The Huckleberry Hound Show
The Huckleberry Hound Show | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Based on | The Huckleberry Hound theatrical series |
Written by | Joseph Barbera Warren Foster Dan Gordon Michael Maltese Charles Shows |
Presented by | Huckleberry Hound |
Starring | Huckleberry Hound Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks Yogi Bear Hokey Wolf |
Voices of | Daws Butler Don Messick Doug Young Hal Smith |
Narrated by | Don Messick |
Composer | Hoyt Curtin[1] |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Running time | 30 minutes 7 minutes per short |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
Original release | |
Network | First-run syndication Boomerang |
Release | March 29, 1958 December 24, 1962 | –
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
[change | change source]- ↑ "Musicnotes.com: Huckleberry Hound". musicnotes.com. Madison, WI: Musicnotes, Inc. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ↑ "Animation legend William Hanna dies at 90". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2013-05-27.