"The Peter Potamus Show" (1964) TV series 1964-

Directors:

Joseph Barbera
William Hanna

Writers:

Tony Benedict (1964)
Warren Foster (1964)
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

16 September 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

The sixth Hanna-Barbera syndicated cartoon after their departure from MGM starred Peter Potamus (a purple hippopotamus)...

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon Hippopotamus | Character Name In Title

Cast

Daws Butler

...

Peter Potamus / ... (unknown episodes)

Series Directed by
Joseph Barbera		(unknown episodes)
William Hanna		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Tony Benedict		(unknown episodes, 1964)
Warren Foster		(unknown episodes, 1964)
Dalton Sandifer		(unknown episodes, 1964)

Series Produced by
Joseph Barbera	....	producer (unknown episodes)
William Hanna	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Larry C. Cowan		(unknown episodes, 1964)
Donald Douglas		(unknown episodes, 1964)
Ken Spears		(unknown episodes, 1964)
Greg Watson		(unknown episodes, 1964)

Series Production Management
Howard Hanson	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes, 1964)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Charles Flekal	....	camera operator (unknown episodes, 1964)
Frank Paiker	....	camera operator (unknown episodes, 1964)
Norman Stainback	....	camera operator (unknown episodes, 1964)
Roy Wade	....	camera operator (unknown episodes, 1964)

Series Animation Department
Fernando Arce	....	background artist (unknown episodes, 1964)
Emil Carle	....	animator (unknown episodes, 1964)
Jerry Eisenberg	....	layout artist (unknown episodes, 1964)
Rene Garcia	....	background artist (unknown episodes, 1964)
Robert Gentle	....	background artist (unknown episodes, 1964)
George Germanetti	....	animator (unknown episodes, 1964)
Lou Kachivas	....	animator (unknown episodes, 1964)
Kenneth Muse	....	animator (unknown episodes, 1964)
Charles A. Nichols	....	animation director (unknown episodes, 1964)
Casey Onaitis	....	animator (unknown episodes, 1964)
Nick Panesis	....	layout artist (unknown episodes, 1964)
Barney Posner	....	animator (unknown episodes, 1964)
Larry Silverman	....	animator (unknown episodes, 1964)
John Wilson	....	layout artist (unknown episodes, 1964)

Series Other crew
Alex Lovy	....	story director (unknown episodes, 1964)
Lewis Marshall	....	story director (unknown episodes, 1964)
Art Scott	....	story director (unknown episodes, 1964)
Paul Sommer	....	story director (unknown episodes, 1964)

Production Companies

• Hanna-Barbera Productions
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1966-1967)
• Screen Gems Television (1964-1967)
• Screen Gems

Distributors

• Screen Gems Television
• Warner Bros. Television
• Worldvision Enterprises

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Quotes:

Yippee:For king.
Yappee:For country.
Yahooey:And, most of all, for ten cents an hour.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Animaniacs: The Christmas Tree/Punchline: Part I/Prom Night/Punchline: Part II (#5.8)" (1998)

Recycled

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

As Saturday morning watchers apparently viewed the Hillbilly Bears on the Banana Splits show instead of on its original show, with Atom Ant and Precious Pupp, so then does that seem to be the case here.

Peter Potamus began with Breezly Bruin (a polar bear) and Sneezly (a green seal), as well as three dog musketeers called Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey.

Ricochet Rabbit was with Magilla Gorilla (the title character) and Punkin Puss and Mushmouth (a hillbilly cat and mouse pair).

It seems Ricochet was taken from Magilla and given to Peter Potamus, replacing Breezly and Sneezly.

Breezly & Sneezly and Yippee, Yappee & Yahooey have to be two of the worst of these cartoon vignettes from HB.

This was largely nothing new. Those of us from the seventies would endure this when Dr. Shrinker and Electra Woman were replaced on Kapt. Kool and the Kongs with Magic Mongo and Bigfoot & Wildboy.

Having watched many of these rerun on Cartoon Network before it gave over all these classic cartoons to Boomerang (which I don't receive) so I stopped watching CN, I really didn't care for Ricochet Rabbit either.

Of them all, Peter was unique, as I suspected he might be. He and his little sidekick, So-so the monkey, travel through time, but the cartoon doesn't transcend time.

I suppose Peter was a ripoff of Professor Peabody and Sherman. They have had a well-deserved cameo on the Simpsons.

Peter hasn't. Peter has more of a Peter Griffith of "Family Guy" look to him.