Bring 'Em Back a Live One

Bring 'Em Back a Live One
The hunter corners Hokey.
Production number	E-165
Premiere date	Week of August 10, 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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"Bring 'Em Back a Live One" is the twenty-first episode of Hokey Wolf season one, and came as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired on August 10, 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.

After falling for one of Hokey's tricks, Farmer Smith hires a professional hunter and his hunting dog to capture Hokey alive. Sure enough, there's no escape from the hunter.

Detailed summary

Hokey: Notice how I hold the chicken, Ding. Firm, but not too tight, that's professional.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Hokey Wolf	Daws Butler
Ding-a-Ling	Doug Young
Chicken	N/A
Farmer Smith	Doug Young
Hunter	Daws Butler
Dog	Don Messick

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Smith residence
    • Hokey's residence

Objects

• Farmer Smith's gun
• Hunter's gun

Vehicles

• None

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of August 10, 1961 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• Hokey refers to Farmer Smith as being Irish.

Errors

• Hokey's mouth movement is unusual in this episode compared to other episodes, with his mouth being mostly on the side of his face when talking, rather than being in the center.
• It's unexplained how Ding-a-Ling ended up with Hokey after the hunter bought Hokey back to Farmer Smith's place, because the hunter only led Hokey there.
• Smith only asked the hunter to bring Hokey back, so why did the hunter also bring Ding-a-Ling back?

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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