Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire

Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire is a 1992-1993 animated television series produced by DIC Animation City and Reteitalia, S.p.A., in association with Spanish network Telecinco.[1]

Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire
GenreSlapstick comedy
Developed byReed Shelly
Bruce Shelly
Directed byJoe Barruso
Theme music composerMike Watts
ComposerTom Worrall
Country of originUnited States
Italy
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13 (plus 1 special)
Production
Executive producersBob Einstein
Andy Heyward
Robby London
ProducerMichael Maliani
Running time30 minutes (with commercials)
Production companiesDIC Animation City
Blye-Einstein Productions
Reteitalia
Sae Rom/Plus One Productions
DistributorHerricks Program Services
Release
Original networkFOX (Fox Kids)
Original releaseSeptember 12, 1992 (1992-09-12) –
1993 (1993)

In the United States, the show premiered on September 12, 1992 on FOX.[2] The series was cancelled after its first season, but a special based on the series titled The Super Dave Superbowl of Knowledge aired on January 29, 1994.

The show starred and was based on the comedy of Bob Einstein and his Super Dave Osborne persona.[3] Both Bob Einstein and Art Irizawa provided the voices for Super Dave and his assistant, Fuji Hakayito, and also appeared as their characters in live-action skits which ended each episode.

Halfway through the show's initial run, Irizawa was asked to modify his voice for Fuji, following complaints to Fox from Asian-American groups that the character was an offensive stereotype. Irizawa subsequently re-recorded his dialogue for all of the show's episodes.[4][5]

Episodes
  1. Super Bowl, Super Bomb, Super Dave! (written by Robert Askin)
  2. Space Case (written by Reed Shelly and Bruce Shelly)
  3. Bullet Train Pain (written by Richard Mueller and Bob Einstein)
  4. Con Job (written by Bob Forward and Bob Einstein)
  5. In His President’s Secret Service (written by Rowby Goren)
  6. The Fuji-tive (written by Judy Rothman)
  7. Double Agent Dave (written by Phil Harnage)
  8. Happy Trails (written by Robert Askin)
  9. Hazard Island (written by J. Larry Carroll and David Bennett Carren)
  10. Put Another Candle On My Birthday Cake (written by Robert Askin)
  11. Pain Nine from Outer Space (written by Robert Askin)
  12. Merry Christmas, Super Dave! (written by Reed Shelly and Bruce Shelly)
  13. Super’s Last Show (written by Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr)

Voices
  • Bob Einstein — Super Dave Osborne
  • Art Irizawa — Fuji Hakayito

Additional voices

Home media releases

In the United States, Buena Vista Home Video released two single-episode VHS's of the series in 1993, which featured the episodes "Space Case" and "Con Job".

A VHS tape of the series was released in the United Kingdom by Abbey Home Entertainment in February 1994, under their Tempo Kids Club label.

The series was later released onto DVD in South Korea in the 2000s.

References
  1. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 604–605. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. Solomon, Charles (September 19, 1992). "TV REVIEWS : Cartoons Seek a Gleeful Insanity in New Season". The Los Angeles Times. USA. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  3. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 801–802. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  4. Braxton, Greg (November 10, 1992). "Protest Sends 'Super Dave' Back to the Drawing Board". The Los Angeles Times. USA. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  5. S. Chan, Kenyon (December 5, 1992). "Monitoring 'Super Dave'". The Los Angeles Times. USA. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
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