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 in first-run syndication. 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"| Daws Butler
 * 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 syndication

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. 😢