The Huckleberry Hound Show 

The adventures of a blue dog with a southern accent.

Stars:

Daws Butler, Don Messick, Doug Young

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Daws Butler	...	Huckleberry Hound / ... 64 episodes, 1958-1961
Don Messick	...	Pixie / ... 57 episodes, 1958-1961
Doug Young	...	Ding A Ling / ... 28 episodes, 1960-1961

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:

1950s | 1960s | dog | anthropomorphic dog | southern accent | 

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Taglines:

Dog-gone fun!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Did You Know?

Trivia

For the voice of Yogi Bear, Daws Butler imitated that of Art Carney as Ed Norton in the TV sitcom The Honeymooners.

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Connections

Referenced in Family Guy: Brothers & Sisters (2011)

User Reviews

Huck's Voice

I have to echo the previous comments alluding to Huck's voice, by Daws Butler, being based on Andy Griffith's drawl from his early comedy routines and southern characters, pre-Mayberry. Just listen to his routine called 'What it was Was Football', or his comedic take on explaining 'Romeo and Juliet', or watch his 'No Time for Sergeants'. I came across these old gems on the internet a couple of weeks ago after watching the PBS series about Pioneers of Television. One episode of the series, dealing with late night shows and their hosts, had a little bit of him on the old Steve Allen show telling these stories and I mentioned to my wife then that I thought the voice of Huck had to be based on Andy. I watched Huck's show starting with its debut in 1958 when I was 9 but I don't remember ever noticing the similarity before.

Details

Official Sites:

Boomerang [Germany]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 September 1958 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Huckleberry Hound Show

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Screen Gems Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color