Goldie Gold & Action Jack take to the sky to cut down an air pirate known as Skyhawk (John Stephenson) in "Pirate of The Airways".
Unfortunately, viewers turned away from this show, just as they did with Spider-Woman two years earlier, unwilling to support a cartoon with a female lead. Had this been at Hanna-Barbera, instead of at sister studio Ruby-Spears (which had been bought out by Taft Broadcasting the year this aired), maybe Goldie meets and teams with Richie Rich?
Rating: B.
2 comments:
When I was a kid I liked GG & Action Jack! I thought it was a fun premise (if a little out there) and I never had a problem with a girl as a cartoon lead. It's not as if they never existed prior to 1981. These two were "Moonlighting" before "Moonlighting" debuted (on the same network mind you)! There were times it reminded me of Richie Rich plus generic mystery solver cartoon (pick any one) and a bit of Superfriends/superhero adventure shows.
I still think the show/premise could be rebooted. It definitely deserves another shot.
Unfortunately, it's filed under "ahead of its time".
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