Charles August Nichols
Director
Rickety Rocket (1979)
Season 1
Rickety Rocket is an animated television series, produced by Ruby-Spears Productions, and ran from 1979 to 1980 as a segment on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show.
Released Sept. 22, 1979
Episode 23 min
None+
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Children, Comedy, Crime, Kids
Keywords: tmdb.future, tmdb.detective, tmdb.cartoon, tmdb.space, imdb.rocket, imdb.teenager, imdb.teenage-detective + 10 more, imdb.detective-agency, imdb.african-american-teenager, imdb.adolescent-protagonist, imdb.adolescent-detective, imdb.african-american-protagonist, imdb.far-future, imdb.future, imdb.african-americans, imdb.sentient-rocket, imdb.african-american-detective
Production Companies: Ruby-Spears Productions
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Case of the Zombie Monster
Our kids are called out to a derelict residential satellite where they meet an heiress, a riddle leading to a hidden fortune, and a monster that turns his victims into zombies. This is a classic - the butler did it!
Sept. 22, 1979, midnight
S1E2 - The Mysterious Robot Critic Caper
A series of mystifying thefts of museum collections has led our gang to a top-hatted robot who uses a matter transformer to reduce the stolen objects and store them in his cane. The robot-critic is merely a disguise, however, for a human crook!
Sept. 29, 1979, midnight
S1E3 - The Spaceship Caper
A pirate hi-jacks space-transports carrying gold shipments by the use of a laser-projected ""cosmic claw."" Our detectives follow the trail to a ski resort planet where they foil an attempt to fix a beauty contest and corner the villain in his mountain hideout.
Oct. 6, 1979, midnight
S1E4 - The Golden Crystal Caper
The far-out detective agency has to transport the priceless golden crystal of Mars to Hong Kong. En-route via the Astrorail, the Crystal is stolen by Lazer-Lips, a female jewel thief, who can project a laser beam from her lips that immobilizes anyone it touches. The recovery pursuit takes the kids through the factories, waterfront and seedy bars of futuristic Hong Kong.
Oct. 13, 1979, midnight
S1E5 - The Rickety Robbery
Oct. 20, 1979, midnight
S1E6 - The Alien Egg Caper
Oct. 27, 1979, midnight
S1E7 - The Super-Duper Race Case
Nov. 3, 1979, midnight
S1E8 - The Creepy Creature Caper
Nov. 10, 1979, midnight
S1E9 - The Mysterious Serious Circus Caper
Nov. 17, 1979, midnight
S1E10 - The Mad Mummy Mystery
Nov. 24, 1979, midnight
S1E11 - The Count Draculon Caper
Dec. 1, 1979, midnight
S1E12 - The Horrible Headless Horseman Caper
Dec. 8, 1979, midnight
S1E13 - The Case of the Fearsome Phantom
Dec. 15, 1979, midnight
S1E14 - Mysterious Warnings of Doom
Dec. 22, 1979, midnight
S1E15 - The Vicious Voodoo Villain
Nov. 29, 1979, midnight
S1E16 - The Deep Sea Demon Caper
A valuable cargo of gold lies submerged in a space-liner off the coast of Greece. Our kids race to the scene to aid the Salvage Company who is prevented from recovering the cargo by a giant sea monster!
Jan. 5, 1980, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 23 min.
Season Runtime: 23 min.
Released: Sept. 22, 1979
Last Air Date: Jan. 5, 1980, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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