Brock Borden Al Eisenmann as Pete Darien Don Messick as Godzooky B.J. Ward as Jana of the Jungle Michael Bell as Dr. Ben Cooper Ted Cassidy as Montaro/Godzilla (vocal effects) Production In regard to the origin of the series, Joseph Barbera came up with the idea of licensing Godzilla. He explained in a 1990s interview "My job back then was to dig up new characters, new ideas, new shows, and I had wanted to do Godzilla for awhile. I liked the monster thing, and the way it looked, and I thought we could do a lot with it. So I contacted Henry Saperstein, who was a very good friend and we got talking about it. Then there was an executive at the network who wanted to get into the act, and urged us to lighten the storyline up. So, I came up with the character Godzooky, who was like his son. The show had a sort of father-son relationship, which we had done before on shows like Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy and Jonny Quest." Doug Wildey, creator of Johnny Quest, came on board as producer. Barbera said that he wanted the series to be more-or-less a straight adaptation of the movie series, but, "When they start telling you in Standards and Practices, 'Don't shoot any flame at anybody, don't step on any buildings or cars,' then pretty soon, they've taken away all the stuff he represents. That became the problem, to maintain a feeling of Godzilla and at the same time cut down everything that he did. We managed to get a fair show out of it. It was OK. Godzooky kind of got the kids going." Episodes Season 1 (1978) Season 2 (1979) Broadcast Godzilla originally aired in these following formats on NBC: The Godzilla Power Hour (September 9, 1978 – October 28, 1978) The Godzilla Super 90 (November 4, 1978 – September 1, 1979) Godzilla (September 8, 1979 – November 3, 1979) The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour (November 10, 1979 – September 20, 1980) The Godzilla/Dynomutt Hour (September 27, 1980 – November 15, 1980) The Godzilla/Hong Kong Phooey Hour (November 22, 1980 – May 16, 1981) Godzilla (May 23, 1981 – September 5, 1981) The Godzilla Power Hour consisted of half-hour episodes of Godzilla and Jana of the Jungle. A total of 13 original episodes were produced in 1978, with the first eight airing as part of The