Korg: 70,000 B.C.

*Korg: 70,000 B.C.*
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
	Complete Series DVD cover
Genre	Adventure; Prehistoric fiction
Created by	Fred Freiberger
Directed by	Irving J. Moore; Christian Nyby
Starring	Jim Malinda; Bill Ewing; Naomi Pollack; Christopher Man
Narrated by	Burgess Meredith
Theme music composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	19
Production
Executive producers	Joseph Barbera; William Hanna
Producers	Fred Freiberger; Dick O'Connor
Editor	Warner E. Leighton
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 7, 1974 –; August 30, 1975

Korg: 70,000 B.C. is a 30-minute Saturday morning live-action television series created by Fred Freiberger and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions; it was broadcast on ABC from September 7, 1974, to August 30, 1975.^[1]

Plot

Korg featured the adventures of a family of Neanderthals during the Ice Age.^[2] It was intended to be educational, and was based on the best then-current research about Neanderthal life; however, some situations had to be watered down for a young audience. Actor Burgess Meredith supplied the narration.

Cast

Burgess Meredith as the narrator^[3]
Jim Malinda as Korg
Bill Ewing as Bok
Naomi Pollack as Mara
Christopher Man as Tane
Charles Morteo as Tor
Janelle Pransky as Ree

Production

The American Museum of Natural History and The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History served as consultants to the series.^[4]

The series was one of three "serious" programs ABC aired on its Saturday morning slate in 1974, along with the animated family dramas Devlin and These Are The Days. All three shows were failures in the ratings and were cancelled by January 1975 (although Korg continued in re-runs through August).

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"The Blind Hunter"	September 7, 1974 (1974-09-07)
2	"The Exile"	September 14, 1974 (1974-09-14)
3	"The Big Water"	September 21, 1974 (1974-09-21)
4	"The Eclipse of the Sun"	September 28, 1974 (1974-09-28)
5	"Trapped"	October 5, 1974 (1974-10-05)
6	"The Story of Lumi"	October 12, 1974 (1974-10-12)
7	"The Running Fight"	October 19, 1974 (1974-10-19)
8	"The Beach People"	October 26, 1974 (1974-10-26)
9	"The Ancient One"	November 2, 1974 (1974-11-02)
10	"Tor's First Hunt"	November 9, 1974 (1974-11-09)
11	"Magic Claws"	November 16, 1974 (1974-11-16)
12	"The Hill People"	November 23, 1974 (1974-11-23)
13	"The River"	November 30, 1974 (1974-11-30)
14	"The Web"	December 7, 1974 (1974-12-07)
15	"The Picture Maker"	December 14, 1974 (1974-12-14)
16	"Ree and the Wolf"	December 21, 1974 (1974-12-21)
17	"Bok Loses Courage"	December 28, 1974 (1974-12-28)
18	"Moving Rock"	January 4, 1975 (1975-01-04)
19	"The Guide"	January 18, 1975 (1975-01-18)

Home media

The complete series was released by Warner Archive on December 11, 2012.^[5]

Merchandise

A board game of the same title was produced by the US toy company Milton Bradley as a direct tie-in. Charlton Comics published a Korg comic book from May 1975 to November 1976 (well after the show had left the air). The series was written and drawn by Pat Boyette, and lasted nine issues.

References

^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 252. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 260. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television as The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II as Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 266–267. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
^ TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Noble. 2004. pp. 351. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
^ Lambert, David (November 16, 2012). "Korg: 70,000 B.C. - 'The Complete Series' of the Live-Action Saturday Morning Show". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.

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[Daytime-1] Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 252. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

[2] Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 260. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

[Woolery-3] Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television as The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II as Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 266–267. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.

[4] TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Noble. 2004. pp. 351. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.

[5] Lambert, David (November 16, 2012). "Korg: 70,000 B.C. - 'The Complete Series' of the Live-Action Saturday Morning Show". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.

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