Diver Dan
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Diver Dan - Skippers Gold - Episode 4
As Diver Dan approaches the ship of Skipper Kipper, he sees and hears Skipper singing (Blow the Man Down). Skipper Kipper is also observed by Baron Barracuda and by Trigger Fish. The Baron asserts to Trigger that a sufficient reason for wanting the gold is that they will thus keep others from having it. At the place of Miss Minerva, she, Doc Sturgeon, Finley Haddock, Georgie Porgy, and Sam the Sawfish watch Goldie the Goldfish as she swims in and around her bowl. Doc proudly credits his prescription of gold dust with her cure. Finley suggests that a reserve of such ...
Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly to NBC affiliates) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. The shows were sometimes re-edited into half-hour (including commercials) blocks by local stations.
The series featured the adventures of a diver in an old-fashioned diving suit who talked to the passing fish. The series was filmed in live action with puppet fish; the underwater effect was achieved by shooting through an aquarium.
Production
Diver Dan debuted in 1960, the brainchild of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, cartoonist J. Anthony (John) Ferlaine, as a spinoff of his comic strip, Fish Tales. Ferlaine, who worked as an art director at Philadelphia's CBS affiliate WCAU-TV, produced two Fish Tales live-action marionette pilots. When CBS did not pick up the show, Ferlaine and promoter Martin Young partnered with Philadelphia producer Louis W. Kellman, who with his staff produced local TV spots and film shorts and filmed NFL football games. They produced the shorts over nine months and syndicated them.
In New York City, Diver Dan shorts ran as part of Felix & Diver Dan, a 30-minute children's show airing from January 4, 1960, to August 31, 1962, which also included Felix the Cat. In Chicago during the 1960s, Diver Dan was regularly shown on the WGN-TV show "Ray Rayner and His Friends" even though Rayner would frequently read on-air letters from children requesting that he get other cartoons.
Main cast
Allen Swift as the voices of many puppets, the unseen Captain Murphy and the narrator
2016. He performed in plays in Philadelphia and Broadway before Diver Dan. He made many Pall Mall and Budweiser commercials. In addition to acting Frank was a pioneer in sales of the cellphone, HBO cable TV company. He sold the first car cell phone in NYC for $20000.
Suzanne Turner as Miss Minerva, a mermaid, who referred to Diver Dan only as "the Diver" and shyly kept away from him.
Credits
Produced by: Louis W. Kellman
A Brian Cartoons, Inc. production in association with Young Productions, Inc.
Executive producer: Hal Tunis
Associate producer: Harvey Blake
Created by J. Anthony Ferlaine
Writers included: Joseph Bonaduce, Ron Ronszel
Puppeteers: Martin Kreiner, John Caracciolo, Harold Taylor, Alfred Sandstrom
Directors: Leon Rhodes, Mort Heilig
Production manager: Ben Berk
Cameraman: Morris Kellman
Script supervisor: Ruth Clyman
Editors: Arthur Spieller, Margot Mor
Sound: Jack Sky
Art director: Frank Heininger
Lighting: John Wynn
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Diver Dan - Shell-O-Phone - Episode 7
มุมมอง 4.1K8 ปีที่แล้ว
Baron Barracuda and Trigger Fish lurk near the ship of Skipper Kipper, waiting for him to leave so that they may steal its gold. Trigger expresses fearfulness; the Baron says that he does not want a trigger fish who is scared. Skipper, floating in a port-hole and singing, guards the gold. Unseen by the Baron and Trigger, Seabiscuit the Seahorse overhears their conversation, then swims away. At ...
Diver Dan - Riddle of the Hermit Crab - Episode 20
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Diver Dan, Finley and Skipper Kipper search for the Skipper's friend Horace, fearing he has run afoul of Baron Barracuda. The Hermit Crab agrees to help with their search, but his answer to Horace's whereabouts are in the form of a cryptic riddle. Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly to NB...
Diver Dan - School Daze - Episode 37
มุมมอง 9448 ปีที่แล้ว
Finley and Doc Sturgeon ask Diver Dan to be their tutor. The three go to the Hermit Crab for a lesson in underwater flora. Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly to NBC affiliates) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. The shows were sometimes re-edited into half-hour (including commercials)...
Diver Dan - Murder Ink - Episode 9
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The lair of Baron Barracuda is darkened with ink from the octopus. Finley Haddock frets as to how the shell-o-phone might be recovered, with the recovery party unable to see into the cave. Diver Dan sheaths his knife. Doc Sturgeon says that the prognosis is unpromising. Trigger Fish asks the Baron if he is still present. The Baron tells him to be quiet, and asserts that my secret weapon has bee...
Diver Dan - Lost in the Sargasso Sea - Episode 22
มุมมอง 1.3K8 ปีที่แล้ว
Diver Dan and Finley find Horace in the middle of the Sargasso Sea's thick seaweed bed. Baron Barracuda and Trigger have hidden all of the shells Dan used to mark his trail, and now the diver and the fish are lost in the kelp with little hope of escape. Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly...
Diver Dan - Horaces Dilemma - Episode 17
