The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Genre	Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Created by	Andy Heyward
Directed by	Dan Riba
Starring	Lou Albano Danny Wells Jeannie Elias Harvey Atkin John Stocker Jonathan Potts Cyndy Preston Len Carlson
Opening theme	"Mario Brothers Rap"
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65
Production
Executive producers	Andy Heyward Robby London
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production companies	Saban Entertainment DIC Entertainment Nintendo of America
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 4 (1989-09-04) – December 1, 1989 (1989-12-01)

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, also simply known as Super Mario and Super Mario Brothers, is the first cartoon of DIC Entertainment's Super Mario trilogy, aired between September 4 and December 1, 1989. It was the only one to be produced directly for syndication.

The show featured live-action segments in which Mario and Luigi (played by Lou Albano and Danny Wells respectively), living in their basement workshop in Brooklyn, were often visited by various celebrity guest stars. Also featured were cartoons based on the first and second Super Mario Bros. games, where the Mario brothers teamed up with Princess Peach (then known as Princess Toadstool in America) and Toad to battle King Koopa (now known as Bowser) and his forces to save the many lands of the mushroom world.

The Super Mario Bros. cartoons were shown on Mondays through Thursdays only; on Fridays, the show would air cartoons based on the animated Legend of Zelda series. In 1990, the show was retooled and aired under the name Club Mario, combining the animated segments with new live-action.