Astroblast!

Astroblast!
Title card
Genre
Created byBob Kolar
Based onAstroblast!
by Bob Kolar
Directed byDan Flynn
ComposerEggplant LF[a]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producerDeborah Forte
ProducersDavid Trexler[b]
Emily Brown
Jessica Wollman
Jef Kaminsky
Running time11 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkSprout
ReleaseJuly 12, 2014 (2014-07-12) –
February 7, 2015 (2015-02-07)

Astroblast! is an American animated science fiction children's television series created by Bob Kolar for Sprout. The series follows Comet, an extroverted dog, Sputnik, an adventurous and loving pig, Halley, a smoothie-delivering rabbit, Radar, a bouncy monkey, and Jet, a mute alligator, who live together with an octopus named Sal in the Astroblast Space Station to the fictional smoothie café known as the Frosty Star. It is based on the book series of the same name by author and illustrator Bob Kolar.

The series was co-produced by Scholastic Entertainment[1] and Soup2Nuts and premiered on July 12, 2014. The series also started airing on NBC Kids, the Saturday morning programming block on NBC in October 2014.[1] This was the final series produced by Soup2Nuts before the company closed on March 27, 2015.

An early promo for the series featured a variation on the theme music from The A-Team.[2]

In 2021, FilmRise picked up the show for distribution.[3] The show is currently available for streaming on the FilmRise multimedia platform, and was previously on The Roku Channel, Pluto TV and Tubi TV in the United States, as well as on the Clan television channel and RTVE Play in Spain. The series is available in different languages and has aired in other countries internationally.

Premise

The series follows the adventures of a group of high-spirited and fun-loving animals, Comet, Halley, Sputnik, Radar, and Jet. They live with their alien octopus friend in the Astroblast Space Station, which also houses a large library and a smoothie café called the Frosty Star.

Cast

  • Vinnie Penna as Comet, an easily excitable, easygoing, optimistic and determined red dog who goes on adventures. Penna also voices Morg, Bloodoo, and Flash, as well as additional voices
  • Gigi Abraham as Halley, a pink rabbit who likes smoothies the most and makes high-speed deliveries. Abraham also voices Zelda, Sal's GamGam, Glippi, Bippity-Bops and more additional voices
  • Veronica Taylor as Sputnik, a pink-peach pig who has smoothies in time and tends to get overly passionate about things. Taylor also voices Carly Cosmos, Bippity-Bops, and Laney, as well as additional voices
  • Joe Gaudet as Radar, a lazy and feisty but well-meaning and practical brown monkey who loves to bounce. Gaudet also voices Bob, Cosmo Carson, and additional voices
  • Jet, a stoic green alligator who has a quiet disposition. He is silent and unlike most characters, cannot speak. Instead he is mute, and he can only communicate by using gestures and sign language in many ways.
  • John Taylor as Sal, a level-headed, rational and advice-giving purple three-eyed octopus who founded the Frosty Star. Taylor also voices Doobloo, and more additional voices

The voice director of the series is Susan Blu.

Episodes

Solo airings

Individual air dates for stories as a 15-minute program:

