BAILEY'S COMETS

( DePatie- Freleng Enterprises / CBS-TV / Sept. 9, 1973 through Aug. 31, 1975)

The Comets, a Roller Derby team led by Barnaby Bailey, travel the world competing in various events and also taking part in a treasure hunt style quest to win a million dollars.

Their opponents include "The Black Hats", "The Broomer Girls", "The Cosmic Rays", "The Dr. Jekylls/Mr. Hydes", "The Duster Busters", "The Gargantuan Giants", "The Gusta Pastas", "The Hairy Madden Red Eyes", "The Mystery Mob", "The Ramblin' Rivets", "The Rock N Rollers", "The Roller Bears", "The Roller Coasters", "The Stone Rollers", "The Texas Flycats", and "The Yo-Ho-Hos".

The competitors criss-cross the world, from England to Australia, from Japan to Romania, from Hungary to Holland - and more! The races are excitedly described by Gabby the Reporter, in a helicopter piloted by Dooter Roo, who follow the adventures of BAILEY'S COMETS as the team somehow manages to get into troublesome tangles with colorful characters in the exotic locales.

Each cartoon ends with one of the skating teams finding the rhyming clues revealing the next destination.

The series was created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. It consisted of 16 half-hours (2 episodes per show).

Episode Titles: 

Skateroo to the Carlsbad Clue!	To Win or Toulouse
Rahja and Out	Ghost of a Clue
Heading Home	Roman Race Run
Transylvania Mad Transit	Philippine Flip Flop
Space Race	Slow 'n' Go to Tokyo
Lochness Mess	Deep Blue Clue
South American Slip Up	Goldfever Goof Up
A Kooky Clue and a Mummy Too	Kenya Catch That Clue
An Abominable Clue	Madagascar Mix-Up
Bear Blunder Down Under	Trans Turkey Fowl Up
Amazon Jungle Bungle	Swiss Swap Switch
Hawaii Five Uh Oh	Heidelberg Robot Hang Up
Netherland Bouble Trouble	Too Strong for Hong Kong
A Doggone Danish Clue	Hungarian Cluelosh
Gobi Desert Goof Up	Sargaso Sea You Later
Fast Lap in Lapland	What's Buzzin' Canadian Cousin

CREDITS:

• Created for Television by:
  David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng
  In Association with:
  Ken Spears and Joe Ruby
  
• Writers:
  Dalton Sandifer, John W. Dunn, Larz Bourne
  
• Animation Director:
  Bob McKimson, Sid Marcus
  
• Storyboard Directors:
  Art Leonardi, Cullen Houghtaling
  
• Layout Supervison and Design:
  Cullen Houghtaling
  
• Layouts:
  Martin Studler, Owen Fitzgerald, Bob Givens, Glenn Schmitz, Ric Bonzales, Dick Ung
  
• Animation:
  Don Williams, Bill Carney, Ken Muse, Norm McCabe, Bob Richardson, Bill Ackerman, John Gibbs, Ken Walker, Bob Matz, John Freeman, Reuben Timmins, Bob Kirk, Bob Bemiller
  
• Background Supervised by:
  Richard H. Thomas, Mary O'Loughlin
  
• Ink and Paint Supervision:
  Gertrude Timmins
  
• Xerography:
  Paul B. Strickland
  
• Film Editing Supervised by:
  Rick Steward
  
• Film Editors:
  Joe Siracusa, Jim Blodgett, Allan R. Potter
  
• Voice Talents of:
  Carl Esser as Barnaby Bailey
  Karen Smith as Candy
  Sarah Kennedy as Bunny
  Daws Butler as Dooter Roo 
  Don Messick as Gabby
  Bob Holt as Dude
  Kathi Gori as Sarge
  Jim Begg as Wheeler
  Frank Welker as Pudge
  
• Title Design by:
  Arthur Leonardi
  
• Music by:
  Doug Goodwin
  
• Music Score Conducted by:
  Eric Rogers
  
• Title Song Sung by:
  "Every Thing Under The Sun"
  
• In Charge of Production:
  Lee Gunther
  
• Camera:
  Ray Lee, Larry Hogan, John Burton, Jr.
  
• Production Mixer:
  Steve Orr
  
• Sound by Producer's Sound Service, Inc.
  
• Copyright © MCMLXXIII DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Inc.
  
• Associate Producers:
  Joe Ruby and Ken Spears
  
• Produced by:
  David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng
  
• DFE Films
  
• A DePatie-Freleng Production

Watch the opening to Bailey's Comets That I posted on YouTube

Watch the closing to Bailey's Comets That I posted on YouTube

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