Pie-Pirates

Pie-Pirates
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Production number	E-1
Premiere date	Week of October 13, 1958
Run time	7:16
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin Gordie Hormel Spencer Moore Jack Shaindlin Bill Loose John Seely
Writer(s)	Charles Shows Dan Gordon
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Pie-Pirates" is the third episode of Yogi Bear season one, and came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of October 13, 1958 in syndication. It was written by Charles Shows and Dan Gordon, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of HB Enterprises.

Yogi and Boo Boo spot a delicious pie at a person's home, but they both encounter a vicious dog guarding it. Yogi comes up with multiple schemes to get around with stealing it.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, Gordie Hormel, Spencer Moore, Jack Shaindlin, Bill Loose, and John Seely.

Crew credits

• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animator and layout artist: Michael Lah
• Designer: Frank Tipper
• Title artist: Lawrence Goble
• Story sketch artists: Charles Shows, Dan Gordon

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of October 13, 1958 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• This is the first instance of Yogi craving human food.

Everlasting influence

• This episode was used as inspiration for The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "A Yard Too Far."

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • August 6, 1996: Turner Home Entertainment releases Classic Scooby-Doo: Which Witch is Which? on VHS.
  • November 15, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 on DVD.