Super Adventure Team is an American comedy series shown on the cable television network MTV in 1998. The show is a superhero satire series using puppetry, in the style of Thunderbirds (TV series) and Team America: World Police.[2][3]
| Super Adventure Team | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Satire, puppetry |
| Created by | Dana Gould, Robert Cohen |
| Composer | Eban Schletter[1] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | MTV |
| Release | June 23 – August 27, 1998 |
History
The show's co-creators, Rob Cohen and Dana Gould, met when writing for The Ben Stiller Show. The show debuted in July 1998 with a six-episode run.[4]
The marionettes were voiced by comedians popular at the time – using aliases:
- Talia Criswell was played by Karen Kilgariff – stage name Barbara St. Bill
- Benton Criswell was played by Paul F. Tompkins – stage name Francis Mt. Pleasant
- Chief Engineer Head was played by creator Dana Gould[5] – stage name Benjamin Venom
- Major Landon West was played by Daran Norris – stage name James Penrod
- Colonel Buck Murdock was played by Wally Wingert – stage name Grant W. Wyllie
The plot centered around an allegedly effective disaster Incident response team bogged down with their own internal squabbles.[2][3]
Keith Marder of the Los Angeles Daily News gave the show a positive review, saying that the use of puppetry gave the show an original look. He also thought that the show's comedy had the potential to make it a cult classic.[6]
