Snorks
Series, 1984, The mid '80s, Set in Snorkland
Snorks is #7 of 16 in release order and #7 of 16 in chronological order in the NBC Saturday Morning Cartoons.
The story
The Snorks is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera which ran on NBC from September 15, 1984, to May 13, 1989. Although not as popular as the animated series The Smurfs, the program continued to be available in syndication from 1986 to 1989 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera's 3rd season, on USA Network in the late-1980s and early-1990s, on the BBC in the late 1990s, and from 2009–2011 and again from 2012–Present on Boomerang.
Snorks recap
Snorks (1984) follows small, colourful sea creatures who zip around the undersea realm of Snorkland using the snorkels on their heads. Nic Broca created the characters, and Hanna-Barbera produced the series with SEPP International. Allstar Seaworthy (Michael Bell), son of the inventor Dr. Galeo Seaworthy, is the adventurous lead, with his girlfriend Casey Kelp (B. J. Ward), Daffney Gillfin (Nancy Cartwright), Tooter Shelby (Frank Welker), who speaks by tooting his snorkel, and the bumbling Dimmy Finster (Brian Cummings). Junior Wetworth (Barry Gordon), the spoiled son of Governor Wellington Wetworth, is their rival, and Allstar's pet octopus, Occy, once belonged to Junior. Stories involve sea monsters, inventions and run-ins with the human world above, which the Snorks call dry space. NBC aired the first two seasons from September 15, 1984; seasons 3 and 4 moved to syndication from 1987 to 1989 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. The series has a pilot and four seasons of 65 episodes: 13, 10, 13 and 29.
Snorks ending explained
Snorks ends with "My Dinner with Allstar", aired March 15, 1989, in which Allstar and Bigweed get lost in a distant part of the ocean and must work together to escape while a magic genie complicates things. It is a regular episode, not a finale. A few weeks earlier, "The Day They Fixed Junior Wetworth" gave Junior his last speaking role, and "Wish or Wish Out" was Occy's final appearance. No new Snorks series has followed.
Ratings
IMDb 6.4/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Mister T, before Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears.
- Chronological order: after Mister T, before Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears.
Cast
- Michael Bell as Allstar Seaworthy/ Bigweed/Elder #4
- B.J. Ward as Casey Kelp/ Lil' Seaweed
- Frank Welker as Tooter Shelby/ Occy/ Grandpa Wetworth/ Great Snork Nork/ Finneus
- Nancy Cartwright as Daffney Gilphin
- Barry Gordon as Junior Wetworth/ Governor Wetworth
- Edie McClurg as Ms. Seabottom/ Mrs. Seaworthy
- Clive Revill as Dr. Galeo Seaworthy (voice)
- Fredricka Weber as Willie Wetworth
- Gail Matthius as Smallstar Seaworthy
- Rob Paulsen as Corky
- Roger DeWitt as Jo-Jo
- René Auberjonois as Dr. Strangesnork
Created by Nic Broca.