—
  14. S01E14Gone to the DogsDecember 12, 1970—
  15. S01E15The Wild Blue YonderDecember 19, 1970—
  16. S01E16Long Gone GipJanuary 2, 1971—

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season026Episodes1971Aired—Season avg
  1. S02E01A Pearl of a GameSeptember 11, 1971—
  2. S02E02Nothing to Moon AboutSeptember 18, 1971—
  3. S02E03Pardon My MagicSeptember 25, 1971—
  4. S02E04Granny's Royal RuckusOctober 2, 1971—
  5. S02E05Soccer to MeOctober 9, 1971—
  6. S02E06Jungle JittersOctober 16, 1971—

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Cast

Scatman CrothersScatman CrothersGeorge "Meadowlark" LemonStu GilliamStu GilliamFreddie "Curly" NealJohnny WilliamsJohnny WilliamsHubert "Geese" Ausbie
Richard Elkins
Richard ElkinsJ.C. "Gip" GipsonEddie AndersonEddie AndersonBobby Joe MasonRobert DoQuiRobert DoQuiPablo RobertsonNancy WibleNancy WibleGranny

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