The Bubbler

I was raised in a strict parochial orphanage back in the sixties and listening to Rock Groups including the Beatles was “out-of-the-question”. Getting caught tuning “American Bandstand” or other “pervert” TV shows would deprive us of television for days to come. Cartoons were considered “safe” and would help us pass the long hours of rainy days. Our sincere thanks to Hanna-Barbera Studios for hours of entertainment and especially for serious cartoons such as Jonny Quest! What the elders among us (I was 13!) enjoyed the most about The Impossibles were their songs that we could hear briefly at the beginning and at the end. The Rock music of the Impossibles was as close as we could get to the Hit Parade (Remember, these were the sixties). We used to hum the melodies and later, during the music class, we would try to recreate the same songs with our instruments and vocals. Does anyone know who the studio musicians that performed as the Impossibles were? Did Hanna-Barbera ever release a vinyl record with their complete songs as they released with some of their other characters? Thank you for the help.

I first discovered 'The Impossibles' back in the late '70s, as part of the "Hanna-Barbera World of Super Adventure" syndication package. After about a year or so, the show disappeared, along with a lot of the 1960's series, save for The Flintstones and The Jetsons, Until Cartoon Network debuted in the mid-1990's, and its sister network, Boomerang. I thought the show was funny then, and still is now, a lampooning of the '60s superhero/Bond craze. In fact, it's a lot more amusing than Frankenstein, Jr., which makes me glad The Impossibles got two episodes and Frankenstein, Jr. only one. Here's hoping a DVD box set will be released in the near future. They just don't make 'em like this anymore. Limited animation notwithstanding, (Frankenstein, Jr. &) The Impossibes are good for a few laughs.

Very cute cartoon, and what is a silly oversite, is that they use the Sha of shishcabob in the Devilish Dragster episode as well as this one. The Sha in the Devilish Dragster is an adult. The Sha in this episode is a child! Also note that in all Frankenstien jr., and impossibles cartoons, the villain always goes after $1,000,000!!!