Hokey Wolf
- This article is about the segments. For the main title character, see Hokey Wolf.
Hokey Wolf | |
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On-screen title card. | |
Created by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Network | Syndication |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
Distributor | Screen Gems |
Original release | March 16, 1961-February 22, 1962 |
Starring | Daws Butler Doug Young |
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 |
Hokey Wolf is a series of animated segments as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Airing in syndication, it served as the replacement of the Yogi Bear shorts after Yogi got his own show. It ran from 1961 and 1962, airing 28 episodes that spanned two seasons.
Much like Yogi Bear, most of the cartoons consist of Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling attempting to steal food or a place to stay in. Some Hokey cartoons are also similar to the Loopy De Loop shorts, in the sense that both use Brothers Grimm fairy tale characters and stories in some plots.
Production
Development
After it was discovered that Yogi Bear was more popular than Huckleberry Hound, the former was moved to his own series in 1961. But since Yogi was no longer on The Huckleberry Hound Show, his spot had to be replaced with a new character. Dick Bickenbach—known for drawing many other Hanna-Barbera characters like Huck, Yogi and Quick Draw McGraw—drew Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling's model sheets on October 13, 1960.[1][2]
Somewhere in between early production, Hokey was originally attended to be named "Wacko Wolf". However, his name was quickly changed due to another similar looking character from "Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown" already using the name at the time. Additionally, the second working title for the character was "Wacky Wolf"[3]. However, the name was most likely too similar to "Wacko Wolf", and it was changed to "Hokey Wolf".
The voices of Hokey and Ding-a-Ling are impressions of Phil Silvers and Buddy Hackett respectively.
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin. Curtin used an instrumental version of the song "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" for the main Hokey Wolf intro.
Episodes
Episode | Number | Original air date |
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"Tricks and Treats" | 1x01 | Week of March 16, 1961 |
"Hokey Dokey" | 1x02 | Week of March 23, 1961 |
"Which Witch is Which" | 1x03 | Week of March 30, 1961 |
"Pick a Chick" | 1x04 | Week of April 2, 1961 |
"Lamb-Basted Wolf" | 1x05 | Week of April 9, 1961 |
"Castle Hassle" | 1x06 | Week of April 16, 1961 |
"Robot Plot" | 1x07 | Week of April 23, 1961 |
"Bean Pod'ners" | 1x08 | Week of April 30, 1961 |
"Who's Zoo" | 1x09 | Week of May 11, 1961 |
"Dogged Sheep Dog" | 1x10 | Week of May 18, 1961 |
"Hokey in the Pokey" | 1x11 | Week of May 25, 1961 |
"Movies are Bitter than Ever" | 1x12 | Week of May 27, 1961 |
"Booty on the Bounty" | 1x13 | Week of June 3, 1961 |
"Poached Yeggs" | 1x14 | Week of June 10, 1961 |
"Rushing Wolf Hound" | 1x15 | Week of June 17, 1961 |
"Too Much to Bear" | 1x16 | Week of July 6, 1961 |
"Chock Full Chuck Wagon" | 1x17 | Week of July 13, 1961 |
"The Glass Sneaker" | 1x18 | Week of July 20, 1961 |
"Indian Giver" | 1x19 | Week of July 27, 1961 |
"Phony-O and Juliet" | 1x20 | Week of August 3, 1961 |
"Bring 'Em Back a Live One" | 1x21 | Week of August 10, 1961 |
"Hokey's Missing Millions" | 1x22 | Week of August 17, 1961 |
"A Star is Bored" | 1x23 | Week of August 24, 1961 |
"West of the Pesos" | 1x24 | Week of August 31, 1961 |
"Loot to Boot" | 2x01 | Week of September 7, 1961 |
"Guesting Games" | 2x02 | Week of February 8, 1962 |
"Sick Sense" | 2x03 | Week of February 15, 1962 |
"Aladdin's Lamb Chops" | 2x04 | Week of February 22, 1962 |
Cast
Crossover
Title | Number | Original air date |
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: "SPF" | 1 | January 1, 2004 |
Legacy
Reruns of the shorts were featured as part of episodes of Yogi Bear and Friends.
In the years since, Hokey Wolf (and Ding-a-ling) made several comebacks in other Hanna-Barbera series, with the two both making appearances in the film, Yogi's Ark Lark and in the Yogi's Gang TV series (although Ding-a-Ling only appeared for the title sequence), and the former notably appearing as a member of the Yogi Yahooeys in Laff-A-Lympics and making several guest appearances on Yogi's Treasure Hunt. In 1991, Hokey and Ding-a-Ling appeared in the Yo, Yogi! episodes, "Super Duper Snag" and "Polly Want a Safecracker," with Hokey voiced Matt Hurwitz and Ding-a-Ling voiced by Patric Zimmerman, Hokey also appears as the mayor of Jellystone Township, with Ding-a-Ling as his publicist.
In Adult Swim series, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, the two made several cameos, with Ding-a-Ling getting a starring role in the episode, "SPF," voiced by Neil Ross, he gets Harvey's help in representing him in suing Mr. Twiddle for the creation of a porn site using his name.
Recently in 2021, both Hokey and Ding-a-Ling have appeared in Jellystone!, albeit as cameos.
In popular culture
In other languages
Language | Name |
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Brazilian | Joca e Dingue-Lingue |
French | Garoup le Loup |
Italian | Ugo Lupo |
Serbian | Vuk Vučko |
Spanish | El Lobo Hokey |