 Aside from a brief period in the early 1980s as part of "The Krofft Supershow", the series has never been shown in syndication, possibly due to the politically incorrect stereotypes of the pirate crew, as well as the strong drug implications present during George and the Grasshoppers' rock and pop numbers.It first appeared on British TV on BBC1 on Thursday, 25 November 1971.It was dubbed in Sinhala in Sri Lanka as "Dosthara Hoda hitha".