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The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan is an American Saturday morning animated cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1972, based upon the Charlie Chan movie series of the 1930s and '40s. It is noteworthy that the star, Keye Luke, is the only actor of Chinese descent to play the title character. http://www. ... http://www. ... An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn) film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot (even if it is a very short one). ... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... See also: 1971 in television, other events of 1972, 1973 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1972-73 American network television schedule. ... 1938 titlecard Number One Son with the seat of his pants on fire in Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo Charlie Chan is a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Earl Derr Biggers, reportedly in part under inspiration from the career of Chang Apana. ... Keye Luke (陸錫麒 Pinyin: Lù Xílín) (June 18, 1904 - January 12, 1991) was a Chinese-born American actor. ...

In it, Mr. Chan (whose first name is never given, but is clearly Charlie) and his ten children solve mysteries around the world, with the children helping their father in every episode (or at least trying to). The older children also had their own music group, The Chan Clan; every episode featured a song, either being played over the action or with the characters playing instruments and performing. Vocals for the group were provided by former Archies lead singer Ron Dante, with music supervision by Don Kirshner (who had supervised the music for The Archie Show). The show lasted for two seasons in 1972 on CBS, and is today often rerun on Cartoon Network's sister network, Boomerang. The Archies, ca. ... Ron Dante is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. ... Don Kirshner, (April 17, 1934- ) once known as The Man With the Golden Ear, is an American song publisher and rock producer; best known for managing songwriting talent to successful groups like The Monkees and The Archies. ... The Archie Show was the first in a long line of Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation and based upon Bob Montanas Archie characters. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Cartoon Network (commonly referred to as CN) is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ... Boomerang is the name of at least four television networks owned by Cartoon Network. ...

Episodes

1. Scotland Yard: A priceless stone is stolen and the Chan Clan must help get it back.
2. The Crown Jewel Caper: The Crown Jewels have disappeared from their case.
3. To Catch a Pitcher: A famous pitcher is missing and feared kidnapped.
4. Will The Real Charlie Chan Please Stand Up?: The Chan Clan must find the impersonator who is framing Mr. Chan for the hotel robberies.
5. The Phantom Sea Thief: A mysterious thief steals a painting during the Chan Clan's performance aboard a cruise ship.
6. Eye of the Idol: A thief uses a smoke bomb to distract the Chan Clan and everyone in the room while he steals a jeweled idol's eye.
7. Fat Lady Caper: The fat lady seems to disappear when a bank robber is on the loose.
8. Captain Kidd's Doubloons: While in Trinidad, the Chan Clan must solve the theft of the doubloons.
9. Bronze Idol: A con artist uses the idol to trick the villagers into giving it more pearls. Also, a prince is kidnapped and then replaced by an impostor.
10. The Great Illusion Caper: A magician's dog has been stolen and the Chans help find her.
11. The Mummy's Tomb: A golden coffin of a famous pharaoh is stolen.
12. The Mardi Gras Caper: A valuable ring has been stolen.
13. The Gypsy Caper: A mural has been stolen. While on the case, Stanley accidentally makes Henry swallow a clock.
14. The Greek Caper: A statue of the winged goddess Athena is stolen in Greece and replaced by a plaster copy. Mr. Chan enlists Alan's help to find it.
15. White Elephant: The Maharaja's white elephant Sing Ha disappears from the elephant enclosure when they are feeding it, and is feared stolen.

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Trivia

• Prolific voice actor Don Messick, the voice of Scooby-Doo and many other well known cartoon characters, provided the voice of the Chan family dog, Chu Chu.
• Gene Andrusco, who provided the voice of "Flip," went on to be a successful record producer and musician fronting the band Adam Again.
• In an episode of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, a Japanese band called "Shoyu Weenie" sued another band ("The Neptunes" from the Jabberjaw animated series) for plagiarism. "Shoyu Weenie" was based on the Chan Clan, with Mr. Chan as their semi-tyrannical band manager.
• In the Krypto episode, "Up, Up, and Away!", Mimi Chan is in Kevin's class on the field trip to Lex Corp.

A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Autographed photo of Don Messick. ... Scooby-Doo points to the biggest dork on T.V. at this time. ... Gene Eugene Andrusco (April 6, 1961 - March 20, 2000) was a Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician. ... Adam Again was the name of a rock band, lead by vocalist Gene Eugene, and backed by Riki Michele, Paul Valadez on bass, John Knox on drums, Greg Lawless on guitar, and Dan Michaels on saxophone. ... Jabberjaw was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon series created in 1976, starring a fictional shark named Jabberjaw and his four young adult cohorts, who had various adventures in a futuristic underwater world. ... Plagiarism (from Latin plagiare to kidnap) is the practice of claiming, or implying, original authorship or incorporating material from someone elses written or creative work, in whole or in part, into ones own without adequate acknowledgement. ... Krypto, also known as Krypto the Superdog, is a fictional character; he is Supermans pet dog in the various Superman comic books published by DC Comics. ...

External links

• The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan at the Internet Movie Database
• The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan at TV.com
• The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan at the Big Cartoon DataBase