Desperate Diamond Dimwits

"Desperate Diamond Dimwits" is the sixth episode of Snooper and Blabber season one, and came as a segment 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 Productions.

Snooper and Blabber try to get back the King Size diamond, which was stolen and hidden in a fake bone by Light Fingers François while in disguise of a dog.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: This is a true case. Only the characters are ridiculous.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Narrator
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Super Snooper
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blabber Mouse
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Light Fingers François
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bulldog
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dogcatcher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bulldog
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dogcatcher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dogcatcher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Elliot Field

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Sparkle Jewelry

Objects

 * The King Size

Music
The theme music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, with the rest of the episode's music composed by Phil Green, Jack Shaindlin, and Joe Cacciola.

Crew credits

 * Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
 * Animator: Ken Muse
 * Layout artist: Walt Clinton
 * Background artist: Fernando Montealegre
 * Titles artist: Art Goble
 * Story sketch artist: Dan Gordon

Release
Dates are in order of release:


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

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