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|title_card= [[File:S&B title card.png|300px]]
|title_card= [[File:S&B title card.png|300px]]
|caption= On-screen title card.
|caption= On-screen title card.
|network= [[NBC]]
|network= Syndication
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera]]
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]]
|distributor=
|distributor=
|released= [[September 28]], [[1959]] – [[1962]]
|released= [[September 28]], [[1959]]–[[March 6]], [[1961]]
|run_time=
|run_time=
|starring= [[Daws Butler]]
|starring= [[Daws Butler]]<br />[[Elliot Field]]
|execs=
|execs=
|producers= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
|producers= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
|music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]
|music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]<br />[[Phil Green]]<br />[[Jack Shaindlin]]<br />[[Joe Cacciola]]
|writer= [[Michael Maltese]]
|writer= [[Michael Maltese]]
|director= William Hanna<br />Joseph Barbera
|director= William Hanna<br />Joseph Barbera
}}
}}
'''''Snooper and Blabber''''' is a series of animated segments as part of ''[[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'', produced by [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] for [[NBC]]'s Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from [[1959]] to [[1962]], airing 45 episodes.
'''''Snooper and Blabber''''' is a series of animated segments as part of ''[[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'', produced by [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]] for syndication, it ran from [[1959]] to [[1961]], airing 45 episodes that spanned three seasons.


The show centers around a pair of a cat-and-mouse due of detectives named [[Snooper]] and [[Blabber]] respectively.
The show centers around a pair of a cat-and-mouse due of detectives named [[Snooper]] and [[Blabber]], respectively, dealing with mostly wacky cases.


Over the years, Snooper and Blabber have joined in many of their good friend [[Yogi Bear (character)|Yogi Bear]]'s groups, such as [[Yogi Yahooeys]] in ''[[Laff-A-Lympics (TV series)|Laff-A-Lympics]]'' and [[Yogi's Treasure Hunters]] in ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]'', they also had various other appearances, such as in ''[[Yo, Yogi!]]'', a number of ''[[Kellogg's]]'' commercials and Snooper also made a cameo in ''[[The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound]]'', but made very little recent appearances until they both appeared for the ''[[Jellystone!]]'' reboot, in which Snooper is a girl and both are portrayed as discount detectives.
Neither [[Warner Home Video]] nor [[Warner Archive Collection]] are able to release the entire series on DVD due to music clearance issues.
==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
===Development===


==Music==
==Music==
The theme and other musical cues were composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]], with the rest of the music composed by [[Phil Green]], [[Jack Shaindlin]], and [[Joe Cacciola]].


