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The Super Globetrotters

The Super Globetrotters

19797.81 Season13 EpisodesEnded

Overview

It’s true—to the public at large they are the clown princes of the parquet, the internationally renowned sports superstars The Globetrotters. But, unbeknownst to John and Jane Q. Sportsfan, high above the Earth orbits the Globetrotter Crime Globe, a different kind of "eye in the sky." Whenever and wherever the Crime Globe detects dastardly doings, the call goes out to the Globetrotters—Nate Branch, Liquid Man, Freddie 'Curly' Neal, Super Sphere, James 'Twiggy' Sanders, Spaghetti Man, Louis 'Sweet Lou' Dunbar, Gizmo, and Hubert 'Geese' Ausbie, and Multi Man—and they quickly ditch the b-ball court for crime-fighting.

Produced by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
NetworksNBC

Top Cast

Buster Jones

Buster Jones

James 'Twiggy' Sanders / Spaghetti Man (voice)

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

Nate Branch / Liquid Man (voice)

Adam Wade

Adam Wade

Louis 'Sweet Lou' Dunbar / Gizmo (voice)

Johnny Williams

Johnny Williams

Hubert 'Geese' Ausbie / Multi Man (voice)

S

Stu Gilliam

Freddie 'Curly' Neal / Super Sphere (voice)

Frank Welker

Frank Welker

Crime Globe (voice)

Michael Rye

Michael Rye

Narrator (voice)

Themes & Keywords

superhero

About The Super Globetrotters

The Super Globetrotters is a family, animation series that first aired in 1979 exploring themes of superhero. it stars Buster Jones, Scatman Crothers, Adam Wade. It’s true—to the public at large they are the clown princes of the parquet, the internationally renowned sports superstars The Globetrotters. But, unbeknownst to John and Jane Q. Sportsfan, high above the Earth orbits the Globetrotter Crime Globe, a different kind of "eye in the sky." Whenever and wherever the Crime Globe detects dastardly doings, the call goes out to the Globetrotters—Nate Branch, Liquid Man, Freddie 'Curly' Neal, Super Sphere, James 'Twiggy' Sanders, Spaghetti Man, Louis 'Sweet Lou' Dunbar, Gizmo, and Hubert 'Geese' Ausbie, and Multi Man—and they quickly ditch the b-ball court for crime-fighting.

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