About this season
Samson & Goliath is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC, where it debuted on September 9, 1967. Primarily sponsored by General Mills, who controlled the distribution rights through its agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, Samson & Goliath was retitled Young Samson in April 1968 to avoid confusion with the stop-motion Christian television series Davey and Goliath. Twenty-six 12-minute episodes of the series were produced; Samson & Goliath cartoons were paired with other General Mills-sponsored shows such as Tennessee Tuxedo and Go Go Gophers to form a full half-hour for their original network broadcasts.Young Samson was later shown in syndication with The Space Kidettes as The Space Kidettes and Young Samson, distributed by The Program Exchange.
Episodes (20)
1. The Curse of Monatabu
Aired 9 September 1967 • 9 min
Samson and Goliath are visiting a tropical island with an active volcano and happen upon a recently decimated village. Samson is informed by one of the villagers that once, long ago, an evil witch doctor was sentenced to death by the villagers and, before jumping into the volcano, he cursed the village, saying his spirit would return to avenge him. Ever since that day, at the same time every year, a giant green lizard-looking animal comes and destroys the village. This is deemed to be the spirit of the witch doctor carrying out his curse—a.k.a. the curse of Monatabu. Samson decides to investigate this with Goliath.
2. The Aurora Borealis Creature
Aired 16 September 1967 • 30 min
3. The Great Colossus
Aired 23 September 1967 • 30 min
4. Cold Wind from Venus
Aired 30 September 1967 • 30 min
5. The SSX-19
Aired 7 October 1967 • 30 min
6. Operation Peril
Aired 14 October 1967 • 30 min
Samson and Goliath aid Professor Telos who, on his way to the Pentagon to deliver his plans for a new solar jet, is abducted by an alien group of enemies called Peril.
7. The Secret of Evil Island
Aired 21 October 1967 • 30 min
8. The Monsteroids
Aired 28 October 1967 • 30 min
9. The Idol Rama-Keesh
Aired 4 November 1967 • 30 min
10. Salamandro
Aired 11 November 1967 • 30 min
11. Baron Von Skull
Aired 18 November 1967 • 30 min
12. Moon Rendezvous
Aired 25 November 1967 • 30 min
13. The Lost City of the Dragon Men
Aired 2 December 1967 • 30 min
14. The Colossal Coral Creature
Aired 9 December 1967 • 30 min
15. Zuran's Creature
Aired 16 December 1967 • 30 min
16. The Dome
Aired 23 December 1967 • 30 min
17. Nerod
Aired 30 December 1967 • 30 min
18. The Terrible Dr. Desto
Aired 6 January 1968 • 30 min
19. From Out of the Deep
Aired 13 January 1968 • 30 min
20. Thing from the Black Mountains
Aired 20 January 1968 • 30 min