Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} SUPERTED IN THE ARCTIC by Mike Young Walt Disney Home Video presents The adventures continue 3. What other hero is so downright huggable? He's Superted, the magical teddy who can't bear crime! Superted and his sidekick Spottyman are back in a third animated volume-and the adventures continue. And, as always, the villainous Texas pete, Bulk and Skeleton have a new roster of evil deeds to unleash! Fortunately, Superted is there-from a well-planned cattle rustling incident deep in the heart of Texas to a thrilling, two-part, outer space adventure! 1. Superted at the toy shop. 2. Superted and the gun smugglers. 3. Superted in texas. 4. Superted in the arctic. 5. Superted and trouble in space-Part 1. 6. Superted and trouble in space-Part 2. Created by Mike young Based on the television series produced by Siriol animation for Original music composed by Mike towned and Chris stuart Lyrics by Robin lyons. 14 Things You Didn’t Know About SuperTed. Remember SuperTed? We bet you do, and we bet you absolutely loved him! Please whisper your secret magic word and join us on a magical adventure, as we present the following ‘14 Magical Facts About SuperTed’. 1. He Came From Humble Beginnings. SuperTed was created in 1978 by Mike Young. Rather than being a money making venture, Mike made up the story to help his son overcome his fear of the dark, as SuperTed was originally also afraid of the dark until he got given his super powers. 2. He Was Originally A Series Of Books. Mike Young went on to publish over 100 SuperTed books. Do you remember owning one? 3. He’s Fundamentally Welsh… Like , SuperTed is born and bred in Wales. In its original run in 1982 the show was in the Welsh language, and it was translated into English when it aired on BBC1 the following year. 4…But He Could Have Become American. In 1980, Warner Brothers offered Mike Young a quarter of a million pounds for the SuperTed film rights, but Mike refused, saying that he wanted to keep the series Welsh, creating local jobs. To this end he created his own production studio and produced the series himself. 5. He’s Child Friendly Through And Through. Mike Young wanted to keep SuperTed child friendly and free from violence, his aim being to prove that ‘soft edge and quality animation can be more appealing to children than any amount of violence’. 6. The Show Had A Magical Premise. SuperTed was about a teddy bear created at a toy factory who was found to have something wrong with him. After being thrown away into ‘an old dark storeroom’, he was rescued by Spotty (from the Planet Spot), who brought the bear to life and took him to Mother Nature. She kindly gave him his special powers which transformed him into SuperTed! Who can forget SuperTed pulling off his teddy bear suit to reveal his superhero costume underneath? 7. It Has An Intro That You’ve Likely Never Forgotten. “This is a story about an ordinary teddy bear… When he was made, they found something wrong with him… And threw him away like a piece of rubbish into an old dark storeroom… Then, from outer space, a spotty man brought him to life with his cosmic dust! He took him to a magic cloud where Mother Nature gave him special powers… That bear became SUPERTED!” 8. He Had The Greatest Sidekick You Could Ever Wish For. As mentioned above, the Cosmic Dust owning Spotty (AKA Spotty Man, voiced by Jon Pertwee), is the one who came to SuperTed’s aid after he had been thrown away like a piece of rubbish. He also then proved to be the best sidekick SuperTed could ever wish for, accompanying him on all of his adventures. Let’s be honest, without Spotty Man there would be no SuperTed! 9. It Had Fantastic Bad Guys… During SuperTed and Spotty’s travels they would often find themselves coming up against the nasty cowboy Texas Peter, along with his two henchmen, Bulk and Skeleton. Skeleton especially was good for a bit of comedy, being the weak and scared opposite of the macho (but dumb) Bulk. 10…And Texas Pete Was Friends With The Beatles. Victor Spinetti, the person who voiced Texas Pete, had formed a friendship with The Beatles after featuring in three of their films. 11. We Never Found Out His Magic Word. Whenever trouble came calling, SuperTed was able to whisper his secret magic word and transform himself into the SuperTed we know, adorning himself with a red suit, cape and rocket boots. We never found out what SuperTed’s magic word was, although his nemesis Texas Peter tried to find out a few times. 