Difference between revisions of "The Volunteers"

The Volunteers
	; The King introducing the Sergeant to Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey.
Premiere date	September 16, 1964
Run time	6:46
Starring	Doug Young; Hal Smith; Daws Butler; Jean Vander Pyl
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict; Warren Foster; Dalton Sandifer
Director(s)	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
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Latest revision as of 10:48, 25 April 2024

"The Volunteers" is the first episode of Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey season one. It aired as a segment of The Peter Potamus Show. It first aired on September 16, 1964 in first run syndication. It was written by Tony Benedict, Warren Foster and Dalton Sandifer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey are trained by a sergeant to become soldiers, but their clumsiness becomes too much for the sergeant and eventually makes the King mad.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
The King	Hal Smith
Mrs. Rebel	Jean Vander Pyl
Yippee	Doug Young
Yappee	Hal Smith
Yahooey	Daws Butler
The Sergeant	Daws Butler
The Sergeant's mother

Locations

Earth
- Ye Royal Palace
- Field

Objects

Yippee, Yappee and Yahooeys' swords

Vehicles

None

Production

Development

Music

0:00 - Main title theme (Hoyt Curtin).

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: September 16, 1964 in syndication

Behind the scenes

Daws Butler used his Phil Silvers-based Hokey Wolf impression for the Sargent.

Errors

Everlasting influence

In the Animal Follies book, there is a story based on this episode with the same name, which also reveals the sergeant's name to be Sergeant Barko.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- May 26, 2009: Warner Home Video releases Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Volume 1.
- November 1, 2016: Warner Archive Collection releases The Peter Potamus Show: The Complete Series on DVD.

References

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 {{Infobox episode
 |image= [[File:The King introduces the Sargent.png|300px]]
-|caption= [[The King (Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey)|The King]] introducing [[List of unnamed Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey characters|the Sargent]] to [[Yippee]], [[Yappee]] and [[Yahooey]].
+|caption= [[The King (Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey)|The King]] introducing [[Sergeant Barko|the Sergeant]] to [[Yippee]], [[Yappee]] and [[Yahooey]].
 |prodno=
 |premiere= [[September 16]], [[1964]]
 |run_time= 6:46
+|cast= [[Doug Young]]<br />[[Hal Smith]]<br />[[Daws Butler]]<br />[[Jean Vander Pyl]]
 |writers= [[Tony Benedict]]<br />[[Warren Foster]]<br />[[Dalton Sandifer]]
-|directors= [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]]
+|directors= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
 |previous= The Volunteers
 |next= Black Bart
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 |-
 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mrs. Rebel]]
-|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Jean Vander Py]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Jean Vander Pyl]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Yippee]]
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 |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Daws Butler]]
 |-
-|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Sargeant Barko|The Sargeant]]
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Sergeant Barko|The Sergeant]]
 |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 |-
-|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| The Sargeant's mother
+|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| The Sergeant's mother
 |-
 {{CastBottom}}
 ==Locations==
-* The King's castle
+* [[Earth]]
-* Field
+** [[Ye Royal Palace]]
+** Field
 ==Objects==
@@ Line 55: / Line 57: @@
 ===Development===
 ==Music==
-* 0:00 - Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey main title theme (Curtin).
+* 0:00 - Main title theme ([[Hoyt Curtin]]).
 ==Release==
 Dates are in order of release:
-* United States: September 16, 1964
+* United States: September 16, 1964 in syndication
 ==Behind the scenes==
-* [[Daws Butler]] used his [[Hokey Wolf]] impression for the Sargent.
+* Daws Butler used his [[Phil Silvers]]-based [[Hokey Wolf (character)|Hokey Wolf]] impression for the Sargent.
 ==Errors==
 *
+==Everlasting influence==
+* In the ''[[Animal Follies (book)|Animal Follies]]'' book, there is a story based on this episode with the same name, which also reveals the sergeant's name to be Sergeant Barko.
 ==Critical reception==
@@ Line 82: / Line 87: @@
 ==Home availability==
 * In the United States:
-** November 1, 2016: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[The Peter Potamus Show: The Complete Series]]'' on DVD.
+** [[May 26]], [[2009]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Volume 1]]''.
+** [[November 1]], [[2016]]: [[Warner Archive Collection]] releases ''[[The Peter Potamus Show: The Complete Series]]'' on DVD.
 ==References==
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Volunteers, The}}
+[[Category:1964]]
 [[Category:Directed by Joseph Barbera]]
 [[Category:Directed by William Hanna]]
 [[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:Syndication]]
+[[Category:The Peter Potamus Show]]
+[[Category:Written by Dalton Sandifer]]
+[[Category:Written by Tony Benedict]]
+[[Category:Written by Warren Foster]]
 [[Category:Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey episodes]]
+[[Category:Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey]]