# Title Writer(s) Original airdate
101 Spic 'n Span Jack Ferraiolo July 21, 2014
102 Smoothie Operator Susan Kim July 14, 2014
103 Take Off! Susan Kim July 15, 2014
104 Oh, Brother… Jack Ferraiolo July 12, 2014
105 Bend it Like Radar Jill Cozza-Turner July 16, 2014
106 Lost and Found Ed Valentine July 17, 2014
107 I'll Save You! Frederick Stroppel July 18, 2014
108 Growin' Crazy Jack Ferraiolo & Susan Kim & Allan Neuwirth July 14, 2014
109 Twice the Talent Jonathan Greenberg July 15, 2014
110 Building the Perfect Present Jen Klein July 12, 2014
111 Glippi's Visit Ed Valentine July 15, 2014
112 Don't Touch! Adam Rudman July 17, 2014
113 Are You My Piffin? Melinda LaRose July 18, 2014
114 Halley's Wannabe Jill Cozza-Turner July 19, 2014
115 Sputnik the Spoiler Susan Kim July 20, 2014
116 Don’t Fear the Surfboard Frederick Stroppel July 26, 2014
117 Billy Starrider Kacey Arnold July 21, 2014
118 Sore Loser Denise Brossman July 22, 2014
119 Halley Goes Solo Elizabeth Keyishian July 23, 2014
120 Z-Max Mania Rogelio Martinez July 12, 2014
121 What a Mess! Jen Klein July 13, 2014
122 Beck and Call Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy July 13, 2014
123 Sputnik Takes Charge Jonathan Greenberg July 22, 2014
124 The Clean Machine Susan Kim July 23, 2014
125 Comet's Gift Ed Valentine July 24, 2014
126 A Star Is Born Jill Cozza-Turner August 12, 2014
201 A Bird in the Hand Susan Kim June 22, 2015
202 How Do You Get to Carnegie Nebula? Melinda LaRose TBA
203 Who Let the Stuffie Out? Jonathan Greenberg TBA
204 Lights Out Kacey Arnold TBA
205 Shape Up! Jack Ferraiolo TBA
206 Surfin' Space Safari Susan Kim TBA
207 I Love a Parade…Sometimes Rogelio Martinez November 8, 2015 or May 9, 2015 or earlier
208 Radar Sleeps Over Denise Brossman October 29, 2014
209 Stop Booging Me! Jill Cozza-Turner November 15, 2015 or May 16, 2015 or earlier
210 Just Peachy Liz Keyishian February 9, 2015 or May 16, 2015 or November 15, 2015
211 Hole in One Jack Ferraiolo & Susan Kim February 10, 2015
212 Treasure Hunt Jonathan Greenberg February 11, 2015
213 Something Borrowed, Someone Blue Susan Kim January 19, 2015
214 Be Mine Ed Valentine February 14, 2015
215 GamGam Knows Best[4] aka Gam Gam Knows Best Kacey Arnold January 19, 2015 or September 9, 2015[4]
216 Three's a Crowd Denise Brossman January 21, 2015
217 Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Alligator?[5] aka Big Bad Alligator[6] Jill Cozza-Turner January 23, 2015 or June 6, 2015[5] or October 1, 2015[6]
218 Sing Along to the Bouncing Monkey Susan Kim February 2, 2015 or June 6, 2015[5]
219 I Feel Fine! Jonathan Greenberg January 26, 2015
220 Shoes Blues Ed Valentine February 13, 2015
221 Radar for a Day Susan Kim January 28, 2015 or November 3, 2015[7]
222 A Gift From Halley Liz Keyishian January 30, 2015 or November 3, 2015[8]
223 Best Guests Susan Kim February 2, 2015 or November 3, 2015[9]
224 Puzzle Hunt Ed Valentine February 4, 2015
225 Bop 'til You Drop[10] aka Bop Til You Drop Jonathan Greenberg February 6, 2015 or June 27, 2015[10]
226 Kapowsers! Susan Kim February 7, 2015 or June 27, 2015[10]

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International broadcast

The series was dubbed into different languages. Finnish network Yle TV2 began broadcasting the series in November 2016, during the "Pikku Kakkonen" programming block. In Ireland, it aired on TG4, in Spain, it aired on Clan, and in Thailand, it aired on True Spark. The series was previously available on Hulu before 2019. In 2021, FilmRise picked up the show for distribution, and it was available on The Roku Channel, Pluto TV and Tubi TV, but as of March 2025 it has been removed from nearly every streaming website.

Notes

  1. ^ A team of music composers consisting of Steve D'Angelo and Terry Tompkins
  2. ^ Supervising producer.
  3. ^ Animation outsourced to Top Draw Animation.

References

  1. ^ a b "WorldScreen.com - Archives". worldscreen.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Astroblast!--SpaceRecruits". YouTube.
  3. ^ "FilmRise picks up 9 Scholastic titles".
  4. ^ a b "GamGam Knows Best". SproutOnline.Com. When the crew meets Sal's GamGam, they're shocked at how fragile she seems. Season 1, Episode 41 09/09/2015
  5. ^ a b c "Whos Afraid of the Big Bad Alligator; Sing Along to the Bouncing Monkey". Retrieved January 8, 2015. Original air date: 06-JUN-15
  6. ^ a b "Big Bad Alligator". SproutOnline.Com. A family of new customers are scared of Jet. Season 1, Episode 43 10/01/2015
  7. ^ "Radar for a Day". SproutOnline.Com. Halley thinks Radar is taking his time fixing something for her. Season 1, Episode 47 11/03/2015
  8. ^ "A Gift From Halley". SproutOnline.Com. Halley gives Comet a gift--but he can't figure out what it is. Season 1, Episode 48 11/03/2015
  9. ^ "Best Guests". SproutOnline.Com. The crew can't agree on how to show their customers they care. Season 1, Episode 49 11/03/2015
  10. ^ a b c "Bop 'til You Drop; Kapowser". Retrieved January 8, 2015. Original air date: 27-JUN-15
  11. ^ "Astroblast - Episode Guide". Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
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