Korg: 70,000 BC
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Korg: 70,000 B.C. was a live-action television show on Saturday morning
in the 1974 season, produced by Hanna-Barbera
.
It featured the adventures of a family of Neanderthal
s during the Ice Age
. It was intended to be educational, and was based on the best current research about Neanderthal life, except where it had to be watered down for a young audience.
A board game of the same title was produced by the US toy company Milton Bradley
as a direct tie-in. Charlton Comics
published a Korg comic book from May 1975 to November, 1976. The series was written and drawn by Pat Boyette
, and lasted for 9 issues.
The American Museum of Natural History
and The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History served as consultants to the series.
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-Album credits:*All tracks produced by Ralph Sall for Bulletproof Recording Company Inc.*Executive Producer/Concept: Ralph Sall for Bulletproof Recording Company Inc.*Engineered by Peter McCabe and Larry Fergusson....
in the 1974 season, produced by Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
.
It featured the adventures of a family of Neanderthal
Neanderthal
The Neanderthal is an extinct member of the Homo genus known from Pleistocene specimens found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia...
s during the Ice Age
Ice age
An ice age or, more precisely, glacial age, is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers...
. It was intended to be educational, and was based on the best current research about Neanderthal life, except where it had to be watered down for a young audience.
A board game of the same title was produced by the US toy company Milton Bradley
Milton Bradley Company
The Milton Bradley Company is an American game company established by Milton Bradley in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1860. In 1920, it absorbed the game production of McLoughlin Brothers, formerly the largest game manufacturer in the United States, and in 1987, it purchased Selchow and Righter,...
as a direct tie-in. Charlton Comics
Charlton Comics
Charlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1985, having begun under a different name in 1944. It was based in Derby, Connecticut...
published a Korg comic book from May 1975 to November, 1976. The series was written and drawn by Pat Boyette
Pat Boyette
Pat Boyette Pat Boyette Pat Boyette (July 27, 1923, San Antonio, Texas – January 14, 2000, was an American broadcasting personality and news producer, and later a comic book artist best known for two decades of work for Charlton Comics, where he co-created the character The Peacemaker...
, and lasted for 9 issues.
The American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world...
and The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History served as consultants to the series.