The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Genre	Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Created by	Andy Heyward
Based on	Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, and The Legend of Zelda by Nintendo
Developed by	Bruce Shelly Reed Shelly Bob Forward Phil Harnage
Directed by	Dan Riba (Super Mario Bros. segments)[1] John Grusd (The Legend of Zelda segments)
Starring	Lou Albano Danny Wells
Voices of	Lou Albano Danny Wells Jeannie Elias Harvey Atkin John Stocker Jonathan Potts Cyndy Preston Len Carlson
Theme music composer	Haim Saban Shuki Levy
Opening theme	"Mario Brothers Rap"
Ending theme	"Do the Mario"
Composers	Haim Saban Shuki Levy
Country of origin	United States[1]
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Andy Heyward Robby London
Producer	John Grusd
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production companies	Saban Entertainment DIC Enterprises[a] Nintendo of America
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 4 (4-09) – December 1, 1989 (1989-12-01)
Related
King Koopa's Kool Kartoons (1989) The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990) Super Mario World (1991)
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is an American live-action/animated television series that aired from 4 September to 1 December 1989, in syndication. The series is based on the video games Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2 by Nintendo, and is the first of three television series to be based upon the Mario video game series.^[2] The animation was provided by South Korean company Sei Young Animation.

Each episode consists of live–action segments starring WWF Hall of Fame wrestler/manager "Captain" Lou Albano as Mario and Danny Wells as Luigi alongside a special guest, either as themselves or a character for the segments. The remainder of the program is dedicated to animated stories of Super Mario Bros., starring the voices of Albano and Wells in their respective roles, which were exhibited Monday through Thursday. The Friday episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! was instead accompanied by animated serials based on Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda video game series.

A sequel series based on Super Mario Bros. 3 aired the following year, followed by another show based on Super Mario World the year after that.

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