Cartoon
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
The story
Goldie Gold and Action Jack is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises that aired for one season on ABC from September 12 to December 5, 1981. 13 episodes were produced.
The show was rerun on Cartoon Network in 1994, and Boomerang in 2000.
Plot
The series follows the random adventures of Goldie Gold, a blond, beautiful heiress whose late parents left her a newspaper called The Gold Street Journal and her boyfriend, ace reporter "Action Jack" Travis, who works very closely with Goldie and her Cocker Spaniel Nugget. Also frequently seen is Jack's boss, GSJ editor Sam Gritt.
Voice cast
Judy Strangis as Goldie Gold
Sonny Melendrez as Jack Travis
Booker Bradshaw as Sam Gritt
Peter Cullen
Alan Dinehart
Walker Edmiston
Keye Luke
Terry McGovern
Shepard Menken
Avery Schreiber
Lyle Talbot
Crew
Alan Dinehart - Voice Director
Production
Following his work on Thundarr the Barbarian for Ruby-Spears, Jack Kirby provided the designs for Goldie Gold and Action Jack based on a concept conceived by Steve Gerber, also of Thundarr. Additional work developing the series was done by Mark Evanier and Martin Pasko.
Broadcast
The series was broadcast on ABC from September 12, 1981 through September 18, 1982 . The series was rebroadcast on Cartoon Network beginning January 8, 1994.
Home media
A VHS tape, Goldie Gold and Action Jack, was released by Worldvision Enterprises in 1985 and contained the episodes "Night of the Crystal" and "Red Dust of Doom".
A second VHS tape, Goldie Gold and Action Jack: Solid Gold Adventures, was released by Worldvision Enterprises in 1986 and contained the episodes "Island of Terror" and "Revenge of the Ancient Astronaut".
The episode "Night of the Crystal Skull" was released on DVD in 2010 as part of the collection Saturday Morning Cartoons- 1980s, Volume 1.