Motor Knows Best

"Motor Knows Best" is the eighth 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 9, 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.

Snooper and Blabber enter a race to take down Crash Smithereens.

Memorable quotes
Blabber: Can that be Crash Smitheerens?

Crash: Well, it ain’t Huckleberry Hound.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Snooper
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blabber Mouse
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Crash Smithereens
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Denton Fender
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Huckleberry Hound
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Huckleberry Hound
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Race Track

Vehicles

 * Snooper's car

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

Crew credits

 * Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
 * Animator: Lewis Marshall
 * Layout artist: Ed Benedict
 * Background artist: Joseph Montell
 * Titles artist: Lawrence Goble
 * Story director: Alex Lovy

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: Week of November 9, 1959 in syndication

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on the phrase, "Mother knows best." You're welcome.
 * Huckleberry Hound is name dropped by Crash.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