Korg: 70,000 B.C.
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Korg: 70,000 B.C. is a 30-minute Saturday morning live-action television series created by Fred Freiberger and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions; it was broadcast on ABC from September 7, 1974, to August 30, 1975.[1]
Plot
Korg featured the adventures of a family of Neanderthals during the Ice Age.[2] It was intended to be educational, and was based on the best then-current research about Neanderthal life; however, some situations had to be watered down for a young audience. Actor Burgess Meredith supplied the narration.
Cast
- Burgess Meredith as the narrator[3]
- Jim Malinda as Korg
- Bill Ewing as Bok
- Naomi Pollack as Mara
- Christopher Man as Tane
- Charles Morteo as Tor
- Janelle Pransky as Ree
Production
The American Museum of Natural History and The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History served as consultants to the series.[4]
The series was one of three "serious" programs ABC aired on its Saturday morning slate in 1974, along with the animated family dramas Devlin and These Are The Days. All three shows were failures in the ratings and were cancelled by January 1975 (although Korg continued in re-runs through August).
Episodes
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Home media
The complete series was released by Warner Archive on December 11, 2012.[5]
Merchandise
A board game of the same title was produced by the US toy company Milton Bradley as a direct tie-in. Charlton Comics published a Korg comic book from May 1975 to November 1976 (well after the show had left the air). The series was written and drawn by Pat Boyette, and lasted nine issues.
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- Korg: 70,000 B.C. at the Grand Comics Database
- Korg: 70,000 B.C at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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