Lamb Chopped

"Lamb Chopped" is the first episode of Quick Draw McGraw season one, and came as part of The Quick Draw McGraw Show. It aired in the week of September 28, 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.

Quick Draw and Baba must stop Snagglepuss from eating all the sheep.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Baba Looey
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Quick Draw McGraw
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| President of Sheepers Association
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sheep
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Snagglepuss Lion
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| French mountain goat
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Snagglepuss Lion
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| French mountain goat
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| French mountain goat
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler

Organizations

 * Sheepherders Assocation

Locations

 * Earth
 * Southern or Western United States
 * Sheepherders Association HQ
 * Sheep country

Objects

 * None

Vehicles

 * Quick Draw's Jeep

Music
The theme music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, while the rest of the music was composed by Phil Green.

Crew credits

 * Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
 * Animator: Kenneth Muse
 * Background artist: Robert Gentle
 * Layout artist: Ed Benedict
 * Titles artist: Lawrence Goble
 * Story sketch artist: Dan Gordon

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: Week of September 28, 1959

Behind the scenes

 * Snagglepuss is in a prototype stage, as he is orange, instead of pink.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