Return To Olympus
- Studio
- Filmation Associates
Synopsis
The mascot of an interplanetary sports team comes to Earth to teach people how to play fair in sports. His name is Billy, and he came from the planet Olympus (whose god-like populace was largely given, naturally, to good sportsmanship and fair play). Together with his pals Lilly and Willy, Billy traveled the globe in their timeship in sports-focused stories, which emphasized values and fair play.
Characters
Sport Billy, Sport Lilly, Queen Vanda, Willy, Sporticus XI
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Ed Friedman, Marsh Lamore, Lou Kachivas, Kay Wright, Lou Zukor
Producing
- Producer
- Don Christensen
- Executive Producers
- Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott
Writing
- Writer
- Paul Aratow, Jack Hanrahan, Paul Dini, Martha Humphreys, Dan Distefano, Coslough Johnson, Barry Gaines, Ted Pedersen, Tom Ruegger
- Story Editor
- Arthur Nadel
Voices
- Voice
- Lane Scheimer (Sport Billy), Joyce Bulifant (Sport Lilly, Queen Vanda), Frank Welker (Willy, Sporticus XI)
Music
- Music
- Dean Andre, Jeff Michael
Animation
- Animator
- Robert Arkwright, William Pratt, John Armstrong, Don Ruch, James Brommett, Don Schloat, Kent Butterworth, Ernie Schmidt, Jeff Etter, Larry Silverman, Kennetha Gaibler, Nick Stern, Bill Nunes, Dardo Velez, Frank Onaitis, Larry White
- Layout
- David Dunnet, John Koch, Larry Eikleberry, Lorenzo Martinez, Ed Haney, Greg Nocon, Wes Herchensohn, Phil Norwood, David Hoover, Sharon Rolnik, Richard Hoover, Lew Saw, Les Kaloza, Cliff Voorhees, David West
- Assistant Animation Supervision
- Marlene Robinson
- Checking Supervision
- Joyce Gard
- Xerography Supervision
- John Remmel
- Director of Animation Photography
- R.W. Pope
Art Department
- Art Directors
- Alberto De Mello, James Fletcher
- Storyboard
- Eddie Fitzgerald, Larry Latham, Mike Joens, Will Meugniot, Lonnie Lloyd, Tom Minton
- Background Artists
- Don Watson, Don Schweikert, Barbara Benedetto, Tom O'Loughlin, Curt Perkins, Alan Bodner
- Storyboard Supervisor
- Karl Geurs
- Paint Supervision
- Alla Marshall
Camera
- Camera
- F.T. Ziegler, Dean Teves, David Link, Dan Larsen, Lindsay Rogers
Editing
- Editor
- Joe Gall
Sound
- Sound
- Glen Glenn Sound
- Music and Sound Effects Supervision
- George Mahana
- Music and Sound Effects Editor
- Robert Waxman
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Joseph Simon
- Film Coordinators
- June Gilham, Toni Christiansen
- Production Coordination
- Bob Wilson
- Vice President in Charge of Production
- Joe Mazzuca
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Gwen Wetzler
Crew
- Director of Color
- Ervin L. Kaplan
- Color
- TECHNICOLOR
Companies and other credits
- An AFU Production
- A Filmation Film
Production notes
In 1979, with Filmation prominent and prolific, and its animated fare being broadcast and syndicated throughout the world, the studio was given a unique opportunity: a West German sports combine commissioned Filmation to create and produce an animated series centered around their company mascot, Sport Billy. The character was as famous in Germany as Mickey was in the U.S.
Sixteen half-hours were produced and were originally supposed to be broadcast only in Europe. NBC, in need of some rapid mid-season replacement programming for their Saturday morning schedule, made a deal with Lou to bring the show to the U.S. This was thanks to the fact that even though Sport Billy was produced for German audiences... it was an English-language show.
Lane Scheimer, who provided Sport Billy's voice, was the son of producer Lou Scheimer.
Sixteen half-hours were produced and were originally supposed to be broadcast only in Europe. NBC, in need of some rapid mid-season replacement programming for their Saturday morning schedule, made a deal with Lou to bring the show to the U.S. This was thanks to the fact that even though Sport Billy was produced for German audiences... it was an English-language show.
Lane Scheimer, who provided Sport Billy's voice, was the son of producer Lou Scheimer.