Korg 70,000 B.C.

[Werewolf]

I came across this show by accident looking up old board games.

It was a live action Hanna Barbara Saturday morning TV show about Neanderthals from 1974. I have absolutely no memory of this or was even aware it existed.

[monitor_ep]

I was too young to remember this but since they had a comic book I have since started to get familiar with the show:

Korg featured the adventures of a family of Neanderthals during the Ice Age. It was intended to be educational, and was based on the best then-current research about Neanderthal life; however, some situations had to be watered down for a young audience. Actor Burgess Meredith supplied the narration. There were 19 episode in the season. The DVD only has 16 of the 19 episode.

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A board game of the same title was produced by the US toy company Milton Bradley as a direct tie-in. Charlton Comics published a Korg comic book from May 1975 to November 1976 (well after the show had left the air). The series was written and drawn by Pat Boyette, and lasted nine issues.

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[PNGwynne]

I had the lunchbox--I've no idea why, as I don't recall the show at all.

[TrekStar]

I like the comic book cover, I can see someone making custom figures of Korg.

[Bruce Banner]

I had the View-Master reels, but I only vaguely remember ever watching the show.

[palitoy]

I remember catching the show once as a kid, no dinosaurs, no Brian. The only thing that kept it in my consciousness was the local variety store had the boardgame from about 1974 until the late 1980s. It was right next to the Planet of the Apes kit that started me on this journey.

[Nostalgiabuff]

i have no memory of this show at all. don't think i have ever even heard of it in passing.

[monitor_ep]

There is a youtube channel that is showing 15 episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yernO1u0O6k&list=PL6eAkOWU0qq7lLuUxCUzK65ZXWK8YyhhY

[PNGwynne]

So, was Mego's OMBC a riff on Korg? I've always assumed so.

[monitor_ep]

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The Mego cave men were marketed the movie One Million BC.

[PNGwynne]

Well, in the same way Mad Monsters were marketed for Universal horrors. Certainly OMBC was not licensed and 9 years later. But Korg was contemporaneous with the line, and Mego chose to do a family like the show, not tribes as in the film.

[Megotastrophe]

I remember the show. I liked it better than the cartoon that had a modern family living in the past with a cave family.

[publiusr]

Perhaps a bit sadder

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-neanderthal-family.amp

Not surprising

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/neanderthal-tooth-enamel-carnivores/?amp=1

[Boris71]

Just watched korg, have to say the start was very similar to the PotA TV series, not too bad a show.

[Earth 2 Chris]

There definitely seemed to be a caveman craze in the 70s. I vaguely recall my sister and her friend putting together an Aurora caveman model kit. If only they had went for the monsters!

I don't remember this show, but have come across some items from it, like the comics.