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Diver Dan attempts to persuade Horace to become the star attraction at an aquarium, since he is the last of his species in existence, while Finley and Skipper Kipper argue that Horace should stay in the ocean with the rest of his fish friends. Meanwhile Baron Barracuda, with his henchman Trigger's assistance, has broken out of jail. Dan, Horace, Finley and the Skipper immediately join the searc...
Diver Dan - Lost City - Episode 29
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Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly to NBC affiliates) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. The shows were sometimes re-edited into half-hour (including commercials) blocks by local stations. The series featured the adventures of a diver in an old-fashioned diving suit who talked to the ...
Diver Dan - Hard Water - Episode 1
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Diver Dan is perplexed when he hears voices at the bottom of the ocean. Meanwhile, Finley Haddock and Georgie Porgy find a frightened goldfish. Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly to NBC affiliates) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. The shows were sometimes re-edited into half-hour (i...
Diver Dan - Goldie s Heroism - Episode 25
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Diver Dan is trapped in an underground cave and his oxygen rapidly running out. He attracts the attention of Miss Minerva by tapping on the boulder blocking the entrance. Goldie, a tiny fish, volunteers to investigate but becomes trapped in the tiny crack between the cave and the open ocean. Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Br...
Diver Dan - Goldie the Goldfish - Episode 2
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Fish see Diver Dan for first time & think that he is a monster. Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly to NBC affiliates) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. The shows were sometimes re-edited into half-hour (including commercials) blocks by local stations. The series featured the adventur...
Diver Dan - Ghost is Clear - Episode 27
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Skipper Kipper is trapped in the brig of a sunken pirate ship and menaced by the ghost of the buccaneer captain. Meanwhile, Baron Barracuda and Trigger plan to use the Skipper as bait to spear Diver Dan with a harpoon gun. Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly to NBC affiliates) and distrib...
Diver Dan - The Storm - Episode 24
มุมมอง 1.5K8 ปีที่แล้ว
Diver Dan, Finley and Horace take refuge during a savage storm that rages across the floor of the ocean. Once the storm abates the trio follow the Sargasso Current to Teetering Rock, which marks the entrance to the seaweed bed. Dan and his friends return to the nearby cave to pick up the equipment the diver cached before entering the kelp jungle, they become trapped when Baron Barracuda and Tri...
Diver Dan - Current Flow - Episode 23
มุมมอง 8008 ปีที่แล้ว
Diver Dan, Finley and Horace are lost in the middle of the Sargasso Sea, a jungle of seaweed with no paths leading to safety. Finley asks Dan how he would find his way if he was lost on the ocean surface and the diver explains how he would use the compass or the North Star to guide his way. Horace suggest using the flow of the Sargasso current which is known to lead south. Just as the three fri...
Diver Dan - Captain Barney Episode - 28
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Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly to NBC affiliates) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. The shows were sometimes re-edited into half-hour (including commercials) blocks by local stations. The series featured the adventures of a diver in an old-fashioned diving suit who talked to the ...
Diver Dan - The Bubbling Pit - Episode 34
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Diver Dan - The Bubbling Pit - Episode 34
Diver Dan - The Bomb - Episode 33
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Diver Dan - The Bomb - Episode 33
Diver Dan - Bottomless Pit - Episode 10
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Diver Dan - Bottomless Pit - Episode 10
Diver Dan - Barons Capture - Episode 12
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Diver Dan - Barons Capture - Episode 12
Diver Dan - Teetering Rock - Episode 11
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Diver Dan - Teetering Rock - Episode 11
Diver Dan - An Unusual Treasure - Episode 13
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Diver Dan - An Unusual Treasure - Episode 13
Diver Dan - The Strange Fish - Episode 32
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Diver Dan - The Strange Fish - Episode 32
Diver Dan - Talking Fish - Episode 3
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Diver Dan - Talking Fish - Episode 3
Diver Dan - The Trap - Episode 18
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Diver Dan - The Trap - Episode 18
Diver Dan - The Trap is Sprung - Episode 19
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Diver Dan - The Trap is Sprung - Episode 19
Diver Dan - The Verdict - Episode 16
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Diver Dan - The Verdict - Episode 16
Diver Dan - The Volcano - Episode 35
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Diver Dan - The Volcano - Episode 35
Diver Dan - Triggers Revenge (Episode 14)
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Diver Dan - Triggers Revenge (Episode 14)
Diver Dan - Treasure Ship - Episode 5
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Diver Dan - Treasure Ship - Episode 5

