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The Huckleberry Hound Show

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The Huckleberry Hound Show
GenreComedy
Created byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Based onThe Huckleberry Hound theatrical series
Written byJoseph Barbera
Warren Foster
Dan Gordon
Michael Maltese
Charles Shows
Presented byHuckleberry Hound
StarringHuckleberry Hound
Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks
Yogi Bear
Hokey Wolf
Voices ofDaws Butler
Don Messick
Doug Young
Hal Smith
Narrated byDon Messick
ComposerHoyt Curtin[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes(list of episodes)
Production
ProducersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time30 minutes
7 minutes per short
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkFirst-run syndication
Boomerang
ReleaseMarch 29, 1958 (1958-03-29) –
December 24, 1962 (1962-12-24)
Related
Yogi Bear
Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
Hokey Wolf

The Huckleberry Hound Show is a 30-minute animated television series. It had four seasons and was first aired between March 29, 1958 and December 24, 1962. It is the work of Joseph Barbera and William Hanna. In 1960, The Huckleberry Hound Show became the first animated television series to win an Emmy Award.[2]

Each episode has three 7-minute cartoons. The first cartoon stars Huckleberry Hound; the second stars Yogi Bear and his friend Boo Boo Bear, and the third stars Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks. Yogi Bear was the most loved character of the show. He was given his own series in 1960. Hokey Wolf took Yogi's place in the series.

Daws Butler was the voice actor who played Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Pixie, Mr. Jinks, and Hokey Wolf. Don Messick gave voice to Huckle Blue-Chan Hound, Boo Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Ding-A-Ling and Dixie.

References

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  1. "Musicnotes.com: Huckleberry Hound". musicnotes.com. Madison, WI: Musicnotes, Inc. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  2. "Animation legend William Hanna dies at 90". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2013-05-27.