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Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire
Genre Slapstick comedy
Developed by Reed Shelly
Bruce Shelly
Directed by Joe Barruso
Theme music composer Mike Watts
Composer(s) Tom Worrall
Country of origin United States
Italy
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 13 (plus 1 special)
Production
Executive producer(s) Bob Einstein
Andy Heyward
Robby London
Producer(s) Michael Maliani
Running time 30 minutes (with commercials)
Production company(s) DIC Animation City
Blye-Einstein Productions
Reteitalia
Sae Rom/Plus One Productions
Distributor Herricks Program Services
Release
Original network FOX (Fox Kids)
Original release September 12, 1992 (1992-09-12) – 1993 (1993)

Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire is a 1992-1993 animated television series produced by DIC Animation City and Reteitalia, S.p.A., in association with Spanish network Telecinco.

In the United States, the show premiered on September 12, 1992 on FOX. The series was cancelled after its first season, but a special based on the series titled The Super Dave Superbowl of Knowledge aired on January 29, 1994.

The show starred and was based on the comedy of Bob Einstein and his Super Dave Osborne persona. Both Bob Einstein and Art Irizawa provided the voices for Super Dave and his assistant, Fuji Hakayito, and also appeared as their characters in live-action skits which ended each episode.

Halfway through the show's initial run, Irizawa was asked to modify his voice for Fuji, following complaints to Fox from Asian-American groups that the character was an offensive stereotype. Irizawa subsequently re-recorded his dialogue for all of the show's episodes.

Episodes

  1. Super Bowl, Super Bomb, Super Dave! (written by Robert Askin)
  2. Space Case (written by Reed Shelly and Bruce Shelly)
  3. Bullet Train Pain (written by Richard Mueller and Bob Einstein)
  4. Con Job (written by Bob Forward and Bob Einstein)
  5. In His President’s Secret Service (written by Rowby Goren)
  6. The Fuji-tive (written by Judy Rothman)
  7. Double Agent Dave (written by Phil Harnage)
  8. Happy Trails (written by Robert Askin)
  9. Hazard Island (written by J. Larry Carroll and David Bennett Carren)
  10. Put Another Candle On My Birthday Cake (written by Robert Askin)
  11. Pain Nine from Outer Space (written by Robert Askin)
  12. Merry Christmas, Super Dave! (written by Reed Shelly and Bruce Shelly)
  13. Super’s Last Show (written by Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr)

Voices

  • Bob Einstein — Super Dave Osborne
  • Art Irizawa — Fuji Hakayito

Additional voices

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