Underdog

(1964)

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Underdog, also known as The Underdog Show, is an American Saturday morning animated television series that ran from October 3, 1964, to March 4, 1967, starting on the NBC network until 1966, with the rest of the run on CBS, under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, for a run of 62 episodes. It is one of the early Saturday morning cartoons. The show continued in syndication until 1973. Underdog, Shoeshine Boy's heroic alter ego, appears whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred is being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyming couplets, as in "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!"

Seasons

129

Episodes

Ended

Status

October 3, 1964

First Aired

Season Ratings

6.0→10.0

8.7/10(3 votes)

Networks: NBC

Genres: Animation, Comedy

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Season 1

33 episodes • 1964Avg: 10.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Safe Waif	Oct 3, 1964	0.0
2	March of the Monsters	Oct 3, 1964	0.0
3	Simon Says	Oct 10, 1964	10.0
4	Go Snow Part 1	Oct 10, 1964	10.0
5	Go Snow Part 2	Oct 17, 1964	0.0
6	Go Snow Part 3	Oct 17, 1964	0.0
7	Go Snow Part 4	Oct 24, 1964	0.0
8	Zot: Part 1	Oct 24, 1964	0.0
9	Zot, Part 2	Oct 31, 1964	0.0
10	Zot, Part 3	Oct 31, 1964	0.0
11	Zot, Part 4	Nov 7, 1964	0.0
12	The Great Gold Robbery, Part 1	Nov 7, 1964	0.0
13	The Great Gold Robbery, Part 2	Nov 14, 1964	0.0
14	The Great Gold Robbery, Part 3	Nov 14, 1964	0.0
15	The Great Gold Robbery, Part 4	Nov 21, 1964	0.0
16	Fearo, Part 1	Nov 21, 1964	0.0
17	Fearo, Part 2	Nov 28, 1964	0.0
18	Fearo, Part 3	Nov 28, 1964	0.0
19	Fearo, Part 4	Dec 5, 1964	0.0
20	The Big Shrink, Part 1	Dec 5, 1964	0.0
21	The Big Shrink, Part 2	Dec 12, 1964	0.0
22	The Big Shrink, Part 3	Dec 12, 1964	0.0
23	The Big Shrink, Part 4	Dec 19, 1964	0.0
24	The Bubbleheads, Part 1	Dec 19, 1964	0.0
25	The Bubbleheads Part 2	Dec 26, 1964	0.0
26	The Bubbleheads Part 3	Dec 26, 1964	0.0
27	The Bubbleheads Part 4	Jan 2, 1965	0.0
28	From Hopeless To Helpless, Part 1	Jan 2, 1965	0.0
29	From Hopeless To Helpless, Part 2	Jan 9, 1965	0.0
30	From Hopeless To Helpless, Part 3	Jan 9, 1965	0.0
31	From Hopeless To Helpless, Part 4	Jan 16, 1965	0.0
32	Tricky Trap by Tap Tap	Jan 16, 1965	0.0
330	The Witch of Pickyoon	TBA	0.0