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
Seasons 2-3s' airdates are currently being researched, so currently some of the airdates may be incorrect.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Episode
! Episode
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! Air date
! Air date
|-
|-
| "[[Puss n' Booty]]"
| "[[Baby Rattled]]"
| 1x01
| 1x01
| Week of [[September 28]], 1959
| Week of [[September 28]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Switch Witch]]"
| "[[Puss n' Booty]]"
| 1x02
| 1x02
| Week of [[October 19]], 1959
| Week of [[October 5]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Real Gone Ghosts]]"
| "[[Switch Witch]]"  
| 1x03
| 1x03
| Week of [[October 13]], 1959  
| Week of [[October 12]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Desperate Diamond Dimwits]]"
| "[[Fee-Fi-Fo Fumble]]"
| 1x04
| 1x04
| Week of [[November 2]], 1959
| Week of [[October 19]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Big Diaper Caper]]"
| "[[Disappearing Inc.]]"
| 1x05
| 1x05
| Week of [[October 5]], 1959
| Week of [[October 26]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[The Flea and Me]]"
| "[[Desperate Diamond Dimwits]]"
| 1x06
| 1x06
| Week of [[October 12]], 1959
| Week of [[November 2]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Disappearing Inc.]]"
| "[[Slippery Glass Slipper]]"
| 1x07
| 1x07
| Week of [[November 10]], 1959
| Week of [[November 9]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Baby Rattled]]"
| "[[Big Diaper Caper]]"
| 1x08
| 1x08
| Week of [[December 7]], 1959
| Week of [[November 16]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Not So Dummy]]"
| "[[Masquerader Raider]]"
| 1x09
| 1x09
| Week of [[October 26]], 1959
| Week of [[November 23]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Fee Fi Fo Fumble]]"
| "[[Real Gone Ghosts]]"
| 1x10
| 1x10
| Week of [[December 1]], 1959
| Week of [[November 30]], 1959  
|-
|-
| "[[Masquerader Raider]]"
| "[[The Flea and Me]]"  
| 1x11
| 1x11
| Week of [[December 28]], 1959
| Week of [[December 7]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Motor Knows Best]]"
| "[[Not So Dummy]]"
| 1x12
| 1x12
| Week of [[December 9]], 1959
| Week of [[December 14]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Slippery Glass Slipper]]"
| "[[Motor Knows Best]]"
| 1x13
| 1x13
| Week of [[December 22]], 1959
| Week of [[December 21]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Monkey Wrenched]]"
| "[[Cloudy Rowdy]]"
| 1x14
| 1x14
| Week of [[December 21]], 1959
| Week of [[December 28]], 1959
|-
|-
| "[[Gopher Goofers]]"
| "[[Adventure is My Hobby]]"
| 1x15
| 1x15
| Week of [[January 4]], [[1960]]
| Week of [[January 4]], [[1960]]
|-
|-
| "[[Impossible Imposters]]"
| "[[Gopher Goofers]]"
| 1x16
| 1x16
| Week of [[February 1]], 1960
| Week of [[January 11]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[Adventure is My Hobby]]"
| "[[Monkey Wrenched]]"
| 1x17
| 1x17
| Week of [[January 11]], 1960
| Week of [[January 18]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[Cloudy Rowdy]]"
| "[[Impossible Imposters]]"
| 1x18
| 1x18
| Week of [[January 18]], 1960
| Week of [[January 25]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[Snap Happy Saps]]"
| "[[Snap Happy Saps]]"
| 1x19
| 1x19
| Week of [[February 2]], 1960
| Week of [[February 1]], 1960
|-
| "[[The Case of the Purloined Parrot]]"
| 1x20
| Week of [[February 8]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[The Lion is Busy]]"
| "[[The Lion is Busy]]"
| 1x21
| Week of [[February 15]], 1960
|-
| "[[Doggone Dog, Gone!]]"
| 1x22
| Week of [[February 22]], 1960
|-
| "[[Laughing Guess]]"
| 1x23
| Week of [[February 29]], 1960
|-
| "[[Poddle Toodle-Oo!]]"
| 1x24
| Week of [[March 7]], 1960
|-
| "[[Hula-Hula Hullabaloo]]"
| 1x25
| Week of [[March 14]], 1960
|-
| "[[Wild Man, Wild!]]"
| 1x26
| Week of [[March 21]], 1960
|-
| "[[Ala-Kazoop!]]"
| 2x01
| 2x01
| Week of [[January 25]], 1960
| Week of [[March 26]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[Laughing Guess]]"
| "[[Hop to It]]"
| 2x02
| 2x02
| Week of [[January 25]], 1960
| Week of [[April 4]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[The Case of the Purloined Parrot]]"
| "[[Fleas Be Careful]]"
| 2x03
| 2x03
| Week of [[February 22]], 1960
| Week of [[April 11]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[Poddle Toodle-Oo!]]"
| "[[De-Duck-Tives]]"
| 2x04
| 2x04
| Week of [[February 20]], 1960
| Week of [[April 18]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[Doggone Dog, Gone!]]"
| "[[Big Shot Blab]]"
| 2x05
| 2x05
| Week of [[March 14]], 1960
| Week of [[April 25]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[Hula Hula Hullabaloo]]"
| "[[Observant Servants]]"
| 2x06
| 2x06
| Week of [[March 7]], 1960
| Week of [[May 2]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[Wild Man, Wild!]]"
| "[[Scoop Snoop]]"
| 2x07
| 2x07
| Week of [[February 29]], 1960
| Week of [[May 9]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[Ala-Kazoop!]]"
| "[[Big Cat Caper]]"
| 2x08
| 2x08
| 1960
| Week of [[May 16]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[Hop to It]]"
| "[[Prince of a Fella']]"
| 2x09
| 2x09
| Week of [[October 30]], 1960
| Week of [[May 23]], 1960
|-
|-
| "[[Fleas Be Careful]]"
| "[[Bear-ly Able]]"
| 2x10
| 2x10
| Week of [[November 22]], 1960
| Week of [[January 2]], 1961
|-
|-
| "[[Observant Servants]]"
| "[[Surprised Party]]"
| 2x11
| 2x11
| Week of [[May 8]], [[1961]]
| Week of [[January 9]], 1961
|-
|-
| "[[De-Duck-Tives]]"
| "[[Flea For All]]"
| 2x12
| 2x12
| Week of [[December 12]], 1960
| Week of [[January 16]], 1961
|-
|-
| "[[Big Shot Blab]]"
| "[[Eenie, Genie, Minie, Mo!]]"
| 2x13
| Week of [[January 23]], 1961
|-
| "[[Zoom-Zoom Blabber]]"
| 3x01
| 3x01
| Week of [[November 28]], 1960
| Week of [[January 30]], 1961
|-
|-
| "[[Big Cat Caper]]"
| "[[Outer Space Case]]"
| 3x02
| 3x02
| Week of [[September 13]], 1961
| Week of [[February 6]], 1961
|-
|-
| "[[Scoop Snoop]]"
| "[[Gem Jams]]"
| 3x03
| 3x03
| 1961
| Week of [[February 13]], 1961
|-
|-
| "[[Prince of a Fella]]"
| "[[Person to Prison]]"
| 3x04
| 3x04
| Week of [[January 23]], 1961
| Week of [[February 20]], 1961
|-
|-
| "[[Flea For All]]"
| "[[Chilly Chiller]]"
| 3x05
| 3x05
| Week of [[October 8]], 1961
| Week of [[February 27]], 1961
|-
|-
| "[[Outer Space Case]]"
| "[[Bronco Bluster]]"
| 3x06
| 3x06
| Week of [[March 27]], 1961
| Week of [[March 6]], 1961
|-
|}
| "[[Bear-ly Able]]"
 
