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==Production== | ==Production== | ||
===Development=== | ===Development=== | ||
==Segments== | ==Segments== | ||
* ''[[Quick Draw McGraw (segments)|Quick Draw McGraw]]'' (1959-1961) | * ''[[Quick Draw McGraw (segments)|Quick Draw McGraw]]'' (1959-1961) | ||
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==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
* [[Daws Butler]] as [[Quick Draw McGraw (character)|Quick Draw McGraw]], [[Baba Looey]], [[Augie Doggie]], [[Super Snooper|Snooper]] and [[Blabber Mouse|Blabber]] | * [[Daws Butler]] as [[Quick Draw McGraw (character)|Quick Draw McGraw]], [[Baba Looey]], [[Augie Doggie]], [[Super Snooper|Snooper]] and [[Blabber Mouse|Blabber]] | ||
* [[Doug Young]] as [[Doggie Daddy]] | * [[Doug Young]] as [[Doggie Daddy]] | ||
==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 a [[1980s]] TV film 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>[[1990s|90s]] TV special or movie [https://twitter.com/mexopolis/status/1166880546661650435?s=20 that never made it past the concept art], a TV special in the same vein as ''[[The Flintstones: On the Rocks]]'', and a [https://twitter.com/mexopolis/status/1166880546661650435?s=20 spaghetti western series made by ''Book of Life'' and ''El Tigre'' creator Jorge R Gutiérrez]. | |||
Every character in the series, except Snuffles, appears in the [[2021]] [[HBO Max]] original series ''[[Jellystone!]]'' Snooper, Baba Looey, and Augie were also changed to females in the series. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 02:11, 20 November 2022
The Quick Draw McGraw Show | |
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On-screen title card. | |
Network | Syndication |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
Original release | September 29, 1959—October 20, 1961 |
Starring | Daws Butler Doug Young |
Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
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 animated American anthology television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Airing in syndication, it ran from 1959 to 1961, airing 45 episodes.
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.
Production
Development
Segments
- Quick Draw McGraw (1959-1961)
- Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy (1959-1961)
- Snooper and Blabber (1959-1961)
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
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
- Daws Butler as Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Augie Doggie, Snooper and Blabber
- Doug Young as Doggie Daddy
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 a 1980s TV film 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]90s TV special or movie that never made it past the concept art, a TV special in the same vein as The Flintstones: On the Rocks, and a spaghetti western series made by Book of Life and El Tigre creator Jorge R Gutiérrez.
Every character in the series, except Snuffles, appears in the 2021 HBO Max original series Jellystone! Snooper, Baba Looey, and Augie were also changed to females in the series.
References
- ^ Ruegger, Tom (January 23, 2011). "'The Good, the Bad, and the Huckleberry' -- starring Daws Butler". Cartoonatics. Retrieved October 6, 2022.