Season 2

56 episodes • 1965Avg: 6.0Valley of Despair

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part 1	Jan 23, 1965	0.0
2	The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part 2	Jan 23, 1965	0.0
3	The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part 3	Jan 30, 1965	0.0
4	The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part 4	Jan 30, 1965	0.0
5	Weathering the Storm: Part One	Feb 6, 1965	0.0
6	Weathering the Storm: Part Two	Feb 6, 1965	0.0
7	Weathering the Storm: Part Three	Feb 13, 1965	0.0
8	Weathering the Storm: Part Four	Feb 13, 1965	0.0
9	The Gold Bricks, Part I	Feb 20, 1965	0.0
10	The Gold Bricks, Part 2	Feb 20, 1965	0.0
11	The Gold Bricks, Part 3	Feb 27, 1965	0.0
12	The Gold Bricks, Part 4	Feb 27, 1965	0.0
13	The Magnet Men, Part 1	Mar 6, 1965	0.0
14	The Magnet Men, Part 2	Mar 6, 1965	0.0
15	The Magnet Men, Part 3	Mar 13, 1965	0.0
16	The Magnet Men, Part 4	Mar 13, 1965	0.0
17	Phoney Booths, Part 1	Sep 4, 1965	0.0
18	Phoney Booths, Part 2	Sep 4, 1965	0.0
19	Phoney Booths, Part 3	Sep 11, 1965	0.0
20	Phoney Booths, Part 4	Sep 11, 1965	0.0
21	Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 1	Sep 18, 1965	0.0
22	Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 2	Sep 18, 1965	0.0
23	Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 3	Sep 25, 1965	0.0
24	Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 4	Sep 25, 1965	0.0
25	The Molemen, Part 1	Oct 2, 1965	0.0
26	The Molemen, Part 2	Oct 2, 1965	0.0
27	The Molemen, Part 3	Oct 9, 1965	0.0
28	The Molemen, Part 4	Oct 9, 1965	0.0
29	The Flying Sorcerers, Part 1	Oct 16, 1965	0.0
30	The Flying Sorcerers, Part 2	Oct 16, 1965	0.0
31	The Flying Sorcerers, Part 3	Oct 23, 1965	0.0
32	The Flying Sorcerers, Part 4	Oct 23, 1965	0.0
33	The Forget-Me-Net, Part 1	Oct 30, 1965	0.0
34	The Forget-Me-Net, Part 2	Oct 30, 1965	0.0
35	The Forget-Me-Net, Part 3	Nov 6, 1965	6.0
36	The Forget-Me-Net, Part 4	Nov 6, 1965	0.0
37	Whistler's Father, Part 1	Nov 13, 1965	0.0
38	Whistler's Father, Part 2	Nov 13, 1965	0.0
39	Whistler's Father, Part 3	Nov 20, 1965	0.0
40	Whistler's Father, Part 4	Nov 20, 1965	0.0
41	Simon Says.. No Thanksgiving, Part 1	Nov 25, 1965	0.0
42	Simon Says.. No Thanksgiving, Part 2	Nov 25, 1965	0.0
43	Simon Says.. No Thanksgiving, Part 3	Nov 25, 1965	0.0
44	Simon Says.. No Thanksgiving, Part 4	Nov 25, 1965	0.0
45	The Silver Thieves, Part 1	Nov 27, 1965	0.0
46	The Silver Thieves, Part 2	Nov 27, 1965	0.0
47	The Silver Thieves, Part 3	Dec 11, 1965	0.0
48	The Silver Thieves, Part 4	Dec 11, 1965	0.0
49	RiffRaffville, Part 1	Dec 18, 1965	0.0
50	RiffRaffville, Part 2	Dec 18, 1965	0.0
51	RiffRaffville, Part 3	Dec 25, 1965	0.0
52	RiffRaffville, Part 4	Dec 25, 1965	0.0
53	The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 1	Jan 1, 1966	0.0
54	The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 2	Jan 1, 1966	0.0
55	The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 3	Jan 8, 1966	0.0
56	The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 4	Jan 8, 1966	0.0

Season 3

40 episodes • 1966

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 1	Jan 15, 1966
2	Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 2	Jan 15, 1966
3	Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 3	Jan 22, 1966
4	Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 4	Jan 22, 1966
5	The Big Dipper, Part 1	Jan 29, 1966
6	The Big Dipper, Part 2	Jan 29, 1966
7	The Big Dipper, Part 3	Feb 5, 1966
8	The Big Dipper, Part 4	Feb 5, 1966
9	Just in Case, Part 1	Sep 10, 1966
10	Just In Case, Part 2	Sep 10, 1966
11	Just In Case, Part 3	Sep 17, 1966
12	Just In Case, Part 4	Sep 17, 1966
13	The Marbleheads, Part 1	Sep 24, 1966
14	The Marbleheads, Part 2	Sep 24, 1966
15	The Marbleheads, Part 3	Oct 1, 1966
16	The Marbleheads, Part 4	Oct 1, 1966
17	Simon Says, Be my Valentine, Part 1	Oct 8, 1966
18	Simon Says 'Be My Valentine', Part 2	Oct 8, 1966
19	Simon Says 'Be My Valentine', Part 3	Oct 15, 1966
20	Simon Says 'Be My Valentine', Part 4	Oct 15, 1966
21	Round and Round, Pt 1	Oct 22, 1966
22	Round and Round, Pt 2	Oct 22, 1966
23	Round and Round, Pt 3	Oct 29, 1966
24	Round and Round, Pt 4	Oct 29, 1966
25	A New Villain, Part 1	Nov 5, 1966
26	A New Villain, Part 2	Nov 5, 1966
27	A New Villain, Part 3	Nov 12, 1966
28	A New Villain, Part 4	Nov 12, 1966
29	Batty Man, Part 1	Nov 19, 1966
30	Batty Man, Part 2	Nov 19, 1966
31	Batty Man, Part 3	Nov 26, 1966
32	Batty Man, Part 4	Nov 26, 1966
33	The Vacuum Gun, Part 1	Dec 3, 1966
34	The Vacuum Gun, Part 2	Dec 3, 1966
35	The Vacuum Gun, Part 3	Dec 10, 1966
36	The Vacuum Gun, Part 4	Dec 10, 1966
37	Phoney Booths, Part 1	Sep 4, 1965
38	Phoney Booths, Part 2	Sep 4, 1965
39	Phoney Booths, Part 3	Sep 11, 1965
40	Phoney Booths, Part 4	Sep 11, 1965

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Wally Cox

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