12. It Was The First British Cartoon To Air On The Disney Channel… SuperTed aired in over 50 countries, including Africa, Sweden and Australia, and it was the first show created in Britain to air on The Disney Channel in America. Superted (1982-1989) SuperTed is a Welsh animated television series about a teddy bear with magical super powers. It first aired on 1 November 1982. It was produced by Siriol Animation for Welsh television channel S4C where it was aired in the Welsh language, and later aired dubbed in English throughout the whole of the United Kingdom on BBC1, and dubbed into Irish for RTE. The series won numerous awards, including the 1987 BAFTA for best animation. SuperTed is the creation of Mike Young Producer, Dave Edwards Director, and Robin Lyons Writer/Producer. Young created SuperTed in stories he told his stepson, before writing over 100 SuperTed books. S4C then approached him about a SuperTed animated series. Superted was also turned into a stage show. Melvyn Hayes reprised his role but other parts were taken by other actors. Every episode starts with the tale of how SuperTed came to life: He was a teddy bear found to be defective in the toy factory where he was made, and "threw him away like a piece of rubbish! Into an old dark storeroom." A Spotty man found him there and brought him to life with his "cosmic dust". He was later taken to Mother Nature and given magical powers that enabled him to fight evil. This evil invariably takes the form of Texas Pete (an evil cowboy, the antagonist of the series) and his gang; Bulk (an overweight, bumbling fool) and Skeleton (an undead, outrageously camp, cowardly skeleton with pink slippers). Texas Pete's plots are generally aimed at advancing his own wealth, ruling the world and the power or the destruction of SuperTed, his nemesis. SuperTed's powers are activated by his "secret magic word", which (as the name suggests) remains a secret. SuperTed whispers it every time he or someone else is in peril and he transforms into a Superman-like red suit with rockets built in to the boots. These allow him to fly. In one episode, Bulk overhears the secret magic word and also whispers it, briefly acquiring identical powers to SuperTed. However, he subsequently forgets the word. The episodes take place all over the world (but quite often in Wales) and even in space (SuperTed is the owner of his own space station). He also has a tree house in an unspecified wood. In 1984, SuperTed became the first British cartoon series to be aired on The Disney Channel in the United States. Walt Disney Home Video subsequently released all 36 episodes on six videocassettes. In 1989, SuperTed was revived in America by Hanna Barbera (who also made Fantastic Max, another Mike Young creation), this time named The Further Adventures of SuperTed. Only Victor Spinetti and Melvyn Hayes returned from the original cast to voice Texas Pete and Skeleton, but the UK Version of the series did feature Derek Griffiths as SuperTed (in the original 1982 version of the SuperTed series) and Jon Pertwee as Spottyman (in the original 1982 SuperTed series) whilst the original US broadcasts featured Danny Cooksey as SuperTed and Pat Fraley as Spottyman. The new series takes on a more epic format, often splitting its episodes into two parts. Texas Pete, Bulk, and Skeleton are joined also by new villains, and the theme song was replaced with a more dramatic overture. This SuperTed series did not last beyond one season. When the original season of SuperTed had phased out, Fantastic Max took over from it and the rhyming garbage man Dumping Jack Trash was the replacement character for Texas Pete. Series 1 (1982) 1. SuperTed and Mother Nature 2. SuperTed and The Gorilla 3. SuperTed and The City Of The Dead 4. SuperTed and the Elephants Graveyard 5. SuperTed and The Giant Kites 6. SuperTed and The Goldmine 7. SuperTed and The Great Horrendo 8. SuperTed and The Gun Smugglers 9. SuperTed and The Inca Treasure 10. SuperTed And The Lumberjacks 11. SuperTed and Nuts In Space 12. SuperTed and the Pearlfishers 13. SuperTed and The Pothole Rescue 14. SuperTed and The Stolen Rocket 15. SuperTed and The Train Robbers 16. Trouble In Space - Part 1 17. Trouble In Space - Part 2 18. SuperTed at Creepy Castle 19. SuperTed at the Funfair 20. SuperTed At The Toy Shop 21. SuperTed In China Town 22. SuperTed In The Arctic 23. SuperTed Kicks Up The Dust 24. SuperTed on Planet Spot 25. Bulk's Story 26. SuperTed Meets Father Christmas 27. SuperTed And The Crystal Ball 28. SuperTed and The Magic Word - Part 1 29. SuperTed and The Magic Word - Part 2 30. SuperTed and The Whales 31. SuperTed Goes To Texas 32. SuperTed In Spotty And The Indians 33. SuperTed and The Rattle Snake 34. SuperTed Goes Round The Bend 35. SuperTed's Dream 36. Tex's Magic Spell The Further Adventures of SuperTed Series 1 (1989) 1. Phantom of the Grand Ol' Opry 2. Dot's Entertainment 3. Knox, Knox, Who's There? 