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|caption= On-screen title card.
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|network= Syndication
|network= Syndication
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera]]
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]]
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|released= [[September 29]], [[1959]][[October 20]], [[1961]]
|released= [[September 29]], [[1959]][[March 6]], [[1962]]
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|starring= [[Daws Butler]]<br />[[Doug Young]]
|starring= [[Daws Butler]]<br />[[Doug Young]]
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|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= Joseph Barbera<br />[[Dan Gordon]]<br />[[Michael Maltese]]<br />[[Warren Foster]]<br />[[Alex Lovy]]
|writer= Joseph Barbera<br />[[Dan Gordon]]<br />[[Michael Maltese]]<br />[[Warren Foster]]<br />[[Alex Lovy]]
|director= William Hanna<br />Joseph Barbera
|director= William Hanna<br />Joseph Barbera
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'''''The Quick Draw McGraw Show''''' is an American animated anthology television series produced by [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]]. Airing in syndication, it ran from [[1959]] to [[1961]], airing 45 episodes.
'''''The Quick Draw McGraw Show''''' is an American animated anthology television series produced by [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]] for syndication. It ran from [[1959]] to [[1962]], airing 45 episodes that spanned three seasons.


The show debuted with segments, ''[[Quick Draw McGraw (segments)|Quick Draw McGraw]]'', ''[[Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy]]'' and ''[[Snooper and Blabber]]''.
The show debuted with segments, ''[[Quick Draw McGraw (segments)|Quick Draw McGraw]]'', ''[[Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy]]'' and ''[[Snooper and Blabber]]''.
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The show was made after the success of ''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]'' a year prior.
The show was made after the success of ''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]'' a year prior.


The series has yet to have a complete series DVD release by [[Warner Archive Collection]], although there were many attempts in the past to release the series, Capitol Records, who is believed to held rights to the music used within the cartoons from 1959 to [[1960]], prevents a release.
The series has yet to have a complete series DVD release by [[Warner Archive Collection]], although there were many attempts in the past to release the series, some of the music of Capitol, Hi-Q, who owned the rights from 1959 to [[1960]], is either missing or owned by someone who prevents its use.
 
==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
===Development===
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==Music==
==Music==
The music was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]].<br>
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]].<br>


'''Theme Song Lyrics'''<br>
'''Theme Song Lyrics'''<br>
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Quick Draw, Baba Looey, Augie Doggie, Doggie Daddy, Snooper and Blabber would go on to make several appearances as either co-stars or guest stars in several subsequent crossover TV series and TV movies that followed in the decades to come from Hanna-Barbera right until the [[1990s]]. Except for Snooper and Blabber, they also all guest starred in the [[2000s]] spinoff parody series ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' on [[Adult Swim]].
Quick Draw, Baba Looey, Augie Doggie, Doggie Daddy, Snooper and Blabber would go on to make several appearances as either co-stars or guest stars in several subsequent crossover TV series and TV movies that followed in the decades to come from Hanna-Barbera right until the [[1990s]]. Except for Snooper and Blabber, they also all guest starred in the [[2000s]] spinoff parody series ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' on [[Adult Swim]].


