Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie

"Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie" is the first episode of Huckleberry Hound season one, and came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of September 29, 1958 in first run syndication. It was written by Charles Shows and Dan Gordon, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Huck, as a police officer, attempts to capture an escaped gorilla named Wee Willie.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Huckleberry Hound
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dispatcher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Wee Willie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Wee Willie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * City

Objects

 * Huck's gun

Vehicles

 * Police car

Release
Dates are in order of release:
 * United States: Week of September 29, 1958 in syndication

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Everlasting influence

 * In the Poochinski pilot, Poochinski turns on the TV to watch some of this short. The specific scene is of Wee Willie bursting through the top of Huck's car.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 15, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 on DVD.