Devlin is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast for 16 episodes on ABC from September 7 to December 21, 1974, with reruns airing until September 1976. The series, inspired by the popularity of motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, featured a stunt motorcyclist with a traveling circus named Ernie Devlin and his siblings Tod and Sandy. It was one of Hanna-Barbera's few dramatic series.
The original title for the show was Wild Wheels, and the title character was "Dare" Devlin. Concerned about potential criticism that the show glorified dangerous activity, ABC nixed the title, changed the character's name to Ernie, and mandated the regular presentation of safety tips.
Plot Ernie Devlin is a motorcycle stunt rider who is a part of a traveling circus owned by Hank McSummers. His siblings Tod and Sandy help out in preparing his stunts as they have various adventures along the way.
Cast The main characters were: Michael Bell as Ernie Devlin Micky Dolenz as Tod Devlin Michelle Robinson as Sandy Devlin Norman Alden as Henry "Hank" McSummers
Additional Philip Clarke Don Diamond Sarina Grant Bob Hastings David Jolliffe Robby Lester Stan Livingston Derrel Maury Barney Phillips Fran Ryan John Stephenson John Tuell Ginny Tyler Don Wells Jesse White
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Home media On May 24, 2016, Warner Archive released Devlin: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.
Other appearances An elderly Ernie Devlin appeared in several episodes of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (most prominently "The Devlin Made Me Do It" and "Grodin") voiced by Toby Huss. The Devil siblings appear in the Jellystone! episode "The Mountain Jumpers" with Ernie Devlin voiced by Kyle Bornheimer, Tod Devlin voiced by Jim Conroy, and Sandy Devlin voiced by Georgie Kiddie. In this show, Ernie has a gap in his teeth and had unsuccessful stunts on his Internet streaming channel called "The Devlin Crew", Tod does the filming and different maintenance work, and Sandy provides Ernie with medical care as a DIY doctor. Augie Doggie, Shag Rugg, and Yakky Doodle enlist the Devil siblings to help Yakky leap over Mount Kill-em-all-Jaro for real after Shag Rugg's doctored video had fooled everyone in Jellystone and Mayor Huckleberry Hound wants Yakky to do it for real so that Jellystone can outdo New Bedrock. After a montage with The Devlin Crew, Yakky attempts the jump over Mount Kill-em-all-Jaro only to crash enough for her friends, Ernie, and Dot to attempt to rescue her. After Todd fails, Mayor Huckleberry Hound tells Yakky that she did an amazing job enabling anxious people to gather in Jellystone and advises her to keep up the tourist attraction for a week where the all the expenses for the event will be recouped. In a twist ending, the events of the episode were part of a fan film by Shag Rugg that he made with an app.
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