The Mumbly Cartoon Show
| The Mumbly Cartoon Show | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network | ABC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Original release | September 11–December 18, 1976 |
| Run time | 30 minutes |
| Starring | Don Messick John Stephenson |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | Bill Ackerman |
| Director(s) | Charles A. Nichols |
The Mumbly Cartoon Show is an animated American television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for ABC's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran in 1976, airing 16 episodes that spanned one season.
The show was featured as a segment of The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show, specifically featured during the second season of the show, when it was eventually retitled as The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show.
Lieutenant Mumbly works at the police station as a "dog detective" who tracks down bad guys and puts them behind bars. Mumbly's hotheaded boss, Chief Shnooker, often tells Mumbly to do the mission of bringing in the crook(s), but would later take credit for Mumbly's work.
The series never saw a home media release, and Warner Archive has made no announcements about its release, at this point in time, it is unlikely that the series will be released in any form.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Episodes
| Episode | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | September 11, 1976 |
| 1x02 | September 18, 1976 |
| 1x03 | September 25, 1976 |
| 1x04 | October 2, 1976 |
| 1x05 | October 9, 1976 |
| 1x06 | October 16, 1976 |
| 1x07 | October 23, 1976 |
| 1x08 | October 30, 1976 |
| 1x09 | November 6, 1976 |
| 1x10 | November 13, 1976 |
| 1x11 | November 20, 1976 |
| 1x12 | November 25, 1976 |
| 1x13 | November 27, 1976 |
| 1x14 | December 4, 1976 |
| 1x15 | December 11, 1976 |
| 1x16 | December 18, 1976 |
Cast
Legacy
Despite the series being a ratings flop, Mumbly and Shnooker would still show up every now in then, such as when Mumbly would later be featured in the Laff-A-Lympics TV series, as a replacement for Muttley, who was originally featured as the captain of the Really Rottens, Mumbly in this series divides from his original series since he is depicted as villainous instead of lawful, Mumbly also appears in the Marvel Comics series of the same name, still with an antagonistic role, the character description for Mumbly featured in the comics reveals that he's the cousin of Muttley.
In the same year the series was going, Mumbly made a surprise guest appearance in the Dynomutt, Dog Wonder episode, "The Great Brain...Train Robbery." Mumbly also appeared for the Super Secret Secret Squirrel episode, "Agent Penny," and his name appears under a list of useless detectives in the Velma episode, "Velma Makes the List," Mumbly also appeared back in 1987, for the TV movie, Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose, as he carries his antagonistic nature from Laff-A-Lympics, he is again paired up with the Dread Baron, who accompanied him in Laff-A-Lympics, in which they are the main antagonists of the film.
Shnooker also makes non-speaking cameo appearances in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episodes, "SPF" and "Juror in Court," in "SPF" specifically, he is a victim of cybersquatting.
