Pop's Nature Pup

Pop's Nature Pup
Production number	J-36
Premiere date	Week of December 14, 1959
Run time	7:16
Starring	Daws Butler Doug Young
Music composed by	Phil Green Emil Cadkin Harry Bluestone Jack Shaindlin
Writer(s)	Michael Maltese
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Pop's Nature Pup" is the twelfth episode of Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy season one, and came as part of The Quick Draw McGraw Show. It first aired in the week of December 14, 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.

Daddy is concerned that Augie doesn't know enough about nature, so the two go camping to give Daddy the chance to teach his son about nature.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Doggie Daddy	Doug Young
Augie Doggie	Daws Butler
Josh	Daws Butler
Duck	Daws Butler
Skunk	Daws Butler
Yogi Bear	Daws Butler

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Doggie residence
    • Forest

Vehicles

• Daddy's car

Music

The theme music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, while the rest of the episode's music was composed by Phil Green, Emil Cadkin, Harry Bluestone, and Jack Shaindlin.

Crew credits

• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animator: Don Williams
• 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 December 14, 1959 (Los Angeles); December 12, 1959 (Chicago) in syndication

Behind the scenes

• A surprise guest appearance is made by Yogi Bear at the end of the episode where he drives the two back home.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