First watched : 17 March 1975
With typical succession planning ( or lack thereof ) this daft cartoon series replaced The Changes on a Monday teatime. With one exception ( which is something of a special case ) I'm thinking this is the last Hanna-Barbera cartoon I followed so I'll be interested to find out as we progress if that was really the case.
Hong Kong Phooey was better than recent offerings as it was satirical in intent, making fun of the martial arts craze. Phooey was a dopey police janitor who turned into a crime fighting super hero when the need arose. The twist was that he wasn't one. Despite possessing a Pat Pending like convertible vehicle, Phooey was completely incompetent and had to be rescued by his cynical but smart companion Spot the cat on every occasion while Phooey only succeeded in making himself look like an idiot. He was no more convincing a martial arts master than tubby recent chart topper Carl Douglas.
Sixteen episodes were made in total with all but the last containing two separate adventures. Like Valley of the Dinosaurs it was repeated within Multi-Coloured Swap Shop the following year.
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