Snorkdance
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
Synopsis
Deep down below in the sea is a mystical underwater world of Snorkland. There lives a whole community of tiny sea dwellers called the Snorks. They are a very small & adorable snorkel headed creatures whose get involved in many adventures. The show center around a high school student named Allstar & his girlfriend Casey.
Characters
Allstar, Casey, Tooter, Occy, Daffney, Dimmy, Mrs. Kelp, Junior, Governor Wetworth, Mrs. Wetworth, Mr. Seaworthy, Auntie Marina, Mrs. Seaworthy, Baby Smallstar, Mr. Kelp, Willie
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Carl Urbano
- Supervising Director
- Ray Patterson
- Assistant Directors
- Bob Goe, Don Lusk, Don Patterson
Producing
- Producer
- Gerard Baldwin
- Associate Producer
- Larry Latham
- Creative Producer
- Iwao Takamoto
Writing
- Writer
- Mark Seidenberg, Charles M. Howell IV
Voices
- Voice
- Michael Bell (Allstar), Nancy Cartwright (Daffney), Brian Cummings (Dimmy), Joan Gardner (Mrs. Wetworth), Joan Gerber (Mrs. Kelp), Barry Gordon (Junior, Governor Wetworth), Bob Holt (Mr. Seaworthy), Gail Matthius (Baby Smallstar), Mitzi McCall (Auntie Marina), Edie McClurg (Mrs. Seaworthy), Bob Ridgley (Mr. Kelp), Fredricka Weber (Willie), Frank Welker (Tooter, Occy), Peter Cullen, Paul Kirby, Frank Nelson, Clive Revill, B.J. Ward
Music
- Music
- Hoyt Curtin
- Music Director
- Paul DeKorte
Editing
- Editor
- Larry C. Cowan
- Show Editor
- Gil Iverson
Crew
- Story Editor
- John Bradford
- Story Direction
- Ron Campbell, Bob Curtis, Flyod Norman, Chris Otsuki
- Recording Director
- Gordon Hunt
- Animation Casting Director
- Andrea Romano
- Titles
- Gerard Baldwin, Bob Singer
- Graphics
- Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
- Art Direction
- Bob Singer
- Character Design
- Nic Broca, Chris Otsuki, Alfred Gimeno, Jim Stenstrum
- Layout Supervisors
- Margaret Parkes, John Perry
- Layouts
- Alvaro Arce, Nancy Avery, John Hogan, John Kricfalusi, Lin Larsen, Lynne Naylor, Judy Niver, Phil Normand, Rick Rouse, Glen Smits, Jim Willoughby, Roy Wilson
- Animation Supervisor
- Sean Newton
- Sound Direction
- Alvy Dorman, Phil Flad
- Dubbing Supervisor
- Pat Foley
- Effects Editors
- Michael Bradley, David Cowan, Mary Gleason, Carol Lewis, Catherine MacKenzie, Kerry Williams, Jerry Winicki
- Music Editors
- Cecil Broughton, Daniels McLean, Terry Moore, Joe Sandusky
- Negative Consultant
- William E. DeBoer
- Post Production Supervisor
- Joed Eaton
- Production Coordinator
- Peter Aries
- Production Supervisor
- James Wang
- International Promotion
- Joop Visch
- Executives in Charge of Production
- Jean MacCurdy, Jayne Barbera
Companies and other credits
- Produced by: SEPP S.A and Hanna-Barbera Productions
- Produced by: Inc
Production notes
Take a Smurf, stick a snorkel on his head, put him underwater and force him to replace the word "Smurf" with the word "Snork" when he speaks, and you've got the basis for The Snorks.
The premise for the show was quite elaborate: In 1643, the captain of a ship under pirate attack discovered a tiny race of beings that lived underwater. After reaching the surface, the rescued captain shared his story of Snorks with a disbelieving world, while underneath the waves, an excited Snork by the name of Uncle Galeo was spreading the word about the surface dwellers.
Cut to modern day, where the Snorks have evolved much like humans, living in similar houses and eating similar foods. The main characters of the series were teenager Allstar, his girlfriend Casey, and their pals Dimmy, Daffney and Tooter (so named because he only spoke in whistles).
As one would expect, Allstar also had a wacky pet and a rival. The pet was an octopus, logically named Occy, while the rival was Junior Wetworth, the spoiled son of the mayor of Snorkland.
While The Snorks were an obvious attempt to cash in on the success of The Smurfs, the series was not without its own charm. Specifically, the relationship between the Snorks and the surface dwellers was very well designed, with the humans being drawn in a more traditional style to play up their "otherworldly" differences. Also, The Snorks succeeded in concentrating more on humor than on cuteness, taking the show beyond the level of mere Smurf-imitator.
The premise for the show was quite elaborate: In 1643, the captain of a ship under pirate attack discovered a tiny race of beings that lived underwater. After reaching the surface, the rescued captain shared his story of Snorks with a disbelieving world, while underneath the waves, an excited Snork by the name of Uncle Galeo was spreading the word about the surface dwellers.
Cut to modern day, where the Snorks have evolved much like humans, living in similar houses and eating similar foods. The main characters of the series were teenager Allstar, his girlfriend Casey, and their pals Dimmy, Daffney and Tooter (so named because he only spoke in whistles).
As one would expect, Allstar also had a wacky pet and a rival. The pet was an octopus, logically named Occy, while the rival was Junior Wetworth, the spoiled son of the mayor of Snorkland.
While The Snorks were an obvious attempt to cash in on the success of The Smurfs, the series was not without its own charm. Specifically, the relationship between the Snorks and the surface dwellers was very well designed, with the humans being drawn in a more traditional style to play up their "otherworldly" differences. Also, The Snorks succeeded in concentrating more on humor than on cuteness, taking the show beyond the level of mere Smurf-imitator.