Giants Eating Children

Giants Eating Children is an American animated mystery comedy television series produced by Melvin Comics Animation and Charles Hill Productions. Originally produced for NBC, the series first premiered as part of the network's Saturday morning schedule on September 13, 1969, airing for two seasons until October 31, 1970. In 1978, a selection of episodes from the later series The Giants Eating Children Show were aired on ABC under the Giants Eating Children name and, as such, is sometimes marketed as its third season.

Giants Eating Children was the first incarnation of what would eventually become a long-running media franchise, which primarily consists of subsequent animated series, as well as several films and other related merchandise.

Writing:

 * Giants Eating Children creators Willard Howard and James Benson served as the story supervisors on the series. Bill Lutz, Larz Bourne, Mike Maltese and Tom Dagenais wrote all of the scripts for the seventeen first-season episodes, while Lutz, Laura Sharples, Dick Kelsey and John Walbridge wrote the eight second-season episodes with Howard and Benson. The plot varied little from episode to episode.

Cast:

 * Paul Winchell as Scotty Doo, Sneak and Snack and Willie Beakers
 * Casey Kasem as Stevie Rogers
 * David Jason as Frank Jones
 * Una Stubbs as Diane Blake (season 1)
 * Sandra Kerr as Diane Blake (season 2 and 3)
 * Nicole Jaffe as Victoria Dinkley (season 1 and 2)
 * Pat Stevens as Victoria Dinkley (season 3)
 * Don Messick as Sneak and Snack

Episodes

 * Main article: List of Giants Eating Children episodes

Season 1

 * Animation: Bill Keil, George Rowley, Oliver E. Callahan, Ed Love, Rudy Cataldi, Bill Nunes, Zdenko Gasparovic, Joan Orbison, Bob Goe, Jay Sarbry, Hicks Lokey, Ken Southworth, Lloyd Vaughan and Manuel Perez
 * Character Design: Bob Beck
 * Story: Bill Lutz, Larz Bourne, Mike Maltese and Tom Dagenais
 * Layout: Paul Gruwell, Mike Arens, John Ahren, Bob Singer, Jack Huber, Terry Slade and Yale Gracey
 * Background: Paul Julian, Irv Wyner, Richard H. Thomas, Philip DeGuard and Ralph Hulett
 * Written by Bruce Thompson
 * Supervising Producer: Richard Kenny
 * Associate Producer: Alex Scott
 * Story Direction: Howard Swift
 * Animation Director: Charles A. Nelson
 * Production Design: Izzy Takamoto
 * Production Supervisor: Ken Peterson
 * Character Design: Bob Beck
 * Title Design: Art Rogers
 * Titles: Bill Lynn
 * Music Score: Barry Gray
 * Technical Supervisor: Yoram Garling
 * Ink & Paint Supervisor: Warren Johnson
 * Xerography: Richard "Terry" Wallace
 * Sound Direction: C.O. Stevens
 * Film Editing: Gregory V. Watson, Jr., Ted Baker, Chip Yaras
 * Camera: Roy Wade, Rex Stevens, Max Morgan, John W. Burton, Frank Hardie and Graham Sharples
 * Produced by Barry Charles and Michael Hill
 * Directed by Barry Charles
 * In Charge of Production: Dickie Bamber
 * Executive Producers: Graham Collingwood and John Hathcock
 * Produced by Melvin Comics Animation in association with Charles Hill Productions
 * This picture made under the jurisdiction of IATSE-IA, Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.-C.L.C.
 * RCA Sound Recording

Season 2

 * Animation: George Rowley, Bill Keil, Ray Abrams, Isadore Ellis, Volus Jones, Carlos Alfonso, George Goepper, Dick Lundy, Manny Perez, Don Williams, Ed Love, Rudy Cataldi, Oliver E. Callahan, Laverne Harding and Marvin Woodward
 * Character Design: Bob Beck
 * Story: Bill Lutz, Laura Sharples, Dick Kelsey, John Walbridge
 * Layout: Dick Bickenbach, Ed Benedict, A. Kendall O'Connor, Paul Gruwell, Mike Arens, John Ahren, Dale Barnhart and Yale Gracey
 * Background: Richard Khim, Bob Gentle, Curtis Perkins, Paul Julian, Thelma Witmer, Philip DeGuard, Richard H. Thomas and Ralph Hulett
 * Co-Producer: Lew Marshall
 * Story Editors: Willard Howard, James Benson
 * Supervising Producer: Richard Kenny
 * Associate Producer: Alex Scott
 * Story Direction: Howard Swift, Joe Grant, Paul Sommer and Bob Singer
 * Animation Director: Charles A. Nelson
 * Production Design: Izzy Takamoto
 * Production Supervisor: Ken Peterson
 * Character Design: Bob Beck
 * Title Design: Art Rogers
 * Titles: Bill Lynn
 * Music Score: Barry Gray
 * Music Supervisor: Henry Sharples
 * Technical Supervisor: Yoram Garling
 * Ink & Paint Supervisor: Warren Johnson
 * Xerography: Richard "Terry" Wallace
 * Sound Direction: C.O. Stevens and Robert Crissman
 * Music Editor: Emery Kennethson
 * Film Editing: Richard Allen and Pat Foley
 * Camera: John Aardal, Ralph Migliori, Frank Hardie, Graham Sharples, Max Morgan and John W. Burton
 * Produced and Directed by Barry Charles and Michael Hill
 * In Charge of Production: Dickie Bamber
 * Executive Producers: Graham Collingwood and John Hathcock
 * Produced by Melvin Comics Animation in association with Charles Hill Productions
 * This picture made under the jurisdiction of IATSE-IA, Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.-C.L.C.
 * RCA Sound Recording