Isis: No Drums, No Trumpets

"No Drums, No Trumpets" is the eleventh episode of season one of the superhero action series Isis. It was directed by Hollingsworth Morse with a script written by Arthur H. Nadel. It first aired on CBS on Saturday morning on November 15th, 1975. In this episode, a student named Fred Weitling gets frustrated for coming in second at the high school science fair. He recklessly drives his car into a ravine, prompting Isis to come and save him. Later, Fred, Andrea and the 1st place winner, Dorothy Bieder, go to an old fashioned ghost town, which is being used as a base of operations for a gang of truck thieves.

Notes & Trivia

 * Isis was created by Russell Bates and developed by Marc Richards. It was produced by Norm Prescott and Lou Scheimer of Filmation Associates.


 * This episode is included on disc two of the Secrets of Isis: The Complete Series DVD collection by BCI.


 * Executive producer Richard M. Rosenbloom is credited as Dick Rosenbloom in this episode.


 * There are a total of seven credited cast members in this episode: 4 male cast members and 3 female cast members.


 * This is the sixth episode of The Secrets of Isis directed by Hollingsworth Morse. He directs eleven episodes of the series in total. His next episode is "Funny Gal".


 * This is the first episode of The Secrets of Isis written by Arthur H. Nadel. He writes four episodes of the series in total. It is his only episode from season one.


 * This is the fifth appearance of Joshua Barnes. He appeared last in "Bigfoot".


 * Isis uses the following powers in this episode: Flight, Invocation, Telekinesis, Transformation, and Weather control.


 * Cindy Lee actually changes her clothes for this episode! No blue overalls.


 * This is the first time that Andrea Thomas actually spends some time without the Amulet of Hatshepsut around her neck. She briefly loses it in the ghost town and is powerless to stop Jim Danch and his crony from loading up stolen motorcycles into the back of a truck until she recovers it.