![]() One other difference from Cousin IT was that Captain Caveman did actually have a vaguely visible face through his mane you could see his eyes, a long pink nose and a mouth large enough for either hollering his own name loudly or mumbling accepted caveman speak (‘Me hungry. Me find food’) alongside the occasional utterance of ‘unga bunga’ (nope, nobody was meant to know what that meant). Voiced by the supremely talented Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, Foghorn Leghorn and countless others) Captain Caveman was actually quite cute, if the hairy look is one you go for. He was also very similar to both components of another Hanna-Barbera creation: Wacky Races’ the Slag Brothers (that obviously wasn’t as offensive in the 1960s as it now sounds).Īgain I’m not sure if this can be anthropologically backed up, but if Captain Caveman was based on fact then it would appear that prehistoric man’s body was adaptive enough to be able to eat anything, not just raw meat and plant life. And when I say anything, I mean anything. Cavey (as he was known to his Teen Angels, more of whom in a minute) would munch on non-food objects such as televisions, lights and bicycles, more often than not gulping them down in one bite. Occasionally he had to be stopped from devouring clues that could be useful in solving their current mystery.Īs a more useful talent, Captain C was also able to pull out all manner of objects from deep within his body hair, including things bigger than he was, such as dinosaurs. Kind of like Mary Poppins’ carpet bag, only Captain Caveman was his own bag. He carried with him a big wooden club, which came in handy for not only hitting things with, but as a multi-crime-fighting tool and a means of transportation. The end of the club would pop open, and out would come either a useful gadget or a set of propellers, enabling the hairy one to fly up and away. ![]() His companion and mechanic, Cave Bird, lived inside the club and was in charge of gizmo maintenance. Cavey did have the occasional problem with his club’s power failure, which sometimes he would blame on an ‘energy shortage’ (a sly allude to America’s gas rationing in the 1970s) and his adventure would invariably end with him crashing to the ground. However, a hearty shout of ‘Captain CAAAAAAAAAVEMAAAAAAAAN’ would normally restore his oomph levels.Ĭavey owed his modern day existence to The Teen Angels, a group of sassy girls who had found and freed him from his long-term imprisonment in a block of ice. Once defrosted, the walking hairball decided that he would hang around, and use his big club to impress them (nudge, nudge, wink, wink). He lived in a cave, which perched on top of The Teenmobile, a large van equivalent of the Magical Mystery Machine that they travelled around the country in, solving crimes.
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