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''Harlem Globetrotters'' (called ''Harlem Globe Trotters'' in the opening titles) is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera and CBS Productions, featuring animated versions of players from the famous basketball team, Harlem Globetrotters. Broadcast from September 12, 1970 to September 2, 1972 on CBS, and later re-run on NBC as ''The Go-Go Globetrotters'', the show featured cartoon versions of George "Meadowlark" Lemon, Freddie "Curly" Neal, Hubert "Geese" Ausbie, J.C. "Gip" Gipson, Bobby Joe Mason, and Paul "Pablo" Robertson, alongside their fictional bus driver and manager, Granny, and their dog mascot, Dribbles. (Coach Leon Hillard was originally planned to be on the series, but was cut out of the cast prior to the start of production.) The series worked to a formula where the team travels somewhere and typically get involved in a local conflict that leads to one of the Globetrotters proposing a basketball game to settle the issue. To ensure the Globetrotters' defeat, the villains rig the contest; however, before the second half of the contest, the team always finds a way to even the odds, become all but invincible, and win the game. ==History== 22 episodes of ''Harlem Globetrotters'' were eventually produced: 16 for the 1970-71 season, and six more for the 1971-72 season. ''Harlem Globetrotters'' has a place in history as being the first Saturday morning cartoon to feature a predominately African-American cast; Filmation's ''The Hardy Boys'' had been the first to feature an African-American character the previous year. Another Hanna-Barbera series, ''Josie and the Pussycats'', premiered 30 minutes earlier than ''Harlem Globetrotters'' on the same day and network, and was the first Saturday morning cartoon to feature an African-American female character. Like many other Saturday morning cartoons of the era, the first season episodes utilized a laugh track. By Season Two, the full laugh track was replaced by an inferior version created by the studio. After cancellation the animated Globetrotters made three appearances on Hanna-Barbera's ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'' in 1972 and 1973. Dribbles, who did not appear on the show, was in the theme song sequence; several references were also made to Granny who also did not appear as well. Hanna-Barbera produced a second animated series starring the Globetrotters in 1979 called ''The Super Globetrotters'', this time featuring the players as superheroes. In spring 1999, TV Land aired repeats of ''Harlem Globetrotters'' on Saturday mornings as part of its TV Land Super Retrovision Saturdaze lineup. The series has not been rerun since. The series was a co-production of Hanna-Barbera and CBS Productions (only one of few animated TV series that CBS directly produced). Syndication rights were originally held by Viacom Enterprises, formerly owned by CBS as its syndication arm. They are currently held by CBS Television Distribution. CBS Home Entertainment has no plans to release the series on DVD, needing approval from the Globetrotters franchise). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harlem Globetrotters (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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