Lion-Hearted Huck

"Lion-Hearted Huck" is the second episode of Huckleberry Hound season one, and came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of October 6, 1958 on NBC. It was written by Charles Shows and Dan Gordon, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Huck, as a hunter, goes to Africa to hunt the king of beasts himself.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lion
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Huckleberry Hound
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Monkey
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Monkey
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick

Locations

 * Earth
 * Africa
 * Jungle

Objects

 * Huck's gun

Vehicles

 * Huck's car

Release
Dates are in order of release:
 * United States: Week of October 6, 1958 on NBC

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

 * Animation: Ken Muse
 * Layout: Bick Bickenbach
 * Backgrounds: Fernando Montealegre
 * Story Sketches: Charlie Shows and Dan Gordon
 * Titles: Art Goble
 * Production Supervision: Howard Hanson

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 15, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 on DVD.