Brave Bat

***Brave Bat*** (also known as ***Brave Bat and Friends***) is a American-Canadian Saturday morning puppet/live-action variety television series created by Dora Wilson and Sid and Marty Krofft, ran from September 11, 1975 to TBD 1985 on ABC.

## Show segments

### Live-action/puppetry segments

#### Brave Bat

Brave is a fearless bat who lives comical misadventures and is responsible for hosting the show, introduction of the other live-action and animated segments, and performing skits with the live-action cast.

The show also showcases Brave's own segment following his adventures in a fictional medieval kingdom called Royal Realm, where he fights any villain who would attempt to scheme to conquer the kingdom, such as trolls, imps, witches, monsters, robbers, and others.

#### Dr. Shrinker

*Main article: Dr. Shrinker*

Dr. Shrinker is an evil scientist with a lab on an uncharted island. When teenagers Brad, B.J., and Gordie are stranded on the island, Dr. Shrinker subjects them to his shrinker machine. They manage to escape the lab in miniature form; the series follows their adventures as they try to evade the clutches of the mad scientist and his assistant Hugo.

**Cast:**

* Dr. Shrinker: Jay Robinson
* Hugo: Billy Barty
* Brad: Ted Eccles
* B.J.: Susan Lawrence
* Gordie: Jeff MacKay

#### Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

*Main article: Electra Woman and Dyna Girl*

Lori and Judy, reporters for *Newsmaker* magazine, are secretly Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, crime-fighting superheroines. Assisted by their friend Frank Heflin, they fought such supervillains as the Pharaoh and Cleopatra, the Sorcerer, Glitter Rock, Ali Baba, Spider Lady, and the Empress of Evil.

**Cast:**

* Electra Woman/Lori: Deidre Hall
* Dyna Girl/Judy: Judy Strangis
* Frank Heflin: Norman Alden

#### Wonderbug

*Main article: Wonderbug*

Barry, C.C., and Susan are three teenaged friends who fixed up an old dune buggy (which they dubbed "Schlepcar"). When they attach a magic horn to the car, Schlepcar comes to life as Wonderbug. Wonderbug could fly, and it helped the teens fight crime.

**Cast:**

* Barry: David Levy
* C.C.: Jack Baker (as John Anthony Bailey)
* Susan: Carol Anne Seflinger
* Wonderbug (voice): Frank Welker

#### Magic Mongo

When teenagers Donald, Lorraine, and Kristy find an old bottle, they discover it is the home of a genie named Mongo. Mongo's magical attempts to help his young masters lead to many wacky misadventures.

**Cast:**

* Mongo: Lennie Weinrib
* Donald: Paul Hinckley
* Lorraine: Helaine Lembeck
* Kristy: Robin Dearden
* Ace: Bart Braverman
* Duncey: Larry Larsen

#### Bigfoot and Wildboy

*Main article: Bigfoot and Wildboy*

After Wildboy was orphaned in the Pacific Northwest, he was found and raised by Bigfoot, the legendary man-beast of the forest. The two work together to fight those who would harm the forest. They were aided in the first season by Suzie, 12-year-old daughter of Ranger Lucas; in the second season, Suzie was replaced by Cindy, a young archeology student.

The episodes of "Bigfoot and Wildboy" that aired on *Brave Bat* were 15 minutes in length. In 1979, ABC brought back the show as a stand-alone series by editing the 15-minute segments into 30-minute episodes. New episodes were also filmed and aired in the summer of 1979.

**Cast:**

* Bigfoot: Ray Young
* Wildboy: Joseph Butcher
* Suzie: Monika Ramirez
* Ranger Lucas: Ned Romero
* Cindy: Yvonne Regalado
* Cindy's father: Al Wyatt, Jr.

#### Horror Hotel

Despite the title, "Horror Hotel" was a comedy. It featured Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo of *H.R. Pufnstuf* fame running the eponymous hotel. She was assisted by other *H. R. Pufnstuf* characters: Dr. Blinky, Seymour the Spider, Orson the Vulture and Stupid Bat. Horatio J. HooDoo from *Lidsville* was a permanent resident in the hotel and would bear the brunt of Horror Hotel's antics.

#### The Lost Island

"The Lost Island" also featured a number of characters from other Krofft shows on the Lost Island within the Bermuda Triangle. Stories would somehow combine H.R. Pufnstuf, Sigmund the Sea Monster, Weenie the Genie from *Lidsville*, a new character named Barbie, and other unlikely characters into one storyline while they stay one step ahead of Dr. Deathray and his henchman Otto. Enik from *Land of the Lost* was the King of the Sleestak who lived within the Lost City and the Lost Island was also inhabited by dragons (utilizing stop-motion footage of Grumpy and Big Alice from "Land of the Lost"). The good guys would often turn to the Island Spirit for advice on how to handle whatever plight they had ended up in.

### Animated segments

#### The Mystery Musicians

*Main article: The Mystery Musicians*

TBD

#### Hi and Lois

*Main article: Hi and Lois*

TBD