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|released= [[September 3]], [[1962]] – [[August 26]], [[1963]]
|released= [[September 3]], [[1962]]―[[August 26]], [[1963]]
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|run_time= 5 minutes
|starring= [[Bill Thompson]]<br />[[Alan Reed]]
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'''''Touché Turtle and Dum Dum''''' is a series of animated segments as part of ''[[The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series]]'', produced by [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] for [[NBC]]'s Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from [[1962]] to [[1963]], airing 52 episodes.
'''''Touché Turtle and Dum Dum''''' is a series of animated segments as part of ''[[The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series]]'', produced by [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]]. Airing in syndication, it ran from [[1962]] to [[1963]], airing 52 episodes that spanned two seasons.


[[Touché Turtle|Touché]], without [[Dum Dum]], appears in the [[HBO Max]] original series, ''[[Jellystone!]]''
When the series started airing as reruns on [[Boomerang]], the original film masters were in noticeably poor condition and also had notable film damages.


So far, [[Warner Archive Collection]] has made no announcements of releasing the entire series onto DVD.
So far, the [[Warner Archive Collection]] has made no announcements of releasing the entire series onto DVD, likely due to those same film damages and poor maintenance, although the Warner Archive account on Facebook confirmed that the series was included in a poll back in [[2012]].<ref>[[Warner Archive Collection]] ([[January 13]], [[2012]]).[https://www.facebook.com/warnerarchive/photos/a.275238161562/10150586312801563 "Thanks for your input on our first Toon Poll! It's time for Part Deux of the poll where we’d appreciate your input on a new group of animated series."] ''Facebook''. Retrieved [[January 21]], [[2023]].</ref> Touché was later expected to be released on DVD with [[Wally Gator (segments)|Wally]] and [[Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har|Lippy]] back in [[2020]], but Warner Archive was unsure on whether to release the series as it had severe film damages.


==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
===Development===
Early in development, the character of Touché was originally going to be a swashbuckling rabbit named "Hairbrain Hare" (or "Harbreath Hare" in one of the illustrations). A design of a turtle resembling Touché was also created around this time, likely as a sidekick to "Hairbrain" or a third character, but it was later proposed that Touché would be made as a turtle instead. According to writer [[Tony Benedict]], the concept of "Hairbrain Hare" was repurposed years later for the western-themed [[Ricochet Rabbit]].<ref name= "Touche development">Yowp, Don M. (July 22, 2014)
[https://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-lion-swingin-gator-and-rabbit-that.html?m=1 A Lion, a Swingin' Gator and a Rabbit That Became a Turtle] yowpyowp.blogspot.com</ref>
The cartoon was first publicly mentioned (as "Hairbrain Hare") in a story by ''Variety'' magazine on October 20, 1960, along with ''[[Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har]]''. It was then mentioned again (as ''Touché Turtle and Dum Dum'') by ''Variety'' in an October 31, 1961 story, in addition to ''[[Wally Gator (segments)|Wally Gator]]'', with the proposal of 156 five-minute segments in total.<ref name= "Touche development" />
A longer theme song was initially proposed with lyrics written by [[Michael Maltese]], but a much shorter theme was instead used in the final product.<ref>Yowp, Don M. (Feburary 19, 2023)
[https://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2023/02/sing-along-with-touche.html?_sm_au_=iHVnN4rHJrqMvjZN4vVRvKQvJQ6BF Sing Along With Touche] yowpyowp.blogspot.com</ref> As a development gag, Touché and Dum Dum sing a snippet of the longer theme song in the episode "[[The Shoe Must Go On]]."
==Music==
==Music==
;Opening theme song lyrics:
;Opening theme song lyrics
<poem>
<poem>
Touché away!
Touché away!
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</poem>
</poem>


