Jabberjaw

Jabberjaw is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Inc. from September 11, 1976 to September 3, 1978 on ABC. Per a great deal of Hanna-Barbera's output in the 1970s, the format and writing for Jabberjaw was similar to that for Scooby-Doo, Josie and the Pussycats and Speed Buggy. The show also drew inspiration (in the use of a shark as a character) from the overall shark m... more

Jabberjaw is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Inc. from September 11, 1976 to September 3, 1978 on ABC. Per a great deal of Hanna-Barbera's output in the 1970s, the format and writing for Jabberjaw was similar to that for Scooby-Doo, Josie and the Pussycats and Speed Buggy. The show also drew inspiration (in the use of a shark as a character) from the overall shark mania of the 1970s and the then-recent film Jaws. It also shared The Flintstones' penchant for making use of puns as the names of locations, people, etc., in this case, ocean-themed puns (such as "Aqualaska" instead of Alaska). Sixteen 30-minute episodes of Jabberjaw were produced, which aired on ABC Saturday Morning from September 11, 1976 to September 3, 1977 and rebroadcast for a second season of reruns on Sunday Morning from September 11, 1977 to September 3, 1978. In the 1980s, repeats resurfaced on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. For... less