| Cool McCool | |
|---|---|
| Format | Animation |
| Created by | Bob Kane |
| Starring | Bob McFadden Chuck McCann Carol Corbett |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 26 (half hours) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 3 episodes per half hour (30 minutes with Commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 10, 1966 – August 30, 1969 |
Cool McCool was an animated series that ran on NBC from September 10, 1966 to August 30, 1969 with two episodes per show, running to 40 episodes in all. It was created by Bob Kane -- most famous as the creator of Batman -- and produced by Al Brodax for King Features.
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Synopsis
Riffing off the then-popular genres of superheroes and James Bond spy adventures, Cool McCool featured the adventures of a hip, trenchcoated spy, who -- as on the contemporary TV show Get Smart -- defeated villains despite being comically inept. Villains included the Rattler, Hurricane Harry, Greta Ghoul, the Owl, Jack-In-The-Box and Dr. Madcap. McCool's boss was known as Number One, although his face was never seen onscreen; only his arms and a cigar were visible behind his chair (a reference to another contemporary spy show - The Prisoner, which featured a spy looking for Number One who ran the prison he found himself in). Number One's secretary was Friday, a dumpy girl who had an unrequited crush on the secret agent. McCool had three catchphrases: "Danger is my business!" "When you're right, Number One, you're right," and (after bungling something) "That will never happen again."
The show also featured a Keystone Kops-style segment featuring the adventures of McCool's father, Harry McCool. Harry was supported by his brothers Dick and Tom. Only 20 Harry McCool episodes were made, each one sandwiched between the two Cool McCool episodes per show.
Cast
Cool and Harry were voiced by Bob McFadden, while most of the other voices were supplied by Chuck McCann. Carol Corbett provided the voice of Friday. McFadden modeled McCool's voice after comic legend Jack Benny.
Episode list
Show 01
Cool McCool in "The Big Blowout"
Harry McCool in "The Phantom of the Opera House"
Cool McCool in "Fine Feathered Fiends"
Show 02
Cool McCool in "If the Hat Fits... Watch It"
Harry McCool in "Horsehide and Go Seek"
Cool McCool in "The House that Jack Built"
Show 03
Cool McCool in "The Odd Boxes Caper"
Harry McCool in "The Vaishing Shoehorns"
Cool McCool in "Garden of Evil"
Show 04
Cool McCool in "Rocket Racket"
Harry McCool in "Here's Pie in Your Eye"
Cool McCool in "Queen's Ransom"
Show 05
Cool McCool in "The Big Brainwash"
Harry McCool in "The Woodchopper"
Cool McCool in "Shrinking the Slinker"
Show 06
Cool McCool in "The Box Fox"
Harry McCool in "Gym Dandy"
Cool McCool in "Bagging the Windbag"
Show 07
Cool McCool in "Will the Real Cool Mobile Please Stand Up"
Harry McCool in "Big Top Cops"
Cool McCool in "Owl on the Prowl"
Show 08
Cool McCool in "Sniffin, Snoozen, and Sneezen"
Harry McCool in "The New Car"
Cool McCool in "How Now Foul Owl"
Show 09
Cool McCool in "Caps and Robbers"
Harry McCool in "Three Men on a House"
Cool McCool in "The Romantic Rattler"
Show 10
Cool McCool in "Jack in the Boxer"
Harry McCool in "Fowl Play"
Cool McCool in "Love is a Gas"
Show 11
Cool McCool in "Who Stole my 32 Secret Agents?"
Harry McCool in "The Jet Set, Yet"
Cool McCook in "The 500 Pound Canary Caper"
Show 12
Cool McCool in "Fun and Games"
Harry McCool in "McCool Jazz"
Cool McCool in "Mother Greta's Wrinkle Remover"
Show 13
Cool McCool in "The Shombrero Affair"
Harry McCool in "Dog Tired"
Cool McCool in "The Moon Goon"
Show 14
Cool McCool in "Two Fats and a Fink"
Harry McCool in "High Jokers"
Cool McCool in "Rockabye for Rattler"
Show 15
Cool McCool in "High Jacker Jack"
Harry McCool in "Time Out"
Cool McCool in "The Wind Goddess"
Show 16
Cool McCool in "Hot McHot"
Harry McCool in "Monkey Dizziness"
Cool McCool in "A Growing Problem"
Show 17
Cool McCool in "Oh Say Can You Seed"
Harry McCool in "Green Dragon"
Cool McCool in "What Goes Up... Must Come Down"
Show 18
Cool McCool in "Birds of a Feather Flop Together"
Harry McCool in "A Lot of Ballooney"
Cool McCool in "The Box Popper"
Show 19
Cool McCool in "Owl's Well That Ends Well"
Harry McCool in "Goat Chaser"
Cool McCool in "A Tree is a... Tree?"
Show 20
Cool McCool in "The Whistler's Mommy Case"
Harry McCool in "In the Dough"
Cool McCool in "The College of Crooks"
DVD & VHS
Rhino Records
- Cool McCool Collection - 2003 DVD oop
Hollywood DVD
- Cool McCool: How To Catch a Crook - 2003 UK PAL DVD oop
- Cool McCool: Danger is My Business / G-Force - 2004 UK PAL DVD oop
- Cool McCool: Danger is my Business / Felix the Cat - 2004 UK PAL DVD oop
Best Film & Video Co
- Cool McCool: Shooting the Breeze - 1990 VHS oop
- Cool McCool: Grime & Punishment - 1990 VHS oop
- Cool McCool: How to Catch a Crook - 1990 VHS oop
BCI Eclipse
- Animated All Stars vol 1 - 2006 2DVD - (2 Cool McCool episodes)
- Cool McCool: The Complete Series - 3DVD March 13 2007
External links
- Cool McCool at the Internet Movie Database
- Cool McCool at TV.com
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