| 3x07
==Crossovers==
| Week of [[January 9]], 1961
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title
| "[[Surprised Party]]"
! Number
| 3x08
! Original air date
| 1961
|-
| "[[Zoom-Zoom Blabber]]"
| 3x09
| 1961-1962 season
|-
|-
| "[[Eenie, Genie, Minie, Mo!]]"
| ''[[Yogi Bear (segments)|Yogi Bear]]'': "[[Yogi's Birthday Party]]"
| 3x10
| 1
| 1961
| [[October 1]], [[1961]]
|-
| "[[Bronco Bluster]]"
| 3x11
| 1961-1962 season
|-
| "[[Chilly Chiller]]"
| 3x12
| 1961-1962 season
|-
| "[[Gem Jams]]"
| 3x13
| Week of [[December 22]], 1959
|-
| "[[Person to Prison]]"
| 3x14
| 1961-1962 season
|}
|}


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Daws Butler]] as [[Super Snooper]] and [[Blabber Mouse]]
* [[Daws Butler]] as [[Super Snooper]] and [[Blabber Mouse]]
* [[Elliot Field]] as Blabber Mouse
==Legacy==
Over the years, Snooper and Blabber have joined in many of their good friend [[Yogi Bear (character)|Yogi Bear]]'s groups, such as the [[Yogi Yahooeys]] in ''[[Laff-A-Lympics (TV series)|Laff-A-Lympics]]'', and [[Yogi's Treasure Hunters]] in ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]''. They also had various other appearances, such as in ''[[Yo, Yogi!]]''; a number of ''[[Kellogg's]]'' commercials; and Snooper's cameo in ''[[The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (film)|The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound]]''; but made very little recent appearances until they both appeared for the ''[[Jellystone!]]'' reboot, in which Snooper is a girl and both are portrayed as discount detectives.


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
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! Name
! Name
|-
|-
| Brazilian
| '''Brazilian'''
| Olho Vivo e Faro Fino
| Olho Vivo e Faro Fino
|-
|-
| French
| '''French'''
| Fouinard et Babillard
| Fouinard et Babillard
|-
|-
| Spanish
| '''Japanese'''
| ドラ・チュウ助探偵 (Dorachu Jo Tantei)
|-
| '''Spanish'''
| Fisgon y Despitado
| Fisgon y Despitado
|-
| Japanese
| ドラ・チュウ助探偵 (Dorachu Jo Tantei)
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1960]]
[[Category:1961]]
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Latest revision as of 21:35, 11 February 2024

This article is about the segments. For the individual articles of the main title characters, see Snooper and Blabber.
Snooper and Blabber
S&B title card.png
On-screen title card.
Network Syndication
Production company Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release September 28, 1959–March 6, 1961
Starring Daws Butler
Elliot Field
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Phil Green
Jack Shaindlin
Joe Cacciola
Writer(s) Michael Maltese
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera

Snooper and Blabber is a series of animated segments as part of The Quick Draw McGraw Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for syndication, it ran from 1959 to 1961, airing 45 episodes that spanned three seasons.

