The Volunteers
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The Volunteers | |
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The King introducing the Sargent 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 and Joseph Barbera |
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"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
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Locations
- Earth
- Ye Royal Palace
- Field
Objects
- Yippee, Yappee and Yahooeys' swords
Vehicles
- None
Production
Development
Music
- 0:00 - Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey main title theme (Hoyt Curtin).
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 16, 1964
Behind the scenes
- Daws Butler used his Phil Silvers-based Hokey Wolf impression for the Sargent.
Errors
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- November 1, 2016: Warner Archive Collection releases The Peter Potamus Show: The Complete Series on DVD.