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''[[The Super Globetrotters]]'' is a 1979 spinoff of ''[[The Harlem Globetrotters]]'', produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]] for [[NBC]]. It ran for 13 episodes. It's five semi-real-life basketball entertainers who gain super powers. ''Ludicrous'' super powers. Nate Branch turns into water, Curly Neal retracts his limbs into his body and becomes a basketball, Twiggy Sanders can use his body as a rope, Sweet Lou Dunbar [[Hairy Hammerspace|stores gadgets in his immense afro]], and Geese Ausbie [[Me's a Crowd|can duplicate himself]]. They fight villains, mostly by challenging them to basketball games.
''[[The Super Globetrotters]]'' is a 1979 spinoff of ''[[The Harlem Globetrotters]]'', produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]] for [[NBC]]. It ran for 13 episodes. It's five semi-real-life basketball entertainers who gain super powers. ''Ludicrous'' super powers. Nate Branch turns into water, Curly Neal retracts his limbs into his body and becomes a basketball, Twiggy Sanders can use his body as a rope, Sweet Lou Dunbar [[Hammerspace Hair|stores gadgets in his immense afro]], and Geese Ausbie [[Me's a Crowd|can duplicate himself]]. They fight villains, mostly by challenging them to basketball games.


Some of the powers and costumes were taken directly from Hanna-Barbera's ''[[Frankenstein, Jr.|The Impossibles]]''.
Some of the powers and costumes were taken directly from Hanna-Barbera's ''[[Frankenstein, Jr.|The Impossibles]]''.
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The whole show is parodied in a ''[[Futurama]]'' movie.
The whole show is parodied in a ''[[Futurama]]'' movie.


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* [[Funny Afro]]: Sweet Lou Dunbar has one.
* [[Funny Afro]]: Sweet Lou Dunbar has one.
* [[Hairy Hammerspace]]: Gizmo Man
* [[Hammerspace Hair]]: Gizmo Man
* [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]]: "The Super Globetrotters vs. Bwana Bob"
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* [[Me's a Crowd]]: Multi Man
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Revision as of 19:03, 4 August 2018

The Super Globetrotters is a 1979 spinoff of The Harlem Globetrotters, produced by Hanna-Barbera for NBC. It ran for 13 episodes. It's five semi-real-life basketball entertainers who gain super powers. Ludicrous super powers. Nate Branch turns into water, Curly Neal retracts his limbs into his body and becomes a basketball, Twiggy Sanders can use his body as a rope, Sweet Lou Dunbar stores gadgets in his immense afro, and Geese Ausbie can duplicate himself. They fight villains, mostly by challenging them to basketball games.

Some of the powers and costumes were taken directly from Hanna-Barbera's The Impossibles.

The whole show is parodied in a Futurama movie.

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