El Kabong (episode)

For the character himself, see El Kabong.

El Kabong
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Premiere date	Week of November 9, 1959
Run time	7:16
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin Jack Shaindlin Phil Green
Writer(s)	Michael Maltese
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"El Kabong" is the seventh episode of Quick Draw McGraw season one, and came as part of The Quick Draw McGraw Show. It aired in the week of November 9, 1959 in first-run syndication. It was written by Michael Maltese, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Quick Draw becomes El Kabong, a mask wearing vigilante, to take back the Pueblo's gold from Don Chilada.

Memorable quotes

Quick Draw: Oooooh don't be mean to be Betsy, this face is all I got.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Robin Good (picture)	N/A
Narrator (voice only)	Don Messick
Stupor Guy (picture)	N/A
Quick Draw McGraw/El Kabong	Daws Butler
Gold tooth man	Don Messick
Don Chilada	Don Messick
Henchman #1	Don Messick
Baba Looey	Daws Butler
Henchman #2	Daws Butler

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • California
      • El Pueblo

Objects

• Gold tooth
• Quick Draw's sword

Vehicles

• None

Music

The theme music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, while the rest of the music was composed by Curtin, Jack Shaindlin, and Phil Green.

Crew credits

• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animator: Lewis Marshall
• Layout artist: Walter Clinton
• Background artist: Richard H. Thomas
• Titles artist: Lawrence Goble
• Story director: Alex Lovy

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of November 9, 1959 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• Robin Good and Stupor Guy are parodies of Robin Hood and Superman, respectively.

Everlasting Influence

• El Kabong would return in "El Kabong Strikes Again." He would also appear in other Hanna-Barbera shows such as Yogi's Gang and Yogi's Treasure Hunt, the Hanna-Barbera TV movie Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose, and Warner Bros. Animation's Jellystone!

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