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  • @hellwithya4896
    @hellwithya4896 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ol' Baron the Barracuda looks to be about 3 foot long or less. I recall when I was in scuba gear about 60 or 70 feet down a barracuda about 6 foot long followed me up the anchor line. I was sure he was gonna take a chunk outta me.

  • @user-ul3lx2sl1q
    @user-ul3lx2sl1q 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always liked trigger; he reminds me of prickle on Gumby.

  • @ThomasGidley-kv2uj
    @ThomasGidley-kv2uj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you.

  • @ThomasGidley-kv2uj
    @ThomasGidley-kv2uj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this. Thanks.

  • @ThomasGidley-kv2uj
    @ThomasGidley-kv2uj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great stuff. Thanks.

  • @ThomasGidley-kv2uj
    @ThomasGidley-kv2uj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is amazing. Thank you so much.

  • @ThomasGidley-kv2uj
    @ThomasGidley-kv2uj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are appreciated. Thanks for this.

  • @ThomasGidley-kv2uj
    @ThomasGidley-kv2uj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kid time memories thanks guys

  • @carolfraz588
    @carolfraz588 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brings back memories

  • @jbar19
    @jbar19 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is GREAT!!!!!!!

  • @marcocisneros6982
    @marcocisneros6982 ปีที่แล้ว

    I liked this show a lot as a little kid.

  • @rcrobertson9563
    @rcrobertson9563 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to watch Diver Dan every morning before school as a child in the 1960s

  • @arlen1630
    @arlen1630 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow i was in love with Minerva the Mermaid

  • @TheTruthResearchers
    @TheTruthResearchers ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much! This is the only TV Show that I watched when I was a Toddler, and I liked it alot! As a BabyvBoomer, watching this, all of these decades later, is very heartwarming and nostalgically sentimental💙

  • @KarenTotten-f7t
    @KarenTotten-f7t ปีที่แล้ว

    Someone told me long ago that all the diver dan reels were lost in a fire.???

  • @GJP1169
    @GJP1169 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watch this as a child I still think this show is strange

  • @hhairball9
    @hhairball9 ปีที่แล้ว

    My sister and I are in our 60s and we still refer to bad people as " Baron Barracuda " 😊

  • @coolzip683
    @coolzip683 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember Diver Dan on the Ray Rayner Show in Chicago in the 60's. Thank you for the memories.

    • @davidconnellchicago
      @davidconnellchicago 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Saw it on Ray Rayner too. For years I thought it was just my imagination then I saw this on TH-cam. Yep, this is it. Pretty funny. I was probably 3 or 4, 1966-67. Interesting time. Ray Rayner was awesome.

  • @tandyjen
    @tandyjen ปีที่แล้ว

    Skins!😂 Hey, lighten up! "Skins" is how many 1st Nation peeps sometimes refer to Themselves, so the aptness of this judgy remark is lost on you. & some NA children might have really appreciated that scoutfish...they watched westerns right along with the rest of the palefaces!

  • @richardranke3158
    @richardranke3158 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Here we go,Boss!" "Call me just plain Baron." "Okay, Just Plain Baron."

  • @markhoward8301
    @markhoward8301 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks from New Orleans I'm 70 this year and finding this hit a sweet feeling of the American that was...imagine now our children are forced into drag shows by their parents no less God help this country

  • @markstaub5250
    @markstaub5250 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yea, takes me back..

  • @francescaa8331
    @francescaa8331 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chicago area, early morning kids show hosted by Ray Rayner. Diver Dan and Stingray, a variety of cartoons.

  • @jeanellisenluhring370
    @jeanellisenluhring370 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember this Carol!!

