Saturday Morning's Forgotten Heroes: The Arabian Knights (1968)

Once again, we plumb the gold mine that is the Banana Splits Adventure Hour for Hanna-Barbera's last super-team of the 60's, the Arabian Knights.

 Here is the series opener, "The Joining of the Knights".

Sadly, the Knights' battle with Bakaar & Van-Gorr never reached its conclusion. Even though the series continued for a 2nd season, no new episodes would be made. In today's political climate, with all the unrest in the Middle East, it's unlikely that the Knights would be revived to finish the story without any radical alterations that would actually do more harm than good to the characters. I barely recall seeing the Knights when the series first aired (I was but a toddler at the time), but thanks to the Splits' syndication package in the 70's, I caught up and gained an appreciation for the series. Such escapist fare would be watered down for today's audiences.

Rating: A.