A Star is Bored

"A Star is Bored" is the twenty-third episode of Hokey Wolf season one, and came as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired on August 24, 1961 on NBC. It was written by Tony Benedict, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Hokey and Ding-a-Ling come to Hollywood to become stars. After bypassing security, the only part they play is sweeping the studio.

Memorable quotes
Hokey: No no, I'm George Washington and I'm going to cut down a cherry tree. Let's get with it!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Collateral Pictures Gate Guard
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Doug Young
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| J.B.
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hokey Wolf
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ding-a-Ling
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doug Young
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| George Washington
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ding-a-Ling
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doug Young
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| George Washington
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| George Washington
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| George Washington

Organizations

 * Colleral Pictures

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * California
 * Los Angeles
 * Hollywood
 * Gremlin's Chinese Theater
 * Brown Debris
 * Collateral Pictures studio
 * Casting office
 * Sound stage

Objects

 * Axe
 * Net
 * Match
 * Firecracker

Vehicles

 * J.B.'s car

Music

 * 0:00 - Main title theme (Hoyt Curtin)

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: Week of August 24, 1961 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a spoof of the 1937 A Star Is Born film.
 * Gremlin's Chinese Theater is a parody of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

Errors

 * When Hokey dressed as a fireman to fool the Collateral Pictures gate guard and points to the left while saying what he needs, his collar and bow tie overlap his arm.
 * When the Collateral Pictures gate guard threatens to use the hose on Hokey, Hokey's toe detailings are missing.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