The Quick Draw McGraw Show facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Quick Draw McGraw Show |
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| Genre | Comedy Western |
| Created by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Written by | Warren Foster Michael Maltese Joseph Barbera Dan Gordon Alex Lovy |
| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Voices of | Dick Beals Bea Benaderet Julie Bennett Daws Butler Dean Clark Red Coffey Vance Colvig Liz English Verna Felton Elliot Field Roddy Maude-Roxby Don Messick J. Pat O'Malley Jean Vander Pyl Penny Singleton Hal Smith Bill Thompson Doug Young |
| Narrated by | Daws Butler Vance Colvig Elliot Field Peter Leeds Don Messick Hal Smith Doug Young |
| Composer(s) | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 45 (135 segments) (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Running time | 22 minutes (7 minutes per segment) |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor | Screen Gems |
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| Original network | First-run syndication |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | January 1, 1959 – October 20, 1961 |
The Quick Draw McGraw Show is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the 3rd television series overall after The Ruff and Reddy Show and The Huckleberry Hound Show. Voice actor Daws Butler performed the show's title character, Quick Draw McGraw.
The show debuted in syndication on January 1, 1959, ended its run on October 20, 1961, and was sponsored by Kellogg's. The series featured 3 cartoons per episode, with Quick Draw and his sidekick Baba Looey appearing in the first segment, father and son dog duo Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy in the second, and cat and mouse detectives Snooper and Blabber in the third.
Michael Maltese wrote most of the episode stories. Screen Gems originally syndicated the series.
Contents
Segments
Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey
Quick Draw (voiced by Daws Butler) was usually depicted as a sheriff in these short films set in the American Old West. Quick Draw was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro called Baba Looey (also voiced by Butler). Although technically the side-kick, or deputy, to the main character of Sheriff Quick Draw, Baba Looey is often portrayed as the more thoughtful half of the duo; at times realizing some detail about a given situation and trying desperately without success to caution Quick Draw of a trap or other danger. The exchange would always go as follows: Baba Looey would see a fatal flaw in Quick Draw's plan, and begin voicing a warning such as "I don' thin' we should be doing...", to which Quick Draw would angrily interrupt with his frequent catchphrase, "I'll do the 'thin'in' around here, Baba Looey!" His plans would then go disastrously wrong, and Quick Draw would be forced to realize he should have listened to Baba Looey.
Quick Draw was assisted in some cartoons by his bloodhound Snuffles (voiced by Butler), who refused to work until he was given a dog biscuit, after which he would hug himself and spring into the air, floating back down to Earth.
Quick Draw spent a number of cartoons as his alter ego, the masked El Kabong, who used a guitar (a "Kabonger") to bash bad guys into submission. Writer Michael Maltese said the character was inspired by actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. as Zorro.
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
A young dachshund named Augie Doggie (voiced by Daws Butler) and his father Doggie Daddy (voiced by Doug Young impersonating Jimmy Durante) have different misadventures in their life.
Snooper and Blabber
A detective cat named Super Snooper (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Ed Gardner as the character Archie from the radio show Duffy's Tavern) and his sidekick Blabber Mouse (voiced by Daws Butler, originally voiced by Los Angeles radio announcer Elliot Field) work for the Super Snooper Detective Agency solving mysteries and catching criminals. In several cartoons, the duo had a private secretary named Hazel (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) with an Southern accent, who was never seen on screen.
Episodes
List of The Quick Draw McGraw Show episodes
Voice cast
- Daws Butler - Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Augie Doggie, Super Snooper, Blabber Mouse, Snagglepuss, Snuffles, Narrator, Horse Face Harry, Various
- Elliot Field - Blabber Mouse (4 early episodes), Narrator, Various
- Don Messick - Narrator, Various
- Doug Young - Doggie Daddy, Bigelow Mouse, Narrator, Various
- Dean Clark - Hansel (Snooper and Blabber), Brat (Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy), Newsboy (Quick Draw McGraw), Harold (Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy)
- Dick Beals - Kid (Snooper and Blabber), Baby Bear (Snooper and Blabber), Paperboy (Quick Draw McGraw)
- Liz English - Gretel (Snooper and Blabber)
- Julie Bennett - Sagebrush Sal (Quick Draw McGraw), Giselle (Snooper and Blabber)
- Red Coffey - Duckling (Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy), Various
- Vance Colvig - Tombstone Jones (Quick Draw McGraw), Narrator
- J. Pat O'Malley - Sam Scuttle (Snooper and Blabber), Editor (Snooper and Blabber)
- Peter Leeds - Narrator (Quick Draw McGraw)
- Jean Vander Pyl - Hazel (Snooper and Blabber), Matilda the Kangaroo (Snooper and Blabber), Various
- Bea Benaderet - Chicken (Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy)
- Bill Thompson - Conductor (Quick Draw McGraw), Gaucho (Quick Draw McGraw), Don Town (Quick Draw McGraw), Sheriff (Quick Draw McGraw), Brown Hat Cowboy, (Quick Draw McGraw), Eastern Official (Quick Draw McGraw), Mild Bill (Quick Draw McGraw), Dog (Snooper and Blabber), Slinkerton Detective Agency (Quick Draw McGraw)
- Hal Smith - Narrator, Various
- Roddy Maude-Roxby - Hives (Snooper and Blabber), Doorman (Snooper and Blabber), Butler (Snooper and Blabber) Grimes (Snooper and Blabber)
- Penny Singleton - Wife (Quick Draw McGraw)
- Verna Felton - Teacher (Quick Draw McGraw)
Baba Booey mispronunciation
On the July 26, 1990 broadcast of The Howard Stern Show, executive producer Gary Dell'Abate was talking about the animation cels that he buys and collects. When attempting to say 'Quick Draw and Baba Looey', he accidentally said 'Quick Draw and Baba Booey'. He said later that talking about it would last a few hours. But since then, hundreds of 'Baba Booey' song parodies have been played on The Howard Stern Show. 'Baba Booey' is often yelled out during live news broadcasts and it has become something that is yelled at golf tournaments after the ball is struck.
See also
In Spanish: Tiro Loco McGraw para niños
