Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt

*Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt*
Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt
Directed by	Joseph Barbera ; William Hanna ; Rudy Cataldi ; Reuben Timmins ; Edwin Rehberg ; Amby Paliwoda ; Sid Marcus ; Harvey Toombs
Voices of	Dal McKennon ; Tim Matheson ; Mel Blanc
Theme music composer	Ted Nichols
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	35 (103 segments)
Production
Executive producer	Sam Singer
Producers	James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff (for American International); Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
Running time	5 minutes
Production companies	American International Pictures; Hanna-Barbera Productions ;
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 11, 1965 –; May 28, 1966

Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt is a series of five-minute cartoons that originally aired in first-run syndication between 1965 and 1966. The first series, The Adventures of Sinbad, Jr.,^[1] was produced by the American International Television division of American International Pictures. Hanna-Barbera took over production and changed the title to Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt. These cartoons were shown during local children's television programming.^[2]

Synopsis

Sinbad Jr. (voiced by Dal McKennon in the American International cartoons and by Tim Matheson in the Hanna-Barbera cartoons) is the teenage son of Sinbad, the famous sailor. He travels around the world in his sailboat along with his parrot friend Salty (voiced by Mel Blanc in the Hanna-Barbera shorts), seeking adventure and wrongs to the right, fighting such villains as the Bluto-like Blubbo and the mad doctor Rotcoddam ("mad doctor" spelled backwards).

Sinbad Jr. gains the strength of 50 men whenever he tightens his magic belt, causing the diamond-shaped buckle to flash like lightning and temporarily transform him into a mighty muscleman.

Production

The series was conceived by Sam Singer's Trans Artists Productions in 1960, with Dal McKennon voicing the title role.^[3] The Singer studio produced the initial episodes.^[4] American International Pictures (AIP), which had released the film The Magic Voyage of Sinbad, held rights to the "Sinbad" trademark for screen works, and distributed Singer's cartoons to television.

When Singer dropped out, AIP negotiated an agreement under which Hanna-Barbera would produce the remainder of the series, with Tim Matheson replacing McKennon. The syndicated package contained episodes produced by both studios.^[4]

Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt premiered in first-run syndication on September 11, 1965.^[5] The 103 five-minute shorts aired first-run through 1966^[6] within children's television programming.^[5]

The series has since been renamed Sinbad Jr., the Sailor, out of deference to the 1962 Toei Studios feature-length cartoon Adventures of Sinbad. MGM's subsidiary Orion Pictures (whose holdings include the AIP library) later acquired the rights to the series.

Theme music

The cartoon's theme song, composed by Johnny Holiday, is a variation on the children's song "Sailing, Sailing (Over the Bounding Main)" that was written in 1880 by Godfrey Marks, a pseudonym of British organist and composer James Frederick Swift (1847–1931).^[7]^[8]^[9] A later version of the theme song, composed by Ted Nichols, has a jazzier beat.^[10]

Episodes

Each daily package consisted of three five-minute cartoons.

Nº	Titles	Air date
1	"Dragon Drubbers / Rock Around the Roc / Ronstermon"	September 11, 1965 (1965-09-11)
2	"Captain Sly / Caveman Daze / Circus Hi-Jinks"	September 18, 1965 (1965-09-18)
3	"Look Out, Lookout / Typical Bad Night / Woodchopper Stopper"	September 25, 1965 (1965-09-25)
4	"Arabian Knights / Moon Madness / Sizemograph Laugh"	October 2, 1965 (1965-10-02)
5	"Big Belt Bungle / Jack & the Giant / Turnabout is Foul Play"	October 9, 1965 (1965-10-09)
6	"Elephant on Ice / Jekyll and Hyde / Kooky Spooky"	October 16, 1965 (1965-10-16)
7	"Belted About / Big Deal Seal / The Gold Must Go Through"	October 23, 1965 (1965-10-23)
8	"Belt, Buckle & Boom / Birdnapper / Tiny Tenniputians"	October 30, 1965 (1965-10-30)
9	"Big Bully Blubbo Behaves / Sinbad and the Moon Rocket / The Menace of Venice"	November 6, 1965 (1965-11-06)
10	"Bat Brain / Invisible Villain / Sad Gladiator"	November 13, 1965 (1965-11-13)
11	"Hypnotized Guys / Sizemodoodle Poodle / The Adventures of Abou Ben Blubbo"	November 20, 1965 (1965-11-20)
12	"Faces from Space / Mad Mad Movies / The Truth Hurts"	November 27, 1965 (1965-11-27)
13	"Bird God / Evil Wizard"	December 4, 1965 (1965-12-04)
14	"Boat Race Ace / Knight Fright / My Fair Mermaid"	December 11, 1965 (1965-12-11)
15	"Sea Going Penguin / Sinbad Jr. & the Mighty Magnet / The Adventure of Frozen Fracas"	December 18, 1965 (1965-12-18)
16	"Tin Can Man / Vulture Culture / Wild Wax Works"	December 25, 1965 (1965-12-25)
17	"Irish Stew / Sinbad Jr. & the Counterfeiters / Sea Horse Laughs"	January 8, 1966 (1966-01-08)
18	"Hot Rod Salty / Sunken Treasure / Dodo A Go Go"	January 15, 1966 (1966-01-15)
19	"Gold Mine Muddle / Paleface Race / Surfboard Bully"	January 22, 1966 (1966-01-22)
20	"Magic Belt Factory / Ride'em Sinbad / Sinbad Jr. & the Master Weapon"	January 29, 1966 (1966-01-29)
21	"Fly By Knight / Rainmaker Fakers / Treasure of the Pyramids"	February 5, 1966 (1966-02-05)
22	"Killer Diller / Railroad Ruckus / Teahouse Louse"	February 12, 1966 (1966-02-12)
23	"Blubbo Goes Ape / Super Duper Duplicator / The Good Deed Steed"	February 19, 1966 (1966-02-19)
24	"Blubbo's Goose Goof / Hello Dolphin / The Monster Mosquito"	February 26, 1966 (1966-02-26)
25	"Cry Sheep / Sea Serpent Secret / Wacky Walrus"	March 5, 1966 (1966-03-05)
26	"Cookie Caper / Daze of Old / Way Out Manhunt"	March 12, 1966 (1966-03-12)
27	"Gaucho Blubbo / Claim Jumper / Space Beetles"	March 19, 1966 (1966-03-19)
28	"Dinosaur Horror / Kangaroo Kaper / Siesta Time"	April 9, 1966 (1966-04-09)
29	"Bull Antics / Jigsaw Phantom / Kidnapped"	April 23, 1966 (1966-04-23)
30	"Killer Tiger / Monkey Business / Out West"	April 26, 1966 (1966-04-26)
31	"Pirate Shark / Shake the Bottle / Sinbad Jr. & the Sun Wizard"	April 30, 1966 (1966-04-30)
32	"The Fire Dragon / Sinbad Jr. and the Flying Carpet / The Mummy"	May 7, 1966 (1966-05-07)
33	"The Pluto People Trap / The Tick Bird / The Wind Geni"	May 14, 1966 (1966-05-14)
34	"Web of Evil / Trap Happy Trapper / Whale of a Tale"	May 21, 1966 (1966-05-21)
35	"Wicked Whirlpool"	May 28, 1966 (1966-05-28)