There have been several attempts to revive Quick Draw McGraw for a new audience but every attempt to do so has been shot down by either Hanna-Barbera or Warner Bros. Many of the projects included two films in the late [[1980s]]; one that Tom Ruegger and John K. Ludin originally pitched, but [[Joseph Barbera]] wasn't interested and instead tasked them with an idea he had called ''[[The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound|The Good, the Bad, and the Huckleberry]]''.<ref name="Cartoonatics Part 1">[[Tom Ruegger|Ruegger, Tom]] ([[January 23]], [[2011]]). [http://cartoonatics.blogspot.com/2011/01/good-bad-and-huckleberry-starring-daws.html "'The Good, the Bad, and the Huckleberry' -- starring Daws Butler"]. ''Cartoonatics''. Retrieved [[October 6]], [[2022]].</ref> and another called ''[[Quickest Draw in the West]]'', that never made it past the concept art,<ref>([[June 19]], [[2020]]). [https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/concept-art/quickest-draw-in-the-west-quick-draw-mcgraw-and-baba-louie-pitch-art-cel-hanna-barbera-1989-/a/7232-98265.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ThisAuction-120115 "Quickest Draw in the West Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Louie Pitch Art Cel (Hanna-Barbera, 1989)"]. ''Comics Heritage Auction''. Retrieved [[April 8]], 2022.</ref> and during the early [[2010s]], a spaghetti western series made by ''Book of Life'' and ''El Tigre'' creator Jorge R. Gutiérrez.<ref>Gutierrez, Jorge R. ([[August 29]], [[2019]]). [https://twitter.com/mexopolis/status/1166880546661650435?s=20 "Long time ago when I was working on the MAD cartoon, I pitched WB a super violent Spaghetti Western starring Quick Draw and Baba Looey. I wonder why it didn't go anywhere?"]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved April 8, 2022.</ref>
There have been several attempts to revive Quick Draw McGraw for a new audience but every attempt to do so has been shot down by either Hanna-Barbera or Warner Bros. Many of the projects included two films in the late [[1980s]]; one that Tom Ruegger and John K. Ludin originally pitched, but [[Joseph Barbera]] wasn't interested and instead tasked them with an idea he had called ''[[The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (film)|The Good, the Bad, and the Huckleberry]]''.<ref name="Cartoonatics Part 1">[[Tom Ruegger|Ruegger, Tom]] ([[January 23]], [[2011]]). [http://cartoonatics.blogspot.com/2011/01/good-bad-and-huckleberry-starring-daws.html "'The Good, the Bad, and the Huckleberry' -- starring Daws Butler"]. ''Cartoonatics''. Retrieved [[October 6]], [[2022]].</ref> and another called ''[[Quickest Draw in the West]]'', that never made it past the concept art,<ref>([[June 19]], [[2020]]). [https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/concept-art/quickest-draw-in-the-west-quick-draw-mcgraw-and-baba-louie-pitch-art-cel-hanna-barbera-1989-/a/7232-98265.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ThisAuction-120115 "Quickest Draw in the West Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Louie Pitch Art Cel (Hanna-Barbera, 1989)"]. ''Comics Heritage Auction''. Retrieved [[April 8]], 2022.</ref> and during the early [[2010s]], a spaghetti western series made by ''Book of Life'' and ''El Tigre'' creator Jorge R. Gutiérrez.<ref>Gutierrez, Jorge R. ([[August 29]], [[2019]]). [https://twitter.com/mexopolis/status/1166880546661650435?s=20 "Long time ago when I was working on the MAD cartoon, I pitched WB a super violent Spaghetti Western starring Quick Draw and Baba Looey. I wonder why it didn't go anywhere?"]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved April 8, 2022.</ref>


Every character in the series, except Snuffles, appears in the [[2021]] [[HBO Max]] original series ''[[Jellystone!]]'', with Quick Draw only being in his El Kabong guise, and female versions of Snooper, Baba Looey, and Augie.
Every character in the series with the exception of Snuffles, appear in the [[2021]] [[HBO Max]] original series ''[[Jellystone!]]'', with Quick Draw only being in his El Kabong guise, and female versions of Snooper, Baba Looey, and Augie.


==References==
==References==
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The Quick Draw McGraw Show
TQDMGS title card.png
On-screen title card.
Network Syndication
Production company Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release September 29, 1959March 6, 1962
Starring Daws Butler
Doug Young
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Phil Green
Jack Shaindlin
Joe Cacciola
Writer(s) Joseph Barbera
Dan Gordon
Michael Maltese
Warren Foster
Alex Lovy
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera

The Quick Draw McGraw Show is an American animated anthology television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for syndication. It ran from 1959 to 1962, airing 45 episodes that spanned three seasons.

The show debuted with segments, Quick Draw McGraw, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy and Snooper and Blabber.

The show was made after the success of The Huckleberry Hound Show a year prior.

The series has yet to have a complete series DVD release by Warner Archive Collection, although there were many attempts in the past to release the series, some of the music of Capitol, Hi-Q, who owned the rights from 1959 to 1960, is either missing or owned by someone who prevents its use.

Production

Development

Segments

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.

Theme Song Lyrics

Yipee yi-o ki-a

Galloping all the way

Great big star on his chest

Outdraws all of the rest

Fastest gun in the west

Yipee yi-o ki-a

Riding around your way

Here comes Quick Draw McGraw

The high-falutin'est

Fastest shootin'est

Cowboy you ever saw

That's Quick Draw McGraw

Episodes

Cast

Legacy

Quick Draw, Baba Looey, Augie Doggie, Doggie Daddy, Snooper and Blabber would go on to make several appearances as either co-stars or guest stars in several subsequent crossover TV series and TV movies that followed in the decades to come from Hanna-Barbera right until the 1990s. Except for Snooper and Blabber, they also all guest starred in the 2000s spinoff parody series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law on Adult Swim.

There have been several attempts to revive Quick Draw McGraw for a new audience but every attempt to do so has been shot down by either Hanna-Barbera or Warner Bros. Many of the projects included two films in the late 1980s; one that Tom Ruegger and John K. Ludin originally pitched, but Joseph Barbera wasn't interested and instead tasked them with an idea he had called The Good, the Bad, and the Huckleberry.[1] and another called Quickest Draw in the West, that never made it past the concept art,[2] and during the early 2010s, a spaghetti western series made by Book of Life and El Tigre creator Jorge R. Gutiérrez.[3]

Every character in the series with the exception of Snuffles, appear in the 2021 HBO Max original series Jellystone!, with Quick Draw only being in his El Kabong guise, and female versions of Snooper, Baba Looey, and Augie.

References