Goldie Gold and Action Jack

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| image = Goldie Gold and Action Jack.jpg

| caption = Title card

| runtime = 30 minutes

| creator =

| company = Ruby-Spears Enterprises

| writer = Mark Evanier

| director = Rudy Larriva
John Kimball

| developer = Steve Gerber

| executive_producer = Joe Ruby and Ken Spears

| music = Dean Elliott

| voices = Judy Strangis
Sonny Melendrez
Booker Bradshaw

| country = United States

| language = English

| network = ABC

| first_aired = {{start date|1981|9|12}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1981|12|5}}

| num_episodes = 13

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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.{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=252}}

The show was rerun on Cartoon Network in 1994, and Boomerang in 2000.{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=383–384}}

Plot

The series follows the random adventures of Goldie Gold, a blond, beautiful teenage 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. Thirteen episodes were produced.{{cite book|title=TV Guide Guide to TV|year=2004|publisher=Barnes and Noble|isbn=0-7607-5634-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/257 257]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/257}}

Voice cast

Episode list

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Night of the Crystal Skull

| WrittenBy = Steve Gerber

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|9|12}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Pirate of the Airways

| WrittenBy = Mark Evanier

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|9|19}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Red Dust of Doom

| WrittenBy = Cliff Ruby
Elana Lesser

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|9|26}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Revenge of the Ancient Astronaut

| WrittenBy = Gary Greenfield

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|10|3}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Prophet of Doom

| WrittenBy = Christopher Vane

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|10|10}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Night of the Walking Doom

| WrittenBy = Jeffrey Scott
Martin Pasko

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|10|17}}

| ShortSummary = The Oracle makes a series of predictions, all of which come true. Could he be the one making them possible?

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Island of Terror

| WrittenBy = Cliff Ruby
Elana Lesser

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|10|24}}

| ShortSummary = A gloved hand that can move by itself targets three wealthy entrepreneurs.

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| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Curse of the Snake People

| WrittenBy = Martin Pasko

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|10|31}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Race Against Time

| WrittenBy = Cliff Ruby
Elana Lesser

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|11|7}}

| ShortSummary = The Steel Claw goes into the past to turn the ancestors of the Stern family into lizard-like mutants. He takes Goldie, Jack, and Nugget along for the ride, and they get help from Goldie's ancestor, Lotta Gold.

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| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = Menace of the Medallion

| WrittenBy = Cliff Ruby
Elana Lesser

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|11|14}}

| ShortSummary = Jack and Goldie investigate a series of bizarre crimes, all of which involve a strange medallion.

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| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = Pursuit Into Peril

| WrittenBy = Buzz Dixon

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|11|21}}

| ShortSummary = A gang of criminals are after Mogani's Magic Box.
Note: This episode's plot is very similar to Raiders of the Lost Ark, which was released a few months before this episode aired.

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| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = The Return of the Man Beast

| WrittenBy = Mark Evanier

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|11|28}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = The Goddess of the Black Pearl

| WrittenBy = Cliff Ruby
Elana Lesser

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1981|12|5}}

| ShortSummary = An undead king returns from the grave and uses a herb to brainwash Goldie into becoming his wife, the Goddess of the Black Pearl.

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://animatedviews.com/2010/saturday-morning-cartoons-1980s-volume-1/|title=Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1980s: Volume 1 – Animated Views}}

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