Spud Dud
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Premiere date | Week of September 26, 1960 |
Run time | 7:16 |
Starring | Daws Butler Don Messick |
Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin Phil Green Bill Loose John Seely Spencer Moore Jack Shaindlin |
Writer(s) | Warren Foster |
Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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"Spud Dud" is the first episode of Huckleberry Hound season three, and the thirty-sixth overall, which came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of September 26, 1960 in first run syndication. It was written by Warren Foster, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Enterprises.
Huck, as a science professor, receives a call of the nation's leaders that an irradiated potato is rampaging through a small town.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Narrator: Is that experiment you're working on a top secret?
Huck: Chagrins no. I just, y'know, kinda mixin' m'self a chocolate sody! And with my scientific knowledge, I sure do make a doozie with a chocolate sody.
Huck: Okay, spud! You've had your fun! And now, yer through! (muffled) Ya hear me? Yer through!
Huck: It's only fair to warn you. I have science on my side and... all you got is muscle!
Huck: I can't get a lick o' work under these conditions.. Now lookie here, Mr. Spud! Yer gettin' me riled up. And when I get riled, I start runnin'!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Huck's laboratory
- Idaho (mentioned)
- Town
- United States
Objects
- Chocolate soda
- Lasso
- Hollow log
Vehicles
- Huck's car
- Helicopter
- Huck's rocket
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, Phil Green, Bill Loose, John Seely, Spencer Moore, and Jack Shaindlin.
Crew credits
- Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
- Animator: George Nicholas
- Layout artist: Dick Bickenbach
- Background artist: Art Lozzi
- Titles artist: Lawrence Goble
- Story director: Alex Lovy
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: Week of September 26, 1960 in syndication
Behind the scenes
Errors
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- July 3, 2001: Warner Home Video releases Cartoon Crack-Ups on DVD.