T.V. : Diver Dan

Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly to NBC affiliates) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. The shows were sometimes re-edited into half-hour (including commercials) blocks by local stations.

The series featured the adventures of a diver in an old-fashioned diving suit who talked to the passing fish. The series was filmed in live action with puppet fish; the underwater effect was achieved by shooting through an aquarium.

The characters included Diver Dan and Miss Minerva, the Captain (heard but not seen), and a puppet cast including the villainous Baron Barracuda, his henchman Trigger (a trigger fish), Finley Haddock, Doc Sturgeon, Georgie Porgy, Gabby the Clam, Gill Espy, Glow Fish, Goldie the Goldfish (who spoke only in peeps and squeaks), Hermit Crab, Sam the Sawfish, Scout Fish, Sea Biscuit the Seahorse and Skipper Kipper.

One of the running gags in the series was for Trigger to refer to the Baron as "Boss", at which the Baron would get angry and say some variation of, "Call me Baron, you idiot!" — to which Trigger would reply, "Okay, Baron you idiot".

Baron Barracuda wore a monocle in one eye, and spoke in a vaguely European accent. Trigger always had an apparently unlit cigarette jutting from the side of his mouth.

The series was not immune to ethnic stereotypes: One of the undersea characters was Scout Fish, who carried a tomahawk and always spoke in pidgin-Indian dialect. He occasionally used his tomahawk to extricate Diver Dan from seaweed (in the Sargasso Sea), fishing nets, or some nefarious trap. - wiki

ZT- Fun and yet creepy kids show. I think a stiff drink (or whatever you preffer) is needed for the 'proper expierence' with this show, but that's just my reccommendation. I'm sure PeeWee Herman must have seen this show as a kid.

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Diver_Dan_01_Hard_Water___.avi

Diver_Dan_02_Goldie_the_Goldfish__.avi

Diver_Dan_03_Talking_Fish__.avi

Diver_Dan_04_Skippers_Gold__.avi

Diver_Dan_05_Treasure_Ship_.avi

Diver_Dan_06_Sawfish_Rescue_.avi

Diver_Dan_07_Shell-O-Phone__.avi

Diver_Dan_08_The_Octopus__.avi

Diver_Dan_09_Murder_Ink_.avi

Bonus over 30 more episodes that you can watch or download can be found here

All thanks go to the internet archive for these.
(and a special thanks to 'vintage orange sunshine' for pointing the way to these.)

some of these are also on YouTube thanks to Mark for the heads up on that option.

And if anyone knows where to download #41+ please let us know - thanks and...
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Comic: Diver Dan (Four Color)

WOW check out the smoking fish. It's wrong on so many levels. .. I love it!Great retro fun.
four color special (This is basicaly Diver Dan #1 - his series started and finished with#2)
1254
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Comic: Diver Dan #2

Classic actionTV adaptation
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(the first issue was four color#1254)
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