Super Chicken

A friend of mine and I were talking today at lunch about Super Chicken....do you remember that cartoon?

Here's the intro....



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Super Chicken was a cartoon produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who earlier had created the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. It ran with George of the Jungle and Tom Slick (cartoon) on ABC TV on Saturday Mornings from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

Super Chicken (voiced by Bill Scott) and his lion sidekick Fred would usually begin their adventures with the battlecry that went something like: "Quick, Fred, to the Super Coop."

His secret identity was well to do Henry Cabot Henhouse III; Fred acted as his butler/servant, etc. But when danger reared its ugly head, he would take his "Super Sauce" (often from a martini glass) and don his "Super Suit," which consisted of a plumed cavalier's hat, cape, Wellington boots, mask and a sword.

The cartoon had several running gags, including:

• The "Super Sauce" apparently either tasted really bad or packed quite a punch when it kicked in, as Henry would have a violent reaction moments after drinking it, nearly always stopping in mid-sentence to cluck loudly as the reaction hit him.
• Fred would often ask Super Chicken why he didn't use his "super-vision", to which Super-Chicken would respond with something to the effect of "If I had any supervision, do you think I'd be running around dressed like this?"
• In the course of a plan to defeat the bad guys, Super Chicken would suggest something dangerous for Fred's part, which Fred would be reluctant to carry out. When Fred voiced his reluctance, Super Chicken always reminded him, "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred!"

Ahhhh, those were the days!! I wish they made cartoons like that these days!