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October 1958 - April 1962,
syndicated
Hanna-Barbera Productions
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he Huckleberry Hound Show was
Hanna-Barbera's first half-hour animated TV series, as well as
the studio's first major hit with TV audiences. Still
influenced by the days when a 6-8 minute animated short was
shown in movie theaters before the feature film (the practice
of which was, at the time, just coming to an end), The
Huckleberry Hound Show consisted of three, 7-minute
segments: Yogi Bear,
Pixie & Dixie and
Huckleberry Hound. For the show's second season the Yogi Bear
segment was replaced with another called
Hokey Wolf (because Yogi's
popularity landed him his own show).
Unlike most characters,
Huckleberry Hound wasn't stuck in a single occupation. Every
episode had him playing the part of a different profession. From
police officer to lion tamer to medieval knight, the blue dog
with a Southern drawl was faced with overcoming some new
opponent with each new position. The one thing that remained
constant was Huckleberry's unruffled persistence to triumph over
his opponent no matter how often he was outsmarted, outfought or
fell victim to his own failed plans. Huck didn't conquer every
challenge, and even in victory he often came out the loser, but
he did set a good example of how to remain calm and unfazed
under pressure.
Huckleberry Hound appeared as a regular cast member in several
series after the cancellation of his own show. Mainly ensemble
shows with a large cast of characters, they included
Yogi's Gang (1973),
Scooby's All
Star Laff-a-Lympics (1977),
Yogi's Space Race
(1978), Galaxy Goof-Ups (1978), and
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
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