The show centers around a pair of a cat-and-mouse due of detectives named Snooper and Blabber, respectively, dealing with mostly wacky cases.

Neither Warner Home Video nor Warner Archive Collection are able to release the entire series on DVD due to music clearance issues.

Production

Development

Music

The theme and other musical cues were composed by Hoyt Curtin, with the rest of the music composed by Phil Green, Jack Shaindlin, and Joe Cacciola.

Episodes

Seasons 2-3s' airdates are currently being researched, so currently some of the airdates may be incorrect.

Episode Number Air date
"Baby Rattled" 1x01 Week of September 28, 1959
"Puss n' Booty" 1x02 Week of October 5, 1959
"Switch Witch" 1x03 Week of October 12, 1959
"Fee-Fi-Fo Fumble" 1x04 Week of October 19, 1959
"Disappearing Inc." 1x05 Week of October 26, 1959
"Desperate Diamond Dimwits" 1x06 Week of November 2, 1959
"Slippery Glass Slipper" 1x07 Week of November 9, 1959
"Big Diaper Caper" 1x08 Week of November 16, 1959
"Masquerader Raider" 1x09 Week of November 23, 1959
"Real Gone Ghosts" 1x10 Week of November 30, 1959
"The Flea and Me" 1x11 Week of December 7, 1959
"Not So Dummy" 1x12 Week of December 14, 1959
"Motor Knows Best" 1x13 Week of December 21, 1959
"Cloudy Rowdy" 1x14 Week of December 28, 1959
"Adventure is My Hobby" 1x15 Week of January 4, 1960
"Gopher Goofers" 1x16 Week of January 11, 1960
"Monkey Wrenched" 1x17 Week of January 18, 1960
"Impossible Imposters" 1x18 Week of January 25, 1960
"Snap Happy Saps" 1x19 Week of February 1, 1960
"The Case of the Purloined Parrot" 1x20 Week of February 8, 1960
"The Lion is Busy" 1x21 Week of February 15, 1960
"Doggone Dog, Gone!" 1x22 Week of February 22, 1960
"Laughing Guess" 1x23 Week of February 29, 1960
"Poddle Toodle-Oo!" 1x24 Week of March 7, 1960
"Hula-Hula Hullabaloo" 1x25 Week of March 14, 1960
"Wild Man, Wild!" 1x26 Week of March 21, 1960
"Ala-Kazoop!" 2x01 Week of March 26, 1960
"Hop to It" 2x02 Week of April 4, 1960
"Fleas Be Careful" 2x03 Week of April 11, 1960
"De-Duck-Tives" 2x04 Week of April 18, 1960
"Big Shot Blab" 2x05 Week of April 25, 1960
"Observant Servants" 2x06 Week of May 2, 1960
"Scoop Snoop" 2x07 Week of May 9, 1960
"Big Cat Caper" 2x08 Week of May 16, 1960
"Prince of a Fella'" 2x09 Week of May 23, 1960
"Bear-ly Able" 2x10 Week of January 2, 1961
"Surprised Party" 2x11 Week of January 9, 1961
"Flea For All" 2x12 Week of January 16, 1961
"Eenie, Genie, Minie, Mo!" 2x13 Week of January 23, 1961
"Zoom-Zoom Blabber" 3x01 Week of January 30, 1961
"Outer Space Case" 3x02 Week of February 6, 1961
"Gem Jams" 3x03 Week of February 13, 1961
"Person to Prison" 3x04 Week of February 20, 1961
"Chilly Chiller" 3x05 Week of February 27, 1961
"Bronco Bluster" 3x06 Week of March 6, 1961

Crossovers

Title Number Original air date
Yogi Bear: "Yogi's Birthday Party" 1 October 1, 1961

Cast

Legacy

Over the years, Snooper and Blabber have joined in many of their good friend Yogi Bear's groups, such as the Yogi Yahooeys in Laff-A-Lympics, and Yogi's Treasure Hunters in Yogi's Treasure Hunt. They also had various other appearances, such as in Yo, Yogi!; a number of Kellogg's commercials; and Snooper's cameo in The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound; but made very little recent appearances until they both appeared for the Jellystone! reboot, in which Snooper is a girl and both are portrayed as discount detectives.

In popular culture

In other languages

Language Name
Brazilian Olho Vivo e Faro Fino
French Fouinard et Babillard
Japanese ドラ・チュウ助探偵 (Dorachu Jo Tantei)
Spanish Fisgon y Despitado

References

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