The Blue Kangaroo

"The Blue Kangaroo" is the first episode of Heyyy, It's the King! season one, and came as a segment of CB Bears. It aired on September 10, 1977 on NBC. It was directed by Charles A. Nichols.

The King and his friends use a blue kangaroo for a high jumper at the track meet, but at the same time, the hunter who discovered the blue kangaroo goes looking for him.

Memorable quotes
King: Hey you guys! The track meet is this afternoon, and we gotta get in shape. Big H: Gee King, we're already in shape. King: A blimp is not exactly the shape I had in mind, Big H.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| The King
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Lennie Weinrib
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Big H
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Sheldon Allman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Yuka Yuka
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Lennie Weinrib
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Skids
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Marvin Kaplan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clyde
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sheena
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ginny McSwain
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Zelda
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Susan Silo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kangaroo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hunter Hunter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Radio announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mechanical kangaroo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Track meet announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Street cleaner
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Radio announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mechanical kangaroo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Track meet announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Street cleaner
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Street cleaner
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Track
 * Docks
 * Malt Shop
 * Blue Dust Mountain (mentioned)

Objects

 * Hunter Hunter's net

Vehicles

 * Boat
 * Skids's car
 * Street cleaner

Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 10, 1977 on NBC
 * France: December 16, 1981

Errors

 * An over the top view at the Malt Shop shows the "Blue Kangaroo" mistakenly colored like a normal kangaroo.
 * The Blue Kangaroo was still shown to be wearing Zelda's outfit, even after Zelda was shown to be wearing her outfit again.

Home availability

 * Not available yet. 😢