The Glo Friends is the last component of My Little Pony & Friends to be discussed here. The series launched nine months after a Christmas special introduced viewers to a community of glow-in-the-dark insects. The personalities of some of these characters mirrored those of the Smurfs, well established at NBC. Some of the same voice actors worked on both shows, including Don Messick, Russi Taylor, and Frank Welker.
26 weekly installments of 15 minutes each were produced. That's all. The Christmas special, which we figure we'll have up in time for the holidays, featured a All in The Family mini-reunion with guests Carroll O'Connor and Sally Struthers.
For now, here's the intro.
I think part of the reason this was cancelled was because it was not only derivative of other Marvel-Hasbro entries such as MoonDreamers and Transformers, but I don't think I'm the only one who saw the comparisons to the Smurfs.
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