;Unused theme song lyrics
<poem>
When there is trouble
Who comes on the double
And saves you in the nick of time....
It's not a masked avenger
Not a lonesome stranger
It's TOUCHÉ TURTLE every time!
When there's as much as
Twenty villain clutches
Turning villainy to crime
Who will make them pale
And send them all to jail
It's TOUCHÉ TURTLE every time
TOUCHÉ......AWAY!
To save the day......so...
Who's the greatest hero?
Who comes from far and near, oh!....
It's TOUCHÉ TURTLE every time!
</poem>
==Episodes==
==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Episode
! Episode
! Number
! Original air date
! Air date
|-
|-
| "[[Whale of a Tale]]"
| 1x01
| 1x01
| [[September 3]], [[1962]]
* "[[Whale of a Tale (Touché Turtle)|Whale of a Tale]]"
| [[September 3]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Zero-Hero]]"
| 1x02
| 1x02
* "[[Zero-Hero]]"
| [[September 10]], 1962
| [[September 10]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Dilly of a Lilly]]"
| 1x03
| 1x03
* "[[Dilly of a Lily]]"
| [[September 17]], 1962
| [[September 17]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Missing Missile]]"
| 1x04
| 1x04
* "[[Missing Missile]]"
| [[September 24]], 1962
| [[September 24]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Lake Serpent]]"
| 1x05
| 1x05
* "[[Lake Serpent]]"
| [[October 1]], 1962
| [[October 1]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[You Bug Me]]"
| 1x06
| 1x06
* "[[You Bug Me]]"
| [[October 8]], 1962
| [[October 8]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Roll-A-Ghoster]]"
| 1x07
| 1x07
* "[[Roll-A-Ghoster]]"
| [[October 15]], 1962
| [[October 15]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Giant Double-Header]]"
| 1x08
| 1x08
* "[[Giant Double-Header]]"
| [[October 22]], 1962
| [[October 22]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Loser Take All]]"
| 1x09
| 1x09
* "[[Loser Take All]]"
| [[October 29]], 1962
| [[October 29]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Takes Two to Tangle]]"
| 1x10
| 1x10
* "[[Takes Two to Tangle]]"
| [[November 5]], 1962
| [[November 5]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Mr. Robots]]"
| 1x11
| 1x11
* "[[Mr. Robots]]"
| [[November 12]], 1962
| [[November 12]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Touché at Bat]]"
| 1x12
| 1x12
* "[[Touché at Bat]]"
| [[November 19]], 1962
| [[November 19]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Billy the Cad]]"
| 1x13
| 1x13
* "[[Billy the Cad]]"
| [[November 26]], 1962
| [[November 26]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Dog Daze]]"
| 1x14
| 1x14
* "[[Dog Daze (Touché Turtle)|Dog Daze]]"
| [[December 3]], 1962
| [[December 3]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Ant and Rave]]"
| 1x15
| 1x15
* "[[Ant and Rave]]"
| [[December 10]], 1962
| [[December 10]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Black is the Knight]]"
| 1x16
| 1x16
* "[[Black is the Knight]]"
| [[December 17]], 1962
| [[December 17]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Dragon Along]]"
| 1x17
| 1x17
