Monday, November 25, 2013

Touche' Turtle and Dum Dum

Touche' Turtle and Dum Dum is one of the segments from The New Hanna-Barbera Certoon Series, produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1962, along with Wally Gator and Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har. The show aired twice on the BBC in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s. Touche' Turtle and Dum Dum were a pair of heroic fencers who battle and heroically saves kings, queens, maidens, and others in distress. Touche' was the brave and dashing leader, whereas Dum Dum the sheepdog was more of a simple minded follower. Brandishing his trusty sword and exclaiming his catchphrase, "Touche' away!"

The original voices of Touche' Turtle and Dum Dum are Bill Thompson and Alan Reed.

Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long

Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long was a segment of Hanna-Barbera's The Magilla Gorilla Show, and later appeared on Peter Potamus and his Magic Flying Balloon. Ricochet Rabbit worked as a sheriff in a Western setting called Hoop 'n' Holler. Ricochet, true to his name, would bounce off stationary objects yelling " ping-ping-ping!" His deputy Droop-a-Long Coyote was never able to be as "jumpy" and would end up crashing through a window, or some similar accident except on one occasion when Ricochet and Droop-a-Long were running away from a bear. Unfortunately for both of them, the bear also managed to bounce off.
In addition to his speed, which enabled him to outrun even bullets, Ricochet was known for using trick bullets against his opponents that would stop in mid-flight and hover while striking the bad guy with an impossibly oversized mallet or drawing a target on his nose.

Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long are played by Don Messick and Mel Blanc who impersonates Ken Curtis.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Hokey Wolf and Ding-A-Ling

Hokey Wolf is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon about the adventures of a con-artist wolf who is always trying to cheat his way into the simple life. He is often accompanied alongside by his young, diminutuve, sidekick Ding-A-Ling Wolf, both of them whom are featured as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show in their own segment. Through each episode, Hokey would usually try to fool farmers and other antagonists with food-stealing schemes and/or finding a place to stay without cost, only for most of these tricks to back-fire on him one way or another.

Hokey Wolf is originally voiced by Daws Butler who had done Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Wally Gator, Loopy De Loop, Peter Potamus, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Snooper and Blabber. And Ding-A-Ling Wolf is voiced by Doug Young who impersonates Buddy Hackett.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy are Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters who debuted on The Quick Draw McGraw Show and appeared in their own segment of that show. The segments centered around the misadventures of  dachshund father-and-son team. Doggie Daddy tried to do the best he could at raising his rambunctious son Augie. Augie, who loved his father, would often refer to him as "dear old Dad." Their mutual admiration included Daddy gently childing, "Augie, my son, my son" when he would disappoint his father; and when his son would say or do something that inspired pride, Daddy would turn to the audience and say with a grin, "Dat's my boy who said dat!" The segments and characters were similar to the Spike and Tyke cartoons William Hanna and Joseph Barbera produced during their theatrical animation careers at MGM in the 1940s and 1950s.

The voices of Doggie Daddy and Augie Doggie are Doug Young who impersonates Jimmy Durante and Daws Butler.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Snooper and Blabber

Snooper and Blabber is one of the sequences from The Quick Draw McGraw Show (produced by Hanna-Barbera, between 1959 and 1962). Snooper and Blabber fomr a pair of cat and mouse detectives. The characters have appeared in other Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and Yogi's Treasure Hunt. Super Snooper is more or less the one in command whenever the pair takes on a case while Blabber Mouse follows whatever orders Snooper gives him.

The voices of Snooper and Blabber are played by the same voice actor Daws Butler, who also played Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Wally Gator, Loopy De Loop, Peter Potamus, Quick Draw McGraw, and Baba Looey.

Monday, November 18, 2013

Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey

Quick Draw McGraw is a fictional anthropomorphic white horse and the main protagonist and the title character of The Quick Draw McGraw Show. He is depicted as wearing a red cowboy hat and light blue bandana. All 45 of his cartoons that originally aired between 1959 and 1962 were written by Michael Maltese, known best for his work at the Warner Bros. cartoon studio. Quick Draw was usually depicted as a sheriff in a series of short films set in the Old West. He was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro named Baba Looey who spoke in English with a Mexican accent and calle his partner "Queeks Draw". Quick Draw also makes his accent by saying, "Hooold on there, partner!"

Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey are both voiced by Daws Butler who voiced Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Wally Gator, Loopy De Loop, and Peter Potamus.


