Knight Fight

"Knight Fight" is the first episode of Atom Ant season two, and the twenty-first overall, which came as part of The Atom Ant Show. It aired on September 10, 1966 on NBC. It was written by Tony Benedict, Warren Foster, Dalton Sandifer, and Michael Maltese, and produced and directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Characters

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Locations

 * Earth

Casting
Don Messick replaced Howard Morris, after Morris told Joseph Barbera to "Go fuck yourself!" and quit working for Hanna-Barbera after finding out Barbera had Morris replaced with Messick for doing an LP of the TV movie Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This?, in which Morris was the voice of the White Rabbit. Morris was rehired by the studio more than a decade later, where Barbera was pleased to see a nervous Morris again.

Music
The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 10, 1966 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * This is the first episode to feature Don Messick as the voice of Atom Ant, succeeding Howard Morris.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 3, 2015: Warner Archive Collection releases The Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series on DVD.