The Huckleberry Hound Show facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Huckleberry Hound Show |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Written by | Joseph Barbera Warren Foster Dan Gordon Michael Maltese Charles Shows |
| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| 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(s) | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 69 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Running time | 30 minutes 7 minutes per short |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor | Screen Gems (1960–73) Taft Broadcasting (1973–88) Great American Broadcasting (1988–91)
Turner Program Services (1992–98)
Warner Bros. Television Distribution (1999–present)
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| Original network | First-run syndication Boomerang |
| Picture format | Color (Originally syndicated in Black-and-white) |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | October 2, 1958 – April 24, 1962 |
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| Preceded by | The Ruff & Reddy Show (1957) |
| Followed by | The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959) |
| Related shows | 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 October 2, 1958 and April 24, 1962. It is the work of Joseph Barbera and William Hanna. In 1961 The Huckleberry Hound Show became the first animated television series to win an Emmy Award.
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 1961. Hokey Wolf took Yogi's place in the series.
Daws Butler was the voice actor who played Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Dixie, Mr. Jinks, and Hokey Wolf. Don Messick gave voice to Boo Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, and Pixie. Julie Bennett voiced Yogi's girlfriend Cindy Bear and Doug Young voiced Hokey Wolf's friend Ding-A-Ling.
See also
In Spanish: El Show de Huckleberry Hound para niños
