The Sub-Zero Terror

The Sub-Zero Terror

December 2, 1978 TV Episode Godzilla

Studio
Hanna-Barbera Studios

Synopsis

Quinn and Pete accompany Dr. Rourke and Pen Sing on an expedition in the Himalayas. They are captured and frozen by the Wachuka. Captain Majors and Godzooky are also frozen solid. Brock frees them, but also releases the giant Wachuka. Godzilla is summoned, and defeats the tribe of snow creatures.

Characters

Godzilla, Godzooky, Captain Carl Majors, Quinn, Pete, Brock, Dr. Rourke, Pen Sing, The Wachuka

Credits

Directing

Director
Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano

Producing

Producer
Doug Wildey
Executive Producers
William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Creative Producer
Iwao Takamoto

Music

Music
Hoyt Curtin
Musical Supervisor
Paul DeKorte

Editing

Editor
Gil Iverson
Supervising Editor
Larry C. Cowan

Crew

"Godzilla
Duane Poole
Recording Director
Wally Burr
Character Design
Doug Wildey, George Wheeler, Fred Irvin
Layout Supervision
John Ahern, Warren Marshall
Key Layout
Larry Huber, Floyd Norman
Layout
Cosmo Anzalotti, Lyle Beddes, John Bruno, Garnett Bugby, Todd Curtis, Sukhi Dail, Cory Dangerfield, Owen Fitzgerald, Bob Foster, Hak Ficq, Drew Gentle, Simon Gittins, Moe Gollub, Charles Grosvenor, Paul Gruwell, Dave Hanan, Jack Huber, Mike Kawaguchi, Boyd Kirkland, Mark Kirkland, Brad Landreth, Jack Manning, Earl Martin, Jim Mueller, Dan Noonan, Mike O'Mara, Lew Ott, Mike Ploog, Gerrard Pointak, Debra Pugh, Tom Roth, Linda Rowley, Keith Sargent, Glenn Schmitz, Bart Seitz, Doyle Shaw, Peter Shelley, Roy Smith, Thomas Tholen, Greg Thurber, Toby, Grant Wilson
Background Supervisor
Al Gmuer
Backgrounds
Deborah Akers, Dario Campanile, Dennis Durrell, Ann Guenther, James Hegedus, James Hickey, Paro Hozumi, Michael Humphries, Alison Julian, Bill Lorencz, Andy Phillipson, Jeff Richards, Jeff Riche, Sera Segal-Alsberg, Peter Van Elk, Dennis Venizelos
Checking and Scene Planning
Cindy Smith
Graphics
Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
Title Design
Bill Perez
Xerography
Star Wirth
Ink and Paint Supervisor
Billie Kerns
Sound Direction
Richard Olson, Bill Getty
Camera
George Epperson, Jerry Smith, Tom Epperson, Chuck Flekal, Ron Jackson, Larry Smith, Terry Smith, Brandy Whittington, Jerry Whittington
Dubbing Supervisor
Pat Foley
Music Editors
Daniels McLean, Joe Sandusky
Effects Editors
Ric Eisman, Patricia Peck
Negative Consultant
William E. DeBoer
Production Manager
Jayne Barbera
Post Production Supervisor
Joed Eaton
Crew
TOHO CO

Companies and other credits

  • "Godzilla: " was Created for Television By: Dick Robbins
  • A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
  • Copyright © 1978 HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS
  • INC
  • LTD
  • BENEDICT PICTURES CORPORATION
  • The name and character of Godzilla in this picture are used by permission of and with the consent of Toho Co
  • Ltd
  • The character Godzilla: Copyright © 1978 TOHO CO
  • LTD. and BENEDICT PICTURES CORPORATION
  • All material except the character Godzilla: Copyright © 1978 HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS
  • INC

Production notes

Godzilla was a 300-foot tall, fire-breathing lizard, mutated by Man's folly of repeated atomic experiments. The creature, known as Gojira in Japan, has been around since the 50's, when Japan's Toho Studios seemingly cranked out a Godzilla film every month or so. Godzilla vs. Mothra, Godzilla vs. King Kong, Godzilla vs. Frankenstein's Daughter; if it was big, rubbery, and around in the 50's and 60's, Godzilla fought it. The movies served as a faint inspiration for this series, which made its debut in 1978.

The long, strange run of Godzilla begins on September 09, 1978 in the show The Godzilla Power Hour. Unfortunately, The Godzilla Power Hour show lasted only two months in this incarnation. In November of 1978, the format was stretched to ninety minutes by adding Jonny Quest reruns and changing its name to Godzilla Super 90. The first seasons of Jana of the Jungle and Godzilla continued in this new show.

Then, in September of 1979, the show was separated from it's "partner" shows and aired solo under the new, simpler title of Godzilla... which was just fine with Godzilla. He'd been a loner his entire career, and didn't need help from anyone, least of all from a kid secret agent or some blonde with a traveling petting zoo.

NBC thought otherwise, however, and after a month Godzilla once more found himself with a buddy, this time, reruns of The Super Globetrotters under the show title of The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour. This ran the rest of the 1979 season, even aired two times per Saturday from April 12th to September 20th of 1980. This would be the final show to air the first run of this cartoon series.

The show gained new buddies and began in reruns on September 27, 1980, in the The Godzilla/Dynomutt Hour with the Funky Phantom until late November 1980, when it metamorphosed into The Godzilla/Hong Kong Phooey Hour, which ran until May 15, 1981.

Godzilla came full circle on May 23, once again headlining his own half-hour rerun show until finally being taken off the air on September 5, 1981. This guy knows how to get around!