Jay Ward
Director
Crusader Rabbit (1950)
Season 1
Crusader Rabbit is the first animated series produced specifically for television. The concept was test marketed in 1948, while the initial episode - Crusader vs. the State of Texas - aired on KNBH in Los Angeles, California on August 1, 1950.
Released Aug. 1, 1950
Episode 4 min
None+
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Crusader VS. The State Of Texas (1-15)
One of the Crusader's first crusades is to rescue a hapless tiger, Ragland T. Tiger from his circus cage. Although Rags is much larger physically and obviously is biologically a tiger (and therefore supposedly a fierce predator), his personality is as docile and meek as Crusader Rabbit is insistent and assertive. This makes the duo a wonderfully ironic and compatible pair.
With his new found sidekick by his, uh….side, Crusader Rabbit learns that his Jackrabbit cousins are being persecuted in the titular State of Texas. It seems th
Aug. 1, 1950, midnight
S1E2 - Crusader VS. The Pirates (16-35)
S1E3 - Crusader And The Rajah Of The Rinsewater (36-55)
S1E4 - Crusader And The Schmohawk Indians (56-70)
S1E5 - Crusader and the Great Horse Mystery (71-90)
S1E6 - Crusader and the Circus (91-100)
S1E7 - Crusader in the Tenth Century (101-130)
S1E8 - Crusader and the Mad Hollywood Scientist (131-145)
S1E9 - Crusader and the Leprechauns (146-170)
S1E10 - Crusader and the Showboat (171-195)
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 4 min.
Season Runtime: 4 min.
Released: Aug. 1, 1950
Last Air Date: Aug. 1, 1950, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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