* "[[Dragon Along (Touché Turtle)|Dragon Along]]"
| [[December 24]], 1962
| [[December 24]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Satellite Fright]]"
| 1x18
| 1x18
* "[[Satellite Fright]]"
| [[December 31]], 1962
| [[December 31]], 1962
|-
|-
| "[[Sheepy-Time Pal]]"
| 1x19
| 1x19
| [[January 7]], [[1963]]
* "[[Sheepy-Time Pal]]"
| [[January 7]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Hex Marks the Spot]]"
| 1x20
| 1x20
* "[[Hex Marks the Spot]]"
| [[January 14]], 1963
| [[January 14]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Catch as Cat Can (Touché Turtle)|Catch as Cat Can]]"
| 1x21
| 1x21
* "[[Catch as Cat Can (Touché Turtle)|Catch as Cat Can]]"
| [[January 21]], 1963
| [[January 21]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Sea for Two]]"
| 1x22
| 1x22
* "[[Sea for Two]]"
| [[January 28]], 1963
| [[January 28]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[High Goon]]"
| 1x23
| 1x23
* "[[High Goon]]"
| [[February 4]], 1963
| [[February 4]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Grandma Outlaw]]"
| 1x24
| 1x24
* "[[Grandma Outlaw]]"
| [[February 11]], 1963
| [[February 11]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Duel Control]]"
| 1x25
| 1x25
* "[[Duel Control]]"
| [[February 18]], 1963
| [[February 18]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Rapid Rabbit]]"
| 1x26
| 1x26
* "[[Rapid Rabbit]]"
| [[February 25]], 1963
| [[February 25]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Thumb Hero]]"
| 2x01
| 2x01
* "[[Thumb Hero]]"
| [[March 4]], 1963
| [[March 4]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Kat-Napped]]"
| 2x02
| 2x02
* "[[Kat-Napped]]"
| [[March 11]], 1963
| [[March 11]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Romeo, Touché, and Juliet]]"
| 2x03
| 2x03
* "[[Romeo, Touché and Juliet]]"
| [[March 18]], 1963
| [[March 18]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[The Big Bite]]"
| 2x04
| 2x04
* "[[The Big Bite]]"
| [[March 25]], 1963
| [[March 25]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Flying Saucer Sorcerer]]"
| 2x05
| 2x05
* "[[Flying Saucer Sorcerer]]"
| [[April 1]], 1963
| [[April 1]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Aladdin's Lampoon]]"
| 2x06
| 2x06
* "[[Aladdin's Lampoon]]"
| [[April 8]], 1963
| [[April 8]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Haunting License]]"
| 2x07
| 2x07
* "[[Haunting License]]"
| [[April 15]], 1963
| [[April 15]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[The Phoney Phantom]]"
| 2x08
| 2x08
* "[[The Phoney Phantom]]"
| [[April 22]], 1963
| [[April 22]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Touché's Last Stand]]"
| 2x09
| 2x09
* "[[Touché's Last Stand]]"
| [[April 29]], 1963
| [[April 29]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Chief Beef]]"
| 2x10
| 2x10
* "[[Chief Beef]]"
| [[May 6]], 1963
| [[May 6]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Like Wild, Man]]"
| 2x11
| 2x11
* "[[Like Wild, Man]]"
| [[May 13]], 1963
| [[May 13]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Dum de Dum Dum]]"