4. The Mysticetae Mystery 5. Texas is Mine 6. Sheepless Nights 7. We Got Nutninkhamun 8. Leave it to Space Beavers 9. Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere 10. Farewell, My Lovely Spots 11. Ben-Fur 12. Spotty Earns His Stripes 13. Ruse of the Raja. Mike Young: From bedtime stories to big screen. SuperTed was born in south Wales as a book, before becoming a much-loved TV series on both sides of the Atlantic. It was shown as one of Welsh language broadcaster S4C's first programmes in November 1982, before being translated into English and shown on BBC One the following year. Barry-born Young, now 70, has spent most of his working life in animation in California, working as an independent in Hollywood dominated by the big studios. The former advertising copywriter has now produced a feature-length animation, Norm Of The North, and his next film project is close to his heart - about a former legend with his beloved Cardiff City football club. A BEAR BEGINNING. In 1978, Young created SuperTed as a story to read to his young stepson Richard, who was afraid of the dark, at bedtime. But the tales of the crime-solving superhero with special powers - and rivals like Texas Pete - soon got a wider audience. "I went to the village hall one day to pick Richard up from play school and they said 'we love the SuperTed stories' and I said 'how do you know about those?' "They said that 'he always tells us the story you told him last night'. "We then got the books published, a couple of hundred were written, and then S4C came along and they wanted at least one thing which would travel all over the world - and it was successful. "We became the first company to sell to Disney and we never looked back." Three TV series were made in the mid 1980s, with Derek Griffiths and Jon Pertwee providing the voices. Young also launched Welsh-language cartoon Wil Cwac Cwac and helped develop Fireman Sam. Now a new series of SuperTed is being planned, which Young again wants to make in Wales with some of the original team. HOLLYWOOD BECKONS. Young and his wife Liz created Mike Young Productions - which later become Splash Entertainment - and moved to Los Angeles in 1989. With much bigger rivals in Hollywood, he called it "one of the most stupid, crazy decisions you could make". But the company flourished. As well as collaborations, its animations have included Chloe's Closet, Dive Olly Dive!, Hero:108, Growing Up Creepie, Pet Alien and ToddWorld. Cartoon SuperTed set for new animation series. More than 35 years since his last show, his creators are set to sprinkle magic dust over SuperTed again and recreate him for a new audience. Work on new episodes is expected to start later this year. It is hoped SuperTed will be back on TV screens by 2023. His return will be the latest cartoon comeback. Fireman Sam, Thomas The Tank Engine, the Care Bears, My Little Pony, Scooby Doo, Postman Pat and the Clangers have all been reinvented for 21st Century children. SuperTed - whose most famous fans were the dukes of Cambridge and Sussex - was created by a stepfather trying to help a four-year-old sleep, who was inadvertently helped by the Beatles. His production firm also wants Hollywood's Welsh acting stars like Michael Sheen, Rhys Ifans and Ioan Gruffudd to help narrate the revamped show and voice characters like sidekick Spotty and baddie Texas Pete. The teddy bear - powered by Spotty's cosmic dust and Mother Nature's special powers - was beamed to 128 different countries and dubbed into 32 different languages before the last episode in 1986. "The plan is to relaunch SuperTed and bring him back into 11-minute episodes," said Mike Young, now a Hollywood-based Emmy and Bafta award-winning animator who runs an entertainment production company. "We'd have to pitch to Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max and the big guys because you're looking at an investment of about $11m (£7.9m) for a full series in CGI." 