Monday, November 11, 2013

Peter Potamus

Peter Potamus is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and first broadcast on September 16, 1964. It featured Peter Potamus the hippopotamus and his sidekick, So-So the monkey. Peter was big, purple and friendly. Episodes generally consisted of Peter and So-So exploring the world in his time-traveling hot air balloon. When faced with a certain situation, Peter uses his Hippo Hurricane Holler technique to blow away his opponents. Peter Potamus was a syndicated series divided into three segments; one of Peter Potamus and So-So, one of Breezly and Sneezly, and one of Yippee, Yappee, and Yahooey. Peter was a companion series to Magilla Gorilla, and both series premiered in first-run syndication before picking up by ABC-TV in 1964. After the ABC run ended in 1965, cartoons Magilla Gorilla and Peter Potamus shows were syndicated together.

The voice of Peter Potamus was played by Daws Butler who had done Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Wally Gator, and Loopy-De-Loop

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Magilla Gorilla

Magilla Gorilla is a fictional gorilla and the star of The Magilla Gorilla Show by Hanna-Barbera that aired from 1964 to 1967. He's a gorilla who spends his time languishing in the front display window of Melvin Peebles' pet shop, eating bananas and being a drain on the businessman's finances. Peebles marked down Magilla's price considerably, but Magilla was invariably only purchased for a short time, typically by some thieves who needed a gorilla to break into a bank or by an advertising agency looking for a mascot for their new product. The customers always ended up returning Magilla, forcing Peebles to refund their money. Magilla often ended each episode with his catchphrase, "We'll try again next week." Like many of Hanna-Barbera's animal character's Magilla Gorilla was dressed in human accessories, sporting a bow tie, shorts held up by suspenders, and an undersized derby hat.

Magilla Gorilla is originally played by Allan Melvin.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Squiddly Diddly

Squiddly Diddly is an anthromorphic squid created by Hanna-Barbera, who was featured in his own cartoon segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel beginning in 1965. The round-headed, sailor-hatted Squiddly who resembles an octopus rather than squid is captive in an aquatic park known as Bubbleland, and resides in a pool with his name on it. Squiddly Diddly is also an aspiring musician who makes many attempts to escape and attain musical stardom, but he is constantly foiled by Bubbleland's administrator Chief Winchley. In some episodes, Squiddly manages to escape, but choose to return to Bubbleland after finding the outside world would be too harsh. Other times he and Chief Winchley would have to work together to solve problems in Bubbleland. The cartoon show people applauding Squiddly Diddly's musical talents, but often depict terrified people who mistakenly believe that octopuses are hostile.

 Squiddly Diddly is originally voiced by Paul Frees.

Loopy De Loop

Loopy De Loop was the only theatrical cartoon short series produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera after leaving MGM and opening their new Hanna-Barbera Studios. Loopy is a gentleman wolf who mangled the English language in his bid to converse in a bad French-Canadian accent, and always wore a characteristic tuque knit cap. A self-appointed good Samaritan, he dauntlessly fought to clear the bad name of wolves and would open every episode with his trademark introduction "I am Loopy De Loop, the good wolf." Though he was always kind and helpful, his exploits usually got him beaten up or chased out of town he had helped, all for no other reason than the prejudice of being a wolf.

Loopy De Loop is originally voiced by Daws Butler who plays Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, and Wally Gator.

Monday, November 4, 2013

Yakky Doodle

Yakky Doodle is a fictional character created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Yakky's name is obvious takeoff of Yankee Doodle. Yakky Doodle is an anthropomorphic yellow duckling with green wings who lives with his best friend Chopper the bulldog. He is always one to run into danger when it most expected. This usually comes in form of the show's main antagonist Fibber Fox or secondary villain Alfy Gator. Chopper defends his "Little Buddy" fiercely, and is always ready to pound Fibber or any enemy into oblivion if necessary. One of Yakky's repeated line is "Are you my mama?" and his favorite song he loved to sing in a few episodes was "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay."

Yakky Doodle is played by Jimmy Weldon who makes a voice sound similar to Donald Duck.

Friday, November 1, 2013

Atom Ant

Atom Ant is a cartoon ant and superhero, created by Hanna-Barbera in 1965. Atom costarred in The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show. In syndication, Atom Ant starred alongside Precious Pupp and The Hillbilly Bears. Atom Ant was originally voiced by Howard Morris, then by Don Messick in later episodes. He is a superhero ant operated out of an anthill in the countryside, where he possessed such things as a mainframe computer and exercise equipment. His powers mostly consisted of the ability to fly, superspeed, incredible strength, and invulnerability. His catchphrase was "Up and at 'em, Atom Ant!" Atom also fights various villains including recurring ones like Ferocious Flea and mad scientist Professor Von Gimmick.