Rassle Dazzle

Rassle Dazzle
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Premiere date	May 6, 1963
Run time	4:40
Starring	Don Messick Daws Butler Doug Young
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"Rassle Dazzle" is the tenth episode of Wally Gator season two, and the thirty-sixth overall, which came as part of The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series. It aired on May 6, 1963 in syndication. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Wally, eager to lose weight, is tricked by a wrestling recruiter into fighting a tough, martial artist wrestler named Tokyo Rosa.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mr. Twiddle	Don Messick
Wally Gator	Daws Butler
Wrestling recruiter	Doug Young
Frankie	Daws Butler
Tokyo Rosa	Don Messick

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • City Zoo

Release

Dates are in order of release.

• United States: May 6, 1963 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• The character, Tokyo Rosa, is a stereotypical Chinese martial artist wrestler, who most likely won't be acceptable by today's standards.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • January 10, 2020: Warner Archive Collection releases Wally Gator: The Complete Series on DVD.