'SuperTed started getting toddler to sleep' SuperTed started from very humble beginnings - just a stepfather trying to get a four-year-old to sleep at their house on the outskirts of Cardiff. "Every parent has probably been there, trying to get a toddler to bed," recalls Mike. "My stepson Richard was afraid of the dark and this one night, I'd been up to his bedroom a zillion times and he called again while I was doing the dishes. "My wife Liz had gone out so I went up to comfort Richard and I noticed a little teddy bear on his bed. "I had the tea towel in my hand and I placed it around the bear's neck like a cape - and I said this teddy bear is also afraid of the dark but when you whisper a secret magic word he turns into SuperTed. "That's how SuperTed was born, out of desperation! OK, it wasn't the most original notion but I made up a new story every night." Mike, then a salesman selling food mixers, was encouraged to seriously pitch the idea as a cartoon by Richard's nursery teacher. "When I used to pick him up, they'd say 'we love your SuperTed stories'," said Mike. "They'd say 'Richard tells us the story you told him last night - you should get them published'. That's how accidental SuperTed was." SuperTed gets royal assent. SuperTed was the first show broadcast on Welsh language television channel S4C on its first day of transmission in November 1982. English language episodes were then made for the BBC - but little did anyone know this was a cartoon fit for a future king. When Diana, Princess of Wales opened a children's ward at a hospital in south Wales in the 1980s, she was introduced to Mike. "She gave me chapter and verse about SuperTed and we gave her two SuperTeds for the princes," recalled Mike, who was also assistant producer of the original Fireman Sam. "She turned to her lady-in-waiting and said 'please ensure these go in the car with us'. She wanted to make sure the boys got their SuperTeds. "I've got the future king and Prince Harry with us, they grew up with SuperTed and are big fans." 'With a little help from my friends' Many of the original SuperTed cast have died - including a buddy of the Beatles who did more than help. "Victor Spinetti was my cousin and he knew everyone in entertainment after being in all of the Beatles movies back in the 1960s," recalled Mike. "When I was living in London in the '60s, he'd used to call and say 'fancy going out with the Beatles tonight?'. So I'd get dressed up and party down the Pickwick Club with the Beatles. "So when the SuperTed cartoon got commissioned for TV I called Victor and said 'what do I do? I need people to voice these characters and I haven't got a clue'. He replied 'leave it with me'. "He basically got his phone book out, called his mates and assembled an iconic cast who were only too happy to help him out. Everyone loved Victor. "When we moved to California, Victor would stay with us. We'd have famous celebrities come over to the house to see him, like Elizabeth Taylor and Sean Connery, because they were his pals." Victor, the voice of bad guy Texas Pete, star Jon Pertwee, the man brought Spotty to life, and Bulk's voice Roy Kinnear have died since SuperTed was last made 35 years ago. Mike hopes Derek Griffiths, the former Play School and Coronation Street star who voiced SuperTed, and It Ain't Half Hot, Mum actor Melvyn Hayes, the voice of Skeleton, can return in any new episodes. "I'd be delighted if the Welsh stars like Rhys Ifans, Ioan Gruffudd and Michael Sheen, who I know are all SuperTed fans, could play parts in a new series," added the animator, who has won 15 Emmys and two British Academy awards. 'The new SuperTed will be different' In an ironic twist of fate, the little boy who was scared of the dark and was the catalyst for the cartoon will be involved in the production of the new series. Richard Finn is now 48 and runs editing and post-production at Mike's company in Los Angeles. Splash Entertainment has made 42 cartoon series and 25 films since being formed 30 years ago. "No matter what I've made since, whenever I promote something new people always just want to talk to me about SuperTed," said Mike, 75. "But SuperTed is the cartoon that made me and gave me the life I have and I want to bring him back. "From start to finish, creating a cartoon series from scratch is a two-year process. I'm running out of time as I've got to think about retiring at some stage. "SuperTed will have to be a little bit different as there's things you could do and say in cartoons 40 years ago that isn't acceptable to today's audiences so we'll have to move with the times and it'll be updated." SuperTed's rights were split in the 1980s but Mike has said his company have just one production house to negotiate with before Splash "kick it into production later this year". Just been reminded that I had this beauty in the attic. Cardiff City match-worn Superted sponsored shirt. Only used for 2 months in 1984. Second ever Cardiff shirt that had a sponsor. pic.twitter.com/poFGLLkYDj — Ffwtbol (@ffwtbol) May 18, 2020. "A series like SuperTed will cost about $11m so you need all of the those rights to get your money back by running licences and merchandise," said football fan Mike. "It'd mean so much to bring SuperTed back and be very emotional - the only thing that'd top it is Cardiff City winning the European Cup. And that's not going to happen!"