Spin and Marty
| Spin and Marty | |
|---|---|
David Stollery (left) as Marty Markham and Tim Considine as Spin Evans introduce the series. | |
| Genre | Serial |
| Created by | Lawrence Edward Watkin |
| Written by | Jackson Gillis Lois Hire Dick Conway Roland Maclaine Lawrence Edward Watkin Tom Adair James Allardice Tom Waldman Frank Waldman |
| Directed by | William Beaudine Sr. Hollingsworth Morse Alvin Ganzer Leigh Jason Lew Landers Lewis Allen Tom Gries |
| Starring | David Stollery Tim Considine Harry Carey Jr. Annette Funicello Roy Barcroft J. Pat O'Malley |
| Composers | Paul Smith Franklyn Marks Buddy Baker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955): 25 The Further Adventures of Spin and Marty (1956): 23 The New Adventures of Spin and Marty (1957): 30 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Bill Walsh |
| Running time | 11 minutes per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 4, 1955 – December 13, 1957 |
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Spin and Marty is a series of television shorts that aired as part of The Mickey Mouse Club show of the mid-1950s, produced by Walt Disney and broadcast on the ABC network in the United States. There were three serials in all, set at the Triple R Ranch, a boys' western-style summer camp. The first series of 25 eleven-minute episodes, The Adventures of Spin and Marty, was filmed in 1955. Its popularity led to two sequels — The Further Adventures of Spin and Marty in 1956 and The New Adventures of Spin and Marty in 1957.
The serials were based on the 1942 novel Marty Markham by Lawrence Edward Watkin. The shows' success led to a reprinting of Watkin's novel in 1956 and the Spin and Marty comic books of the late 1950s. Spin and Marty aired as reruns on the Disney Channel until September 9, 2002. The first season's 25 episodes with bonus material were released on DVD by Disney in 2005.