| 2x12
| 2x12
* "[[Dum de Dum Dum]]"
| [[May 20]], 1963
| [[May 20]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Et Tu Touché]]"
| 2x13
| 2x13
* "[[Et Tu, Touché]]"
| [[May 27]], 1963
| [[May 27]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Dragon Feat]]"
| 2x14
| 2x14
* "[[Dragon Feat]]"
| [[June 3]], 1963
| [[June 3]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Red Riding Hoodlum]]"
| 2x15
| 2x15
* "[[Red Riding Hoodlum]]"
| [[June 10]], 1963
| [[June 10]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Dough Nuts]]"
| 2x16
| 2x16
* "[[Dough Nuts]]"
| [[June 17]], 1963
| [[June 17]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Save the Last Trance for Me]]"
| 2x17
| 2x17
* "[[Save the Last Trance for Me]]"
| [[June 24]], 1963
| [[June 24]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Waterloo for Two]]"
| 2x18
| 2x18
* "[[Waterloo for Two]]"
| [[July 1]], 1963
| [[July 1]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Robin Hoodlum (episode)|Robin Hoodlum]]"
| 2x19
| 2x19
* "[[Robin Hoodlum]]"
| [[July 8]], 1963
| [[July 8]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[The Shoe Must Go On]]"
| 2x20
| 2x20
* "[[The Shoe Must Go On]]"
| [[July 15]], 1963
| [[July 15]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Quack Hero]]"
| 2x21
| 2x21
* "[[Quack Hero]]"
| [[July 22]], 1963
| [[July 22]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Aliblabber and the Forty Thieves]]"
| 2x22
| 2x22
* "[[Aliblabber and the Forty Thieves]]"
| [[July 29]], 1963
| [[July 29]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Out of This Whirl]]"
| 2x23
| 2x23
* "[[Out of This Whirl]]"
| [[August 5]], 1963
| [[August 5]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Hero on the Half Shell]]"
| 2x24
| 2x24
* "[[Hero on the Half Shell]]"
| [[August 12]], 1963
| [[August 12]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Tenderfoot Turtle]]"
| 2x25
| 2x25
* "[[Tenderfoot Turtle]]"
| [[August 19]], 1963
| [[August 19]], 1963
|-
|-
| "[[Peace and Riot]]"
| 2x26
| 2x26
* "[[Peace & Riot]]"
| [[August 26]], 1963
| [[August 26]], 1963
|}
|}
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* [[Bill Thompson]] as [[Touché Turtle]]
* [[Bill Thompson]] as [[Touché Turtle]]
* [[Alan Reed]] as [[Dum Dum]]
* [[Alan Reed]] as [[Dum Dum]]
==Legacy==
In the next two decades, Touché and Dum Dum went on to make cameos in ''[[Yogi's Gang]]'' and ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]''.
In [[2021]], Touché—without Dum Dum—appears as the head of the [[Jellystone Police Department]] in the [[HBO Max]] original series ''[[Jellystone!]]''
==Merchandise==
===Reading material===
===Board game===
In [[1962]], [[Touché Turtle Game|a board game]] was released by [[Transogram]] based on the cartoon.
==In other languages==
{| class="wikitable"
! Language
! Name
|-
| '''Brazilian'''
| Tartaruga Touché e Dum Dum
|-
| '''French'''
| Touché la Tortue
|-
| '''Italian'''
| Luca Tortuga
|-
| '''Japanese'''
|突貫カメ君 (Tokkan Kame-kun)
|-
| '''Spanish'''
| Tortuga D' Artagnan
|}


