Hong Kong Phooey

Hong Kong Phooey is a 16-episode (31 shorts) Hanna-Barbera Productions animated series that first aired on ABC Saturday morning from September 7, 1974 to December 21, 1974. It was a parody of kung fu shows and movies of the time. The main character Hong Kong Phooey is a clownishly clumsy identity of Penrod "Penry" Pooch, working at a police station as a "mild-mannered" janitor under the glare of Sergeant Flint. He transforms himself into Hong Kong Phooey upon running into a magic filing cabinet despite always stuck - and unstuck by his cat Spot - and once transformed, gets equipped with the "Phooeymobile" vehicle that transformed itself into a boat, a plane, or a telephone booth depending on the circumstances by banging his gong or changes automatically whenever necessary. He fights crime relying on his copy of The Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu, but he succeeds only thanks to his cat Spot who provides a solution to the challenges or they are solved by himself as a result of a comically unintended side effect if his conscious efforts. Each of the episode begins with Rosemary the telephone operator, getting a call and routinely saying, "Hallo, hallo, this is Rosemary the telephone operator, the lovely lassie with the classy chassis." and explaining the crime to the Sergeant Flint, upon which Penry does the routine of turning into a superhero.

The cartoon show features the voices of Scatman Crothers as Penrod "Penry" Pooch who is known as Hong Kong Phooey. Don Messick as Spot. Kathy Gori as Rosemary. And Joe E. Ross as Sergeant Flint.