Another Bob Kane Creation

Bob Kane is known around the world as the creator of Batman and Robin. He created more then just them. He also created Couragous Cat and Cool McCool. Of those last two Cool McCool is his best remembered. It was in Sept. of 1966 when it debuted on Saturday morning televison on NBC. It isn't hard to see what his inspration was for the character. Cool was dashing and handsome. He communicated to headquarters through his moustache and had amazing gadgets that didn't work all the time. His favorite saying was "Danger is my business." He got his orders from a boss known as Number One. When his boss caught him in a mistake he always said "That will never happen again." A year earlier NBC premiered Get Smart. Maxwell Smart thought he was dashing and handsome. He called headquarters through his shoe phone and had other gadgets like the Cone of Silence that rarely worked well. He had many catch phrases one of his favorites when he was told he would be facing danger he would say "...and loving it." He had a boss known as Chief. When the Chief caught him in a mistake he would always say 'Sorry about that Chief." So Maxwell Smart was the inspration for Cool McCool. At least it seems that way. In an homage to Batman Cool drove the Coolmobile. Like Batman drove the Batmobile.
The voice of Cool McCool was Bob McFadden, he also did Luno the White Stallion for Terry toons and Commander Stargazer in Silverhawks. His best known voice was Frankenberry in the ceral commericals. The voice of Number One was Chuck McCann and he also did the voice of all the villians.
The show lasted for 3 years on network TV. During that time an amazing thing didn't happen. There was no merchandising of Cool McCool. No comic books, big little books, view masters, dolls etc. As you can see by the photo above they have started to put out videos and DVDS. You can get that one if you click here.