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15 Episodes of Crusader Rabbit VS the Pirates Animated Series
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Until the debut of the series, cartoons on TV had originally been produced as
cinema shorts. Despite the name of the character and his appearance as a
horse-riding knight-in-armor in the title sequence, the series had nothing to do
with religious crusades, but were very short, usually satirical, episodic
adventures in the form of the familiar movie serial, with a cliffhanger ending
to each episode. The original run had very limited animation, at times appearing almost as a series of narrated storyboards with frequent cuts and minor movement of the characters. This was due to the extremely small budget producers Jay Ward and Alex Anderson had to film the series. The series was originally syndicated from 1950 to 1951, lasting 195 episodes (ten "crusades"), and was re-aired for many years. It featured a brave Crusader Rabbit, his pal Ragland T. Tiger (Rags), and their occasional nemesis, Dudley Nightshade (sometimes called Ill-regard Beauregard in various episodes). Rags's name was a play on the jazz tune, Tiger Rag, while Dudley's was a play on the poisonous plant, "deadly nightshade". |
