Big Bad Bully

Big Bad Bully
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Production number	E-8
Premiere date	Week of October 20, 1958
Run time	7:16
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin Gordie Hormel Jack Shaindlin Spencer Moore
Writer(s)	Charles Shows Dan Gordon
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Big Bad Bully" is the fourth episode of Yogi Bear season one, and came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of October 20, 1958 in syndication. It was written by Charles Shows and Dan Gordon, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of HB Enterprises.

Yogi tries to outwit a bull to access a beehive.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Daws Butler
Yogi Bear	Daws Butler
Boo Boo Bear	Don Messick
Kid in car 1	Daws Butler
Kid in car 2	Don Messick
Ranger	Daws Butler
Man in car	Don Messick
Gopher	Don Messick

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, Gordie Hormel, Jack Shaindlin, and Spencer Moore.

Crew credits

• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animator artist: Carlo Vinci, Michael Lah
• Layout artist: Dick Bickenbach
• Background artist: Montealegre
• Title artist: Lawrence Goble
• Story sketch artists: Charles Shows, Dan Gordon

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of October 20, 1958 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• The plot follows the same pattern as the previous episode, "Pie-Pirates", but with a different setting and conflict. This time, it's a bull residing in a barnyard.
• According to the Yowp blog, Michael Lah was also an animator, but he was uncredited.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 15, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 on DVD.