The Biskitts
Genre	Animation Children's
Voices of	Bob Holt Peter Cullen Henry Gibson Kenneth Mars B.J. Ward Marshall Efron Dick Beals Kip King Jerry Houser Kathleen Helppie Darryl Hickman Jennifer Darling Frank Welker
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Joseph Barbera William Hanna
Producer(s)	Art Scott
Running time	30 mins
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 17, 1983 – September 8, 1984

The Biskitts is an animated cartoon TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1983 to 1984 and aired on CBS.

The Biskitts lasted for only one season. "Shirt Tales" replaced "The Biskitts" time slot on the following 1984-85 Saturday Morning season. But "The Biskitts" returned to that same time slot in March 1985 but only aired reruns in the remainder of that season.

Following the series retirement from CBS, like many other cartoons, it was acquired by the Armed Forces Network and shown throughout much of the 1980s, mainly as entertainment for children of deployed American servicemen in Asia and Europe.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Episode list 3 DVD release 4 Voice cast 5 Children's book 6 External links

[edit] Plot

The Biskitts are a group of tiny anthropomorphic dogs who live on Biskitt Island and are committed to guarding the crown jewels of Biskitt Castle. Modeled after Robin Hood, the Biskitts still serve their recently deceased king while performing good deeds for the underprivileged inhabitants of their tiny island. In the narration it is explained that due to their good reputation for responsibility and security, other kings have entrusted their treasures to be safeguarded by the Biskitts.

The villain of the series is the king's mean-spirited younger brother, King Max, who rules the neighboring Lower Suburbia. Why Max isn't crowned the new ruler of the Biskitts is never explained (although it is presumed the old king barred Max from succeeding him on account of Max's mean nature). In lieu of a proper coronation, Max constantly schemes to steal the jewels with the help of his hench-hounds Fang & Snarl and his jester Shecky (although Shecky was rather dimwitted and not always loyal to Max, as he even made friends with a Biskitt who shared his love of practical jokes). Biskitts are also in danger of being captured and eaten by a large wildcat named Scratch.

[edit] Episode list

1 Around the swamp in a daze/rogue biskitt
2 As the worm turns/trouble in the tunnel
3 Belling the wildcat/king max's war
4 Dogfoot/up to his old tricks
5 Roving day/a biskitt halloween
6 Raiders of the lost bark/the princess and the plea
7 Spinners surprise/two leagues under the pond
8 The biskitt who cried wolf/sheckys last laugh
9 The golden biskitt/the bone in the stone
10 The trojan biskitt/snatched from the scratch
11 The moonpond/fly me to the goon
12 The swamp monster/may the best biskitt win
13 Turn around hound/a dark and stormy knight

[edit] DVD release

The series has not yet been released on DVD for the Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection from Warner Home Video.

[edit] Voice cast

• Bump/Flip/Spinner - Bob Holt
• Dog Foot/Snarl/Scratch - Peter Cullen
• Downer - Henry Gibson
• Fetch/Max/Fang - Kenneth Mars
• Lady - B.J. Ward
• Mooch - Marshall Efron
• Scat - Dick Beals
• Shecky - Kip King
• Shiner - Jerry Houser
• Sweets - Kathleen Helppie
• Wags - Darryl Hickman
• Wiggle - Jennifer Darling
• The Moat Monster - Frank Welker

[edit] Children's book

A kid's book was created based on the Biskitts. It is discovered that Shecky, the jester and lackey of King Max, bears a striking resemblance to King John, one of the kings who has entrusted his treasure to be safeguarded by the Biskitts. When bad King Max learns of this, he plots to use it to his advantage, telling Shecky that they will attempt to steal King John's treasure by having Shecky impersonate King John to come and withdraw his treasure, and Max will pretend to be his slave. While Max and Shecky fool the Biskitts at first into thinking the real King John has come; Shecky seems to enjoy goofing off more and allowing Max to have to do all sorts of chores, much as King Max made him do plenty of demeaning labor.

[edit] External links

• The Biskitts at the Internet Movie Database
• The Biskitts at TV.com
• Back to the 80s - The Biskitts