Scary Prairie

"Scary Prarie" is the sixth episode of Quick Draw McGraw season one, and came as part of The Quick Draw McGraw Show. It aired in the week of November 2, 1959 in first-run syndication. It was written by Michael Maltese, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

The not-too-quick Quick Draw chooses the hardest-to-catch bank robber Grumble-Weed as his next arrest.

Memorable quotes
Baba: I thin' maybe we go back to herding sheeps, Don't you thin' so, Queek Straw? Quick Draw: No I don't thinnnn' so, Queek Straw!

Baba: Are you loco? Señior Grumble-Weed will kill you to pieces. Grumble-Weed: And I'll throw the pieces to the coyotes, tenderfoot. Quick Draw: Whom's a tenderfoot? Grumble-Weed: You are!

Quick Draw: Grumble-weed, I have had enough of yer treacherous tricks! You and me are gonna have a showdown at sundown! And doooon't you forget it!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Man #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Man #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Man #3
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dog-Face Dawson (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Singin-Sam (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dangerous Dan (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tumbleweed Tom (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Slippery Sam (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Horse-Face Harry (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kactus Kisser (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Singin-Sam (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Baby-Face Celson (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Quick Draw McGraw
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Baba Looey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Big Bad Buster (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fancy-Foot Finnegan (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pretty Pete (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank teller
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Grumble-Weed
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Quick Draw McGraw
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Baba Looey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Big Bad Buster (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fancy-Foot Finnegan (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pretty Pete (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank teller
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Grumble-Weed
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank teller
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Grumble-Weed
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Grumble-Weed
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Imperial Hotel

Objects

 * William Tell Do-It-Yourself Kit

Vehicles

 * None

Music
The theme music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, while the rest of the music was composed by Jack Shaindlin, Spencer Moore, Phil Green, Bill Loose, and John Seely.

Crew credits

 * Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
 * Animator: Carlo Vinci
 * Background artist: Unknown
 * Layout artist: Unknown
 * Titles artist: Lawrence Goble
 * Story sketch artist: Dan Gordon

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: Week of November 2, 1959 in syndication

Behind the scenes

 * This is one of the rare occasions where Quick Draw will mimic Baba's accent.
 * The gag where Grumble-Weed tricks Quick Draw to cross some lines until he falls into a cliff is taken from the 1948 Merrie Melodies short, Bugs Bunny Rides Again, where Bugs does the same act to Yosemite Sam; Michael Maltese wrote both this episode and the short of which this gag came from.

Errors

 * When the tin can hits Quick Draw in the nose, his mane disappears.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