Huckleberry Hound (segments)
- This article is about the segments. For other uses, see Huckleberry Hound.
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Created by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Network | Syndication |
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. Airing in syndication, it ran from 1958 to 1962, airing 57 episodes that spanned four seasons.
The segments follow the exploits of Huckleberry Hound, a calm blue dog with a southern accent and a fondness for the song "Oh My Darling, Clementine". He occupies a different job in each episode—attempting to do the right thing, but always getting into one accident to another. No matter how awful the situation gets, Huck's unwavering attitude assures that he will never get mad.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Episodes
Cast
Crossovers
Title | Number | Original air date |
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Yogi Bear: "Yogi's Birthday Party" | 1 | October 1, 1961 |
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
- Australian prison slang vernacular includes "huckleberry hound," a term that originated in the 1960s, meaning "a punishment cell, solitary confinement."
- 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).
- In the Cheers episode "Uncle Sam Wants You," Sam gets attached to spending time with young Frederick, but comes unreasonably early to Frasier and Lilith's to watch Huckleberry Hound.
- In The Simpsons episode "The Day the Violence Died," Huckleberry Hound is brought up by Roger Myers Jr. when he explains that most animation is plagiarizing existing properties.
- The series title card of The Ricky Gervais Show is a parody of the title cards used for the segments of Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear.
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) |