Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie
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Wee Willie grabs Huck. | |
Premiere date | Week of September 29, 1958 |
Run time | 6:58 |
Starring | Daws Butler Don Messick |
Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
Writer(s) | Charles Shows Dan Gordon |
Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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"Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie" is the first episode of Huckleberry Hound season one, and came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of September 29, 1958 on NBC. It was written by Charles Shows and Dan Gordon, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.
Huck, as a police officer, attempts to capture an escaped gorilla named Wee Willie.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- City
- United States
Objects
- Huck's gun
Vehicles
- Police car
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Crew credits
- Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
- Animator: Kenneth Muse
- Layout artist: Bick Bickenbach
- Background artist: Robert Gentle
- Title artist: Art Goble
- Story sketch artists: Charles Shows, Dan Gordon
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: Week of September 29, 1958 on NBC
Behind the scenes
Errors
Everlasting influence
- In the Poochinski pilot, Poochinski turns on the TV to watch some of this short. The specific scene is of Wee Willie bursting through the top of Huck's car.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- November 15, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 on DVD.