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    1950s Television Kids TV Shows A USA TV 2 Mins Read

    Adventures of Spin and Marty, The

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    1 9 5 6 – 1 9 5 7 (USA)
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    30 x 15 minute episodes

    Spin and Marty started as an 11-minute segment on the Mickey Mouse Club in 1955. It proved so popular that it ran for three seasons and spawned two remakes, a movie, and many comic books.

    Tim Considine was Spin Evans, a poor but popular kid who spent his summer at the Triple R Ranch. David Stollery was Marty Markham, a spoiled and over-protected rich orphan from the city.

    These unlikely ranch mates eventually became best friends and helped solve all kinds of situations on the ranch. Annette Funicello joined the cast from the second season, which was broadcast as The Further Adventures of Spin and Marty.

    The 1958 – 1959 season was broadcast as The New Adventures of Spin and Marty.

    Spin Evans
    Tim Considine
    Martin “Marty” Markham
    David Stollery
    Colonel Jim Logan
    Roy Barcroft
    Bill Burnett
    Harry Carey Jr
    Ollie
    Leonard Geer
    Russell the Muscle
    Dee Aaker
    Perkins
    J Pat O’Malley
    Ambitious
    B.G. Norman
    Clarence “Speckles” Smith
    Tim Hartnagel
    Annette
    Annette Funicello

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