References

↑ Sponsor, Nov. 30, 1964, p. 41.
↑ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. p. 258. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
↑ Radio Annual and Television Yearbook, Radio Daily Corp., 1960, p. 956.
1 2 Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 555–556. ISBN 978-1538103739.
1 2 Sinbad Jr. at Don Markstein's Toonopedia Archived^{[link removed]} from the original on June 4, 2017.
↑
- Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt^{[dead link]} at The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved on June 4, 2017.
↑ Studwell, William Emmett (1997). The Americana song reader. New York: Haworth Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7890-0150-4. OCLC 35298663.
↑ Bullock, Jack; Maiello, Anthony (1997). Belwin 21st Century Band Method, Level 2: Conductor. New York: Alfred Publishing. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-7692-0160-3. OCLC 44949067.
↑ muttley16 (June 11, 2008). "sinbad jr.-intro". Archived from the original on December 22, 2021 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ superherocartoonsite (January 13, 2009). "SINBAD JR. AND HIS MAGIC BELT Cartoon Intro". Archived from the original on December 22, 2021 – via YouTube.

External links

Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt at IMDb

[1] Sponsor, Nov. 30, 1964, p. 41.

[Woolery-2] Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. p. 258. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

[3] Radio Annual and Television Yearbook, Radio Daily Corp., 1960, p. 956.

[Perlmutter-4] 1 2 Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 555–556. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[toon-5] 1 2 Sinbad Jr. at Don Markstein's Toonopedia Archived^{[link removed]} from the original on June 4, 2017.

[bcdc-6] 
Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt^{[dead link]} at The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved on June 4, 2017.

[mwAaU] Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt^{[dead link]} at The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved on June 4, 2017.

[7] Studwell, William Emmett (1997). The Americana song reader. New York: Haworth Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7890-0150-4. OCLC 35298663.

[8] Bullock, Jack; Maiello, Anthony (1997). Belwin 21st Century Band Method, Level 2: Conductor. New York: Alfred Publishing. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-7692-0160-3. OCLC 44949067.

[9] uttley16 (June 11, 2008). "sinbad jr.-intro". Archived from the original on December 22, 2021 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[10] superherocartoonsite (January 13, 2009). "SINBAD JR. AND HIS MAGIC BELT Cartoon Intro". Archived from the original on December 22, 2021 – via YouTube.

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One Thousand and One Nights
Films	Sinbad the Sailor (1935) Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936) Arabian Nights (1942) Sinbad the Sailor (1947) Son of Sinbad (1955) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) Sindbad ki Beti (1958) Captain Sindbad (1963) Sindbad Alibaba and Aladdin (1965) The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor (1974) Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989) Sinbad (1992) Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000) Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) soundtrack The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010) Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011) The Adventures of Sinbad (2013) Sinbad (film series) (2015–2016)
Plays	The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad (1964)
Television series	Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt (1965) Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures (1975) Alif Laila (1993–1997) The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (1996) The Adventures of Sinbad (1996) Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag (2004–2006) Sinbad (2012) Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (2012-2013) Magi: The Kingdom of Magic (2013-2014) Janbaaz Sindbad (2015–2016) Sindbad & the 7 Galaxies (2016) Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (2016)