Space Cats

American TV series or program

Space Cats

Genre| Animation
Adventure
Comedy
Created by| Paul Fusco
Developed by| Rowby Goren
Starring| Paul Fusco as Captain Catgut
Charles Nelson Reilly as D.O.R.C.
Voices of| Rob Paulsen
Townsend Coleman
Pat Fraley
Narrated by| Robert Ridgely
Theme music composer| Leslie Ann Podkin
Alf Clausen
Composers| Shuki Levy
Udi Harpaz
Country of origin| United States
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 13
Production
Executive producers| Paul Fusco
Bernie Brillstein
Joe Taritero
Producer| Leslie Ann Podkin
Production companies| Marvel Productions
Paul Fusco Productions
NBC Productions
Original release
Network| NBC
Release| September 14, 1991 (1991-09-14) –
July 25, 1992 (1992-07-25)

Space Cats is a 1991–1992 animated television series (with some live-action puppetry sequences) created by Paul Fusco, that aired on Saturday mornings on NBC.[1] It is a comedy show about alien felines helping mankind.

Charles Nelson Reilly made brief but memorable appearances in each episode as D.O.R.C.[2]

## Plot[edit]

The Space Cats come from a planet called Trygliceride-7, ruled by a being named D.O.R.C. (short for Disembodied Omnipotent Ruler of Cats) which can be described as a disembodied, bespectacled, human head with a funny voice. The Space Cats station themselves on Earth in an underground base with a garbage can as its only access. A live-action segment is shown, where various Space Cats are seen on duty.[3]

D.O.R.C. describes each mission to the team's leader Captain Catgut. The animated segment is then shown where Captain Catgut sends the team of Tom, Scratch and Sniff out to work. At the end of each episode, the group gives the viewers a moral, then wrap up the episode vocalizing the Charge music and shouting out their team name. This was spoofed, when one Space Cat says the moral is for kids to stop watching TV and go read a book, the other two angrily remark that if that is taken seriously it would result in their own cancellation.

## Episodes[edit]

No.| Title| Written by| Original air date

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1| "Send in the Clones"| Howard Bendetson
Paul Fusco
David Silverman| September 14, 1991 (1991-09-14)
The Spacecats are sent to investigate why a clown who runs a respected children's show has now been promoting violence and crime. The Spacecats find the real TV host who has been kidnapped and replaced with a robotic doppelganger. A sleazy show business executive now controls programming through these robot clones, and the second plan of his stage is to do this with the President of the United States. Unfortunately for the Spacecats, the bad guy has captured them and replaced them with robots, who commit crimes and ruin the reputation of the Space Cats. Trivia: The Space Cats find among the hostages Spider-Man which was a likely reference to Marvel Productions which produced the show, ALF referring to Paul Fusco who worked on both shows and voiced Captain Catgut, and George H. Bush, who was in office at the time of the episode's debut.
2| "Stinking Pollution"| David Silverman
Rogena Schuyler| September 21, 1991 (1991-09-21)
Mass pollution and toxic waste has been infecting communities. The Spacecats look to root of the matter whilst being stalked by a "shadowy figure".
3| "Like Cats to Water"| Terrie Collins| September 28, 1991 (1991-09-28)
Earth's water supply is drying up at a rapid pace. The Space Cats are at a loss to explain, until they find a water park has been doing a roaring business.
4| "Thank You, Masked Man"| David Silverman
Rogena Schuyler| October 5, 1991 (1991-10-05)
An old superhero is now a has-been forgotten by the general public. A Hollywood producer says he can revive the over-the-hill superhero's career, but it is a conspiracy to dupe him into committing crimes. The Spacecats try and get him to return to his glory days.
5| "A Recession is Depressin'"| Rowby Goren| October 12, 1991 (1991-10-12)
The U.S. Treasury is empty, sending the country into grinding poverty. When a lack of physical robbery is found, it is shown to be the work of a crooked government employee, who beats the Space Cats to the punch through computer crime, digitally sending the stolen cash into random bank accounts across America.
6| "Diamonds are Fur-ever"| George Atkins| October 19, 1991 (1991-10-19)
A famous professor has been kidnapped in the Amazon, and the Space Cats’ assignment is to rescue Him.
7| "Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall"| Ted Pederson| October 26, 1991 (1991-10-26)
Beautiful women are turning into ugly hags without explanation. Captain Catgut assigns an extra member to the team, a female Space Cat named Yvette Meow. The cats link the ugliness to a hairdresser who wishes to be the only beautiful woman in the world, and suspect the movie star Lollipop is the next target. Tom, Scratch and Sniff are not enthralled about having a girl on their team, until the male Space Cats commit a big error and it is up to Yvette to save the mission.
8| "The Incredible Shrinking Monuments"| George Atkins| November 2, 1991 (1991-11-02)
Earth's famed landmarks have vanished, and the trail leads to a mini-golf course.
9| "Blintzcapades"| George Atkins| November 9, 1991 (1991-11-09)
10| "A Tale of Two Kitties"| Unknown| November 23, 1991 (1991-11-23)
11| "Mysteriously Missing Guests"| George Atkins| November 30, 1991 (1991-11-30)
The Space Cats head to Tonsil Manor to locate the guests who are mysteriously vanishing.
12| "Operation Pine Crud"| Judy Rothman| December 7, 1991 (1991-12-07)
The Spacecats are sent to the Yellowbelly Nat'l Park (A parody of the Yellowstone Nat'l Park) investigate deforestation. They link it to an air freshener company owned by Chuck von Crud.
13| "Y.I. Auto"| Unknown| December 14, 1991 (1991-12-14)

## Cast[edit]

### Principal voice actors[edit]

* Townsend Coleman as Scratch
* Pat Fraley as Sniff
* Rob Paulsen as Thomas 'Tom' Spacecat, Chelsie Pipshire
* Robert Ridgely as Narrator

### Live-action segment[edit]

* Paul Fusco \- Captain Catgut (puppeteer and voice)
* Charles Nelson Reilly \- D.O.R.C.
* Lisa Buckley, Bob Fappiano, Allan Trautman, Phil Baron, Blake Buckley - additional Space Cats

### Additional voices[edit]

* Jack Angel -
* Gregg Berger -
* Sheryl Bernstein -
* Susan Blu -
* Hamilton Camp -
* Cam Clarke -
* Jennifer Darling -
* Walker Edmiston -
* Jeannie Elias -
* John Erwin -
* Lea Floden -
* Brad Garrett -
* Barry Gordon -
* Pat Musick \- Dementia DeFortino (in "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall")
* Jan Rabson -
* Hal Rayle -
* Maggie Roswell -
* Susan Silo -
* Kath Soucie \- Yvette Meow, Lollipop (in "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall")
* John Stephenson -
* Lennie Weinrib -

## Crew[edit]

* Susan Blu \- Animation Dialogue Director
* Jamie Simone \- Dialogue Editor
* Shuki Levy \- Original Music

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 406\. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 568\. ISBN 978-1538103739.
3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 772–773. ISBN 978-1476665993.

## External links[edit]

* Space Cats at IMDb

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