Blast-Off Buzzard

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This article is about the segments. For the character, see Blast-Off Buzzard (character).
Blast-Off Buzzard
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Title card of the first episode.
Network NBC
Production company Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release September 10December 3, 1977
Starring Daws Butler
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Bill Ackerman
Haskell Barkin
Barry Blitzer
Tom Dagenais
Karl Geurs
Orville Hampton
Don Jurwich
Jon Kubichan
Joan Maurer
Ray Parker
Howard Post
Dick Robbins
Jerry Winnick
Director(s) Charles A. Nichols

Blast-Off Buzzard is a series of animated segments as part of CB Bears, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming debuting. It ran in 1977, airing 13 episodes that spanned one season.

Many fans call the segments "Hanna-Barbera's versions of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner," and there's no telling why they do: The segments follow a Buzzard named Blast-Off Buzzard, who tries numerous attempts to catch a snake named Crazylegs, most likely for food purposes.

Also just like Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, they don't speak and usually just make sounds instead, up until their Tom & Jerry Kids appearances, where they actually can talk.

Production

Development

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Episodes

CB Bears

Episode Original air date
1x01 September 10, 1977
1x02 September 17, 1977
1x03 September 24, 1977
1x04 October 1, 1977
1x05 October 8, 1977
1x06 October 15, 1977
1x07 October 22, 1977
1x08 October 29, 1977
1x09 November 5, 1977
1x10 November 12, 1977
1x11 November 19, 1977
1x12 November 26, 1977
1x13 December 3, 1977

Tom & Jerry Kids Show

Episode Original air date
1x01 September 18, 1993
1x02 September 25, 1993

Cast

In other languages

Language Name
Brazilian Careta e Mutreta
French Buzzard et Vermisso

References