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Huck is rumored to be one of the favorite characters of Funko CEO Andrew Perlmutter, which would explain why he specfically has been made into many different Funko Pops. His popularity as a Funko character earned him the role as the co-host of ''The Freddy Funko Show''. | Huck is rumored to be one of the favorite characters of Funko CEO Andrew Perlmutter, which would explain why he specfically has been made into many different Funko Pops. His popularity as a Funko character earned him the role as the co-host of ''The Freddy Funko Show''. | ||
Rebecca Sugar, the creator of ''Steven Universe'', said that ''The Good, The Bad, and Huckleberry Hound'' influenced ''Steven Universe: The Movie'', which makes sense considering both movies are about the characters losing their memories. <ref>https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/30/20837281/steven-universe-movie-rebecca-sugar-cartoon-network</ref> | Rebecca Sugar, the creator of ''Steven Universe'', said that ''The Good, The Bad, and Huckleberry Hound'' influenced ''Steven Universe: The Movie'', which makes sense considering both movies are about the characters losing their memories.<ref>https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/30/20837281/steven-universe-movie-rebecca-sugar-cartoon-network</ref> | ||
==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== |
Revision as of 00:12, 2 November 2022
- This article is about the segments. For other uses, see Huckleberry Hound.
Huckleberry Hound | |
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On-screen title card. | |
Created by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Network | NBC |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
Distributor | Screen Gems |
Original release | September 29, 1958-March 22, 1962 |
Starring | Daws Butler |
Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
Writer(s) | Warren Foster Tony Benedict Paul Sommer |
Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Huckleberry Hound is a series of animated segments as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1958 to 1962, airing 58 episodes that spanned four seasons.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Episodes
Cast
Legacy
Huckleberry Hound is considered one of the greatest animated shows of all time, and placed 63rd on IGN's list of the Top 100 Animated Shows.[1] Huck appears in many crossover and revival projects featuring Hanna-Barbera characters. It was also the first animated show to win an Emmy, proving itself to be Hanna-Barbera's first real hit.[2]
Huck is rumored to be one of the favorite characters of Funko CEO Andrew Perlmutter, which would explain why he specfically has been made into many different Funko Pops. His popularity as a Funko character earned him the role as the co-host of The Freddy Funko Show.
Rebecca Sugar, the creator of Steven Universe, said that The Good, The Bad, and Huckleberry Hound influenced Steven Universe: The Movie, which makes sense considering both movies are about the characters losing their memories.[3]
In popular culture
- Masks of Huck are featured in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's.
- The name for Rock et Belles Oreilles, a Québécois comedy group popular during the 1980s, was a pun on the name of Huckleberry Hound ("Roquet Belles Oreilles" in French).
- Australian prison slang vernacular includes "huckleberry hound," a term that originated in the 1960s, meaning "a punishment cell, solitary confinement."
- In The Simpsons episode "Behind the Laughter," Huckleberry makes a guest appearance and says that he was so gay, but he couldn't tell anyone.
In other languages
Language | Name |
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Brazilian | Dom Pixote |
Finnish | Hakki-koira |
French | Roquet belles oreilles |
German | Hucky und seine Freunde |
Hungary | Foxi Maxi |
Italian | Braccobaldo Show |
Japanese | 珍犬ハックル (Chin Inu Hakuru) |