The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958–1962)

Huckleberry Hound is a blue-haired Southern dog with a fondness for the song, "My Darling, Clementine", and is a jack-of-all-trades cartoon star, appearing as a scientist (trying to ... See full summary »

Stars:

Daws Butler, Don Messick, Doug Young

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Daws Butler	...	Huckleberry Hound (36 episodes, 1958-1961)
Don Messick	...	Pixie (33 episodes, 1958-1961)

Storyline

Huckleberry Hound is a blue-haired Southern dog with a fondness for the song, "My Darling, Clementine", and is a jack-of-all-trades cartoon star, appearing as a scientist (trying to neutralize a gigantic, thinking potato), a Scotland Yard detective (chasing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Victorian London or investigating reports of a mad scientist's Frankenstein-like weiner monster in early-1900s rural England), a Foreign Legion soldier (foiling a renegade Frenchman-turned-Arab), or a modern policeman (trying to subdue an impish ape named Wee Willie). Episodes of this television series begin and end with a Huckleberry cartoon. Sandwiched between them is a cartoon with two mischievous mice, Pixie and Dixie and a cantankerous cat named Mr. Jinks. Sometimes appearing in their stead in the middle cartoon was a free-spirited Hokey Wolf or the "smarter than the average" Yogi Bear.

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Plot Keywords:

yogi bear | cartoon bear | cartoon wolf | cat versus mouse | reference to huckleberry hound | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Boomerang [Germany]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 September 1958 (USA)

Also Known As:

El show de Huckleberry Hound

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Screen Gems Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Huck usually broke the "fourth wall" and spoke directly to the audience.

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Connections

Referenced in Full House: Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Girl Gone? (1991)

User Reviews

Another good Hanna-Barbera cartoon!

The Huckleberry Hound Show was one of the first ever Hanna-Barbera cartoons that was the other first cartoons done by Hanna-Barbera cartoons!

Huckleberry Hound is a blue-haired Southern dog with a fondness for the song, "My Darling, Clementine", and is a jack-of-all-trades cartoon star. He would appear as a scientist, police man, cowboy, jungle boy or something else. Huckleberry Hound's guest stars on his show were Pixie and Dixie, this was one of the segments I liked on this show because I thought it was funny when Mr. Jinks would say "I hate mieces to pieces!" which I think is a famous catch phrase. Yogi Bear was one of the guest stars on this show for a little while until he got his own show and that was when Hokey Wolf took it's place. Hokey Wolf was a free-spirited wolf who would go on a few adventures with his sidekick, Ding-A-Ling.

User Rating: 7/10

BOTTOM LINE: GOOD!