Bear Knuckles

Bear Knuckles
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 15, 1964
Starring	Daws Butler Mel Blanc Janet Waldo
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by	Michael Maltese
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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Bear Knuckles is the forty-fourth animated theatrical short of the Loopy De Loop series. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures on October 15, 1964. It was written by Michael Maltese and was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Braxton needs Loopy's help with getting rid of a big buff bear named Jack Delightful, who won his girlfriend, Emmy Lou's love.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Braxton	Mel Blanc
Emmy Lou	Janet Waldo
Quillen	Daws Butler
Jack Delightful	Daws Butler
Loopy De Loop	Daws Butler

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Emmy Lou's residence

Vehicles

• Scooter

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

• Story sketch: Paul Sommer and Charles A. Nichols
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animation: George Nichols and George Goepper
• Layout: Willy Ito
• Backgrounds: Art Lozzi
• Film editor: Warner Leighton
• Eastman color by: Pathé

Behind the scenes

• Michael Maltese is credited as Mike Maltese.
• In this short, Emmy Lou is voiced by Janet Waldo, whereas in the previous short, she was voiced by Nancy Wible.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 9, 2014: Warner Archive Collection releases Loopy De Loop: The Complete Collection on DVD.