Mister T (TV series)


Mister T is an American animated series that aired on NBC on Saturday morning from 1983 to 1986, featuring the popular actor Mr. T. A total of 30 episodes were produced during all three seasons, with the thirteen episodes for Season 1, eleven for Season 2, and six episodes for the third and final season. The series was produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises.
Reruns were later seen on the USA Cartoon Express in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and more recently as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night programming block and sibling network, Boomerang that airs classic cartoons from the Hanna-Barbera, pre-1991 Ruby-Spears, Turner and classic Warner animated libraries. This is also Phil LaMarr's first role.

Plot

The cartoon stars Mr. T as a coach to a gymnastics team, travelling the world while becoming involved in and solving various mysteries.
At the beginning of each episode, a live-action introduction featuring Mr. T himself is shown to explain what is going on. At the end of each episode, Mr. T narrates a moral lesson for the audience.

Characters

Season 1 (1983)

Season 2 (1984)

Season 3 (1985)

Home media

On May 10, 2011, Warner Archive released Mister T: The Complete First Season on DVD in Region 1 territories. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. The Mister T DVD set is branded as part of the Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection as Mister T and the other 1978–91 Ruby-Spears programs were sold to Turner Broadcasting in 1991 alongside Hanna-Barbera by Great American Broadcasting.