Balloon Buffoon

Balloon Buffoon
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Network	Syndication
Premiere date	April 29, 1963
Run time	4:40
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick Doug Young
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"Balloon Buffoon" is the ninth episode of Wally Gator season two, and the thirty-fifth overall, which came as part of The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series. It aired on April 29, 1963 in syndication. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Wally escapes from the zoo using a bundle of balloons to fly out, however, things take a change for the worst when he unintentionally terrorizes the city and is mistaken for a UFO.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Wally Gator	Daws Butler
Mr. Twiddle	Don Messick
Balloon vendor	Doug Young
Painter	Doug Young
Woman in hotel	Don Messick
Voice on phone	Unavailable
Pilot captain	Don Messick
Plane dispatcher	Doug Young
Black-haired woman	Don Messick
Police sergeant	Daws Butler
Air force man #1	Don Messick
Air force man #2	Doug Young
Army base man	Daws Butler
Off-screen army base man	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • City Zoo

Release

Dates are in order of release.

• United States: April 29, 1963 in syndication

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • January 10, 2020: Warner Archive Collection releases Wally Gator: The Complete Series on DVD.