  • @AnAmericanFan
    @AnAmericanFan ปีที่แล้ว

    Because of the woke dope movement of today, there would be thin skins that would complain about the scout fish.

    • @roberthill799
      @roberthill799 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or maybe just lunatics projecting fictional nonsense upon non-existent "movements".

    • @tandyjen
      @tandyjen ปีที่แล้ว

      see my comment up top, wch ought to have been posted here

  • @seanconlon2773
    @seanconlon2773 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is Georgie voiced by Arnold Stang, or someone doing a Stang imitation?

    • @richardranke3158
      @richardranke3158 ปีที่แล้ว

      Allen Swifft did all the fish voices in Diver Dan.

  • @michaellewter8671
    @michaellewter8671 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He moves among creatures Of frightening features: Flashing teeth, slashing jaws, Flapping fins, snapping claws! He protects and he saves His friends under the waves; That's where you'll find Diver Dan! The series opening and closing themes were written, performed, and sung by the show's sound engineer, Jack Sky, in a double tracked recorded voice.

  • @markherzog3435
    @markherzog3435 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How about an updated version...Diverse Dan

  • @Ladyd45002
    @Ladyd45002 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    For some reason I thought that she was younger and prettier than this but then I was just a child everything was beautiful then

  • @Ladyd45002
    @Ladyd45002 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay people listen up I finally found my childhood program that I used to watch I believe I was 3 or 4 years old I could never remember the name but I found it hip hip hooray that fish with a droopy eyes looks like Barney Fife hahaha

    • @SA-zf9ds
      @SA-zf9ds 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ha ha ha, me too! I remembered the name, song and mermaid. I think it came on after the cartoons on Saturday morning.

  • @cleanslate2004
    @cleanslate2004 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I barely remember it, but now that I've seen it here, it seems Sponge Bob is very similar. It had to be an influence tho it wasn't admitted.

  • @Rayman1971
    @Rayman1971 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Diver Dan is just hallucinating from nitrogen narcosis!!!

  • @whisky2roxy
    @whisky2roxy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bloody hell, Minerva was hot.

  • @dianeshutters7521
    @dianeshutters7521 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Last saw this when I was about 5 years old. No one I know had ever heard of it. The barracuda was sooo mean! Love seeing it again! We always wanted Minerva to meet Diver Dan.

  • @wallnut6666
    @wallnut6666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watched this show religiously as a child.

  • @bluehousse1
    @bluehousse1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great memories!! I fell in love with the sea watching this show and Sea Hunt! At age 68 I still am a "Mermaid"♥

  • @colleenhoover4327
    @colleenhoover4327 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved this show as a kid! My Dad used to watch it with me. He also watched Thunderbirds R Go with me too. Great memories.

  • @VIDEOHEREBOB
    @VIDEOHEREBOB 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A Classic! Yes! Love the gangster fish with the cigarette...lol!! Those were great days.

  • @johndirado7210
    @johndirado7210 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved this show. ❤️

  • @thetir0
    @thetir0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was thinking of the theme song one day and searched YT. Surprised that its here.

  • @frankkolton1780
    @frankkolton1780 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He must be down a couple of hundred feet because he is seriously narced (nitrogen narcosis). When the fish start talking to you and some lobster waves his claw at you and tells you to follow him, it's time to start heading up.

  • @nancygertler6168
    @nancygertler6168 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to watch this growing up in Missouri. Moved to NY in 1965 but never saw it here and didn’t know anyone who knew this show! I never forgot this song! I am ecstatic to see this again. Thank you for uploading!

    • @reedhoward5934
      @reedhoward5934 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm guessing you grew up in St. Louis

  • @timlabell
    @timlabell 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yea! Diver Dan. I was 7 yrs.old ect..very Kool

  • @kennethparker6590
    @kennethparker6590 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got to watch on the tv as a kid. The best!

  • @garyhiggins4039
    @garyhiggins4039 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool. Brings back lots of memories. Was actually very well done. Remember this scaring me quite a lot.

  • @gar6454
    @gar6454 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    They don’t make them like they use to

  • @gar6454
    @gar6454 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    They don’t make ‘‘em like they use too

  • @forrestmorgan3222
    @forrestmorgan3222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    America, was once so wonderful, we did not last long did we !

  • @forrestmorgan3222
    @forrestmorgan3222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    America, the Once Great, what happened?

  • @forrestmorgan3222
    @forrestmorgan3222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    America, was once beautiful, we did not last long.