Shazzan
-
Arabian nights
genie featured on the Hanna-Barbera animated fantasy series SHAZZAN!/CBS/1967-69.
The cartoon's thirty-six episodes follow the adventures of Chuck and Nancy, a brother and sister who discover a magic
ring that transports them back to the ancient days of the
Arabian nights where they meet a friendly, sixty-foot tall
magical genie named Shazzan who attempts to help them return
to their own time period. To help the children on their quest, Shazzan gives them a number of magical items to protect them
for harm including
a cloak of invisibility, vanishing
dust, a magical rope, and an opal of knowledge, as well as
Kaboobie, a
flying camel.
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| Chuck and Nancy atop
their flying camel Kaboobie |
Chuck and Nancy join the
magic rings that summon Shazzan! |
During their
travels Chuck, Nancy and Shazzan made many friends but also
many enemies. They included:
Abdar the Zodiac Master, Ahmed the
Sky Pirate, The Black Sultan, The Council of Doom, Faleem,
Kaballah, Kahn of the North Wind, Kazir, Madragona, Mercuraad,
Magi, Makdar the Mirage Maker, Mysterio the Mini-Magi,
Nastrina of the Flames, Queen Kolanda of Centuria,
Raschid, Sorceress of the Mist, Zahran, and Zaman the
Magician.
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| Shazzan Holds His friends |
The Shazzan
cartoons were later shuffled into the line-up of some other
cartoon TV series such as The Herculoids,
Frankenstein, Jr, Hanna Barbera World of Super Adventure, Super Adventures
and Boomerang.
The Gold Key comic book
company even ran five issues called
Hanna Barbera's Super TV Heroes that featured
Shazzan, among other superheroes like Birdman and The Galaxy
Trio.
Opening Narration:
Narrator: "Inside a cave off the
coast of Maine, Chuck and Nancy find a mysterious chest
containing the halves of a strange ring. When joined the
ring forms the word Shazzan, and with this magical command,
they are transported back to the fabled land of the Arabian
Knights! Here they meet their
genie, Shazzan.
Shazzan presents them Kaboobie a magical flying camel and
gives Chuck a magic belt and rope. Shazzan will serve them
whenever they call, but he cannot return them home until
they deliver the ring to it's rightful owner. And thus
begins their incredible journey!"
SHAZZAN/CBS/1967-69
|
Voice
Credits |
|
Barney Phillips |
as |
Shazzan |
| Janet Waldo |
as |
Nancy |
|
Jerry Dexter |
as |
Chuck |
| Don Messick |
as |
Kaboobie |
|
Paul Frees |
as |
Baharuum the genie/Mater Of
The Thieves/Various Other Villains |