==References==
==References==
<references/>
<references/>
[[Category:1962]]
[[Category:1963]]
[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
[[Category:The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series]]
[[Category:The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series]]
[[Category:Touché Turtle]]
[[Category:TV series]]
[[Category:TV series]]

Latest revision as of 11:28, 4 April 2024

Touché Turtle and Dum Dum
TT&DD title card.png
On-screen title card.
Network Syndication
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Original release September 3, 1962―August 26, 1963
Run time 5 minutes
Starring Bill Thompson
Alan Reed
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera

Touché Turtle and Dum Dum is a series of animated segments as part of The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Airing in syndication, it ran from 1962 to 1963, airing 52 episodes that spanned two seasons.

When the series started airing as reruns on Boomerang, the original film masters were in noticeably poor condition and also had notable film damages.

So far, the Warner Archive Collection has made no announcements of releasing the entire series onto DVD, likely due to those same film damages and poor maintenance, although the Warner Archive account on Facebook confirmed that the series was included in a poll back in 2012.[1] Touché was later expected to be released on DVD with Wally and Lippy back in 2020, but Warner Archive was unsure on whether to release the series as it had severe film damages.

Production

Development

Early in development, the character of Touché was originally going to be a swashbuckling rabbit named "Hairbrain Hare" (or "Harbreath Hare" in one of the illustrations). A design of a turtle resembling Touché was also created around this time, likely as a sidekick to "Hairbrain" or a third character, but it was later proposed that Touché would be made as a turtle instead. According to writer Tony Benedict, the concept of "Hairbrain Hare" was repurposed years later for the western-themed Ricochet Rabbit.[2]

The cartoon was first publicly mentioned (as "Hairbrain Hare") in a story by Variety magazine on October 20, 1960, along with Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har. It was then mentioned again (as Touché Turtle and Dum Dum) by Variety in an October 31, 1961 story, in addition to Wally Gator, with the proposal of 156 five-minute segments in total.[2]

A longer theme song was initially proposed with lyrics written by Michael Maltese, but a much shorter theme was instead used in the final product.[3] As a development gag, Touché and Dum Dum sing a snippet of the longer theme song in the episode "The Shoe Must Go On."

Music

Opening theme song lyrics

Touché away!

Touché away!

Touché away!

It's Touché Turtle!


Unused theme song lyrics

When there is trouble

Who comes on the double

And saves you in the nick of time....

It's not a masked avenger

Not a lonesome stranger

It's TOUCHÉ TURTLE every time!

When there's as much as

Twenty villain clutches

Turning villainy to crime

Who will make them pale

And send them all to jail

It's TOUCHÉ TURTLE every time

TOUCHÉ......AWAY!

To save the day......so...

Who's the greatest hero?

Who comes from far and near, oh!....

It's TOUCHÉ TURTLE every time!

Episodes

Episode Original air date
1x01 September 3, 1962
1x02 September 10, 1962
1x03 September 17, 1962
1x04 September 24, 1962
1x05 October 1, 1962
1x06 October 8, 1962
1x07 October 15, 1962
1x08 October 22, 1962
1x09 October 29, 1962
1x10 November 5, 1962
1x11 November 12, 1962
1x12 November 19, 1962
1x13 November 26, 1962
1x14 December 3, 1962
1x15 December 10, 1962
1x16 December 17, 1962
1x17 December 24, 1962
1x18 December 31, 1962
1x19 January 7, 1963
1x20 January 14, 1963
1x21 January 21, 1963
1x22 January 28, 1963
1x23 February 4, 1963
1x24 February 11, 1963
1x25 February 18, 1963
1x26 February 25, 1963
2x01 March 4, 1963
2x02 March 11, 1963
2x03 March 18, 1963
2x04 March 25, 1963
2x05 April 1, 1963
2x06 April 8, 1963
2x07 April 15, 1963
2x08 April 22, 1963
2x09 April 29, 1963
2x10 May 6, 1963
2x11 May 13, 1963
2x12 May 20, 1963
2x13 May 27, 1963
2x14 June 3, 1963
2x15 June 10, 1963
2x16 June 17, 1963
2x17 June 24, 1963
2x18 July 1, 1963
2x19 July 8, 1963
2x20 July 15, 1963
2x21 July 22, 1963
2x22 July 29, 1963
2x23 August 5, 1963
2x24 August 12, 1963
2x25 August 19, 1963
2x26 August 26, 1963

Cast

Legacy

In the next two decades, Touché and Dum Dum went on to make cameos in Yogi's Gang and Yogi's Treasure Hunt.

In 2021, Touché—without Dum Dum—appears as the head of the Jellystone Police Department in the HBO Max original series Jellystone!

Merchandise

Reading material

Board game

In 1962, a board game was released by Transogram based on the cartoon.

In other languages

Language Name
Brazilian Tartaruga Touché e Dum Dum
French Touché la Tortue
Italian Luca Tortuga
Japanese 突貫カメ君 (Tokkan Kame-kun)
Spanish Tortuga D' Artagnan

References

  1. ^ Warner Archive Collection (January 13, 2012)."Thanks for your input on our first Toon Poll! It's time for Part Deux of the poll where we’d appreciate your input on a new group of animated series." Facebook. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Yowp, Don M. (July 22, 2014) A Lion, a Swingin' Gator and a Rabbit That Became a Turtle yowpyowp.blogspot.com
  3. ^ Yowp, Don M. (Feburary 19, 2023) Sing Along With Touche yowpyowp.blogspot.com
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