Super Adventure Team
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Super Adventure Team was an American comedy series shown on the cable television
network MTV
in 1998.
It was produced in the style of Thunderbirds
from 1964, with live action marionettes, but had more adult themes and suggestive situations. Much of the humor was derived from the characters complicated personal lives overshadowing their missions to save the world.
There were 6 episodes.
The marionetttes were voiced by comedians popular at the time - using aliases:
Cable television
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network MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
in 1998.
It was produced in the style of Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds (TV series)
Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s science fiction television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of marionette puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation"...
from 1964, with live action marionettes, but had more adult themes and suggestive situations. Much of the humor was derived from the characters complicated personal lives overshadowing their missions to save the world.
There were 6 episodes.
The marionetttes were voiced by comedians popular at the time - using aliases:
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