West of the Pesos

West of the Pesos
Hokey tricking Orful Meany.
Production number	E-168
Premiere date	Week of August 31, 1961
Run time	7:08
Starring	Daws Butler Doug Young Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"West of the Pesos" is the twenty-fourth and final episode of Hokey Wolf season one, and came as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired on August 31, 1961 in first-run syndication. It was written by Tony Benedict, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Hokey and Ding-a-Ling enter Dry Gap Gulch Flat. With some trickery, they arrest Orful Meany, but then Hokey is stuck as a sheriff.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Don Messick
Orful Meany	Doug Young
Bartender	Daws Butler
Sheriff	Don Messick
Hokey Wolf	Daws Butler
Ding-a-Ling	Doug Young

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Dry Gap Gulch Flat
      • Saloon
      • Dry Goods Notions
      • Sheriff's office
    • Robbers Roost

Objects

• Orful Meany's gun
• Piggy bank
• Money bags

Vehicles

• None

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of August 31, 1961 in syndication

Errors

• In a majority of the episode, Ding-a-Ling is almost half the size of Hokey.
• During the ending close-up of Hokey, his pupils disappear in some frames of him blinking.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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