Wonderbug
Information
Title:	Wonderbug
Format:	Live-action
Genres:	Children's
Running time:	15 min.
country:	USA
Network:	ABC
Seasons:	2
Episodes:	22
Production
Production company:	Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions
Executive producers:	Sid Krofft; Marty Krofft
Producers:	Al Schwartz; John Whitman
Principal cast:	David Levy; Carol Anne Seflinger; John-Anthony Bailey
Air dates
First aired:	September 11th, 1976
Last aired:	October 15th, 1977

Wonderbug is an American live-action children's series that aired on Saturday mornings from 1976 to 1977. It was part of the Krofft Supershow and aired in twenty-two 15-minute installments. The show was created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and starred David Levy as Barry Buntrock, Carol Anne Seflinger as Susan Talbot, and Jack Baker as C.C. McNamara. The real star of the series however was voice actor Frank Welker, who was the sound behind the wheel of Schlepcar - a rusty green dune buggy that could turn into a red flying superhero car with lips known as Wonderbug.

Episodes

Season One

Episode	Title	Airdate
1x01	Go West, Young Schlepcar	September 11th, 1976
1x02	Schlepnapped	September 18th, 1976
1x03	I Kidd You Not	September 25th, 1976
1x04	Keep on Schleppin	October 2nd, 1976
1x05	The Maltese Gooneybird	October 9th, 1976
1x06	The Big Bink Bank Bungle	October 16th, 1976
1x07	Wonderbug Express	October 23rd, 1976
1x08	Schlepfoot	October 30th, 1976
1x09	Schlep O'Clock Rock	November 9th, 1976
1x10	Anderson's Android	November 13th, 1976
1x11	14-Karat Wonderbug	November 20th, 1976
1x12	Horse Switched	November 27th, 1976
1x13	Schleppenstein	December 4th, 1976
1x14	No Foe Like a UFO	December 11th, 1976
1x15	The Not So Great Race	December 18th, 1976
1x16	Lights, Camera, Wonderbug!	December 25th, 1976

Season Two

Episode	Title	Airdate
2x01	The Big Game	September 10th, 1977
2x02	The Case of the Misfortune Cookie	September 17th, 1977
2x03	Dirty Larry, Crazy Barry	September 24th, 1977
2x04	Fish Story	October 1st, 1977
2x05	Incredible Shrinking Wonderbug	October 8th, 1977
2x06	Oil or Nothing	October 15th, 1977

Notes & Trivia

• Wonderbug was filmed in Hollywood, California.

• The series was set in California as evidenced by Schlepcar's personalized license plate, "SCHLEP".

• Actor Jack Baker was credited as John-Anthony Bailey in this series.

• The episode "Schleppenstein" was featured on a View Master reel as part of the Krofft Supershow series assortment.

• There are six episodes of the series with titles that are some variation of the name Schlepcar.

• Ideal Toy Company published a board game in 1977.

• Aladdin Industries produced a metal lunchbox in 1976.

• There was also a Wonderbug coloring book.

• Actor John-Anthony Bailey made a few appearances in shows like Happy Days and M*A*S*H* before becoming a pornographic actor.

• John-Anthony Bailey died of bladder cancer in Los Angeles, California on November 13th, 1994 at the age of 47.

• Actor David Levy would eventually become a psychologist and a professor of psychology at Pepperdine University.

• David Levy received an Emmy nomination in 1977 for his work on Wonderbug.

External Links

Wonderbug at IMDB Wonderbug at Wikipedia Wonderbug at ShareTV.org

Wonderbug at TV.com guide Wonderbug at TV Rage.com Wonderbug at Themoviedb.org

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