Bring 'Em Back a Live One

"Bring 'Em Back a Live One" is the twentieth episode of Hokey Wolf season one, and came as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired on September 29, 1961 on NBC. It was written by Tony Benedict, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

After falling for one of Hokey's tricks, Farmer Smith hires a professional hunter and his hunting dog to capture Hokey alive. Sure enough, there's no escape from the hunter.

Detailed summary
Hokey: Notice how I hold the chicken, Ding. Firm, but not too tight, that's professional.

Characters

 * 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:#d2d2ff"| Chicken
 * style="background-color:#FFFF00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Farmer Smith
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Doug Young
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hunter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dog
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hunter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dog
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dog
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Smith residence
 * Hokey's residence

Objects

 * Farmer Smith's gun
 * Hunter's gun

Vehicles

 * None

Music

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

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: Week of April 7, 1961 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * Hokey refers to Farmer Smith as being Irish.

Errors

 * Hokey's mouth movement is unusual in this episode compared to other episodes, with his mouth being mostly on the side on his face when talking, rather than being in the center.
 * It's unexplained how Ding-a-Ling ended up with Hokey after the hunter bought Hokey back to Farmer Smith's place, because the hunter only led Hokey there.
 * Smith only asked the hunter to bring Hokey back, so why did the hunter also bring Ding-a-Ling back?

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