ProStars

Synopsis of Saturday Morning Show

“We are, we are ProStars!”

Three superstar athletes, hi-tech gadgets, and a theme song set to Queen's “We Will Rock You.” Young boys, you may commence high-fiving and pounding your own chests.

Originally developed for ESPN, ProStars featured a trio of pro sports legends—basketball royalty Michael “Air” Jordan, hockey’s “The Great One” Wayne Gretzky, and football/baseball crossover star “Bo Knows” Bo Jackson. The three all-stars ended up on NBC’s Saturday morning schedule, where they appeared in live-action wraparounds, introducing the week’s episode at the beginning and answering questions at the end.

After the intro, cartoon likenesses took over (with professional actors doing the voices). Mike, Wayne, and Bo answered to Mama, a spunky redheaded matron who sent them out to do battle with polluters, smog-makers, and other ecological villains. Mama never left her boys unprepared, arming them with an arsenal of advanced doo-dads, including a custom aircraft. Wannabe ProStar Denise tagged along on the guys’ missions, usually ending up kidnapped by the bad guys.

Despite the starpower of its three leads, ProStars went the way of all of NBC’s Saturday morning schedule in 1992, when the network scrapped its cartoons in favor of a weekend news program. Like fellow DIC production WishKid, ProStars immediately found a rerun home on The Family Channel, but unlike that program, no new episodes of ProStars were ever produced.

“ProStars… It’s all about helping kids.”

Release History

9/14/91 - 7/25/92 NBC

TV Sub Categories

animated
action/adventure

TV Studio

DIC

Television Cast

Michael Jordan (live action) Himself
Wayne Gretzky (live action) Himself
Bo Jackson (live action) Himself
Michael Jordan (animated) Dorian Harewood
Wayne Gretzky (animated) Townsend Coleman
Bo Jackson (animated) Dave Fennoy
Mama Susan Silo
Denise Diana Barrows
Voices Charlie Adler
Voices Mary Albert
Voices Jack Angel
Voices Bill Callaway
Voices Brian Cummings
Voices Jim Cummings
Voices Debi Deryberry
Voices Pat Fraley
Voices Mike Fratello
Voices Ellen Gerstell
Voices Dan Gilvezan
Voices Edan Gross
Voices Whitby Hartford
Voices Dana Hill
Voices Jerry Houser
Voices Robert Ito
Voices Richard Karron
Voices Art Kimbro
Voices David L. Lander
Voices Katie Leigh
Voices Sherry Lynn
Voices Tress MacNeille
Voices Candi Milo
Voices Robert Morse
Voices Rob Paulsen
Voices Hal Rayle
Voices Neil Ross
Voices Ron Rubin
Voices Justin Shenkerow
Voices R.J. Williams

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