Choo-Choo Chumps

Choo-Choo Chumps
Production number	M-008
Premiere date	Week of November 16, 1959
Run time	7:16
Starring	Daws Butler Doug Young
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin Jack Shaindlin Phil Green Bill Loose John Seely
Writer(s)	Michael Maltese
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Choo-Choo Chumps" is the eighth episode of Quick Draw McGraw season one, and came as part of The Quick Draw McGraw Show. It aired in the week of November 16, 1959 in first-run syndication. It was written by Michael Maltese, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Memorable quotes

Conductor: Alright, folks, eh, get your tickets ready. (feels gun at the back of his head) And your money and your jewelry.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Doug Young
Little robber	Daws Butler
Dynamite robber	Daws Butler
Quick Draw McGraw	Daws Butler
Slinkerton boss	Doug Young
Baba Looey	Daws Butler
Conductor	Doug Young
Durn Meany	Daws Butler
Gooden Meany	Doug Young
Ma Meany
Getaway horse	Daws Butler

Organizations

• Slinkerton Detective Agency

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Old West
      • Slinkerton office
      • Train station

Objects

• Safe

Vehicles

• Prairie Flyer

Music

The theme music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, while the rest of the music was composed by Jack Shaindlin, Phil Green, Bill Loose, and John Seely.

Crew credits

• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animator: Kenneth Muse
• Layout artist: Dick Bickenbach
• Background artist: Montealegre
• Titles artist: Lawrence Goble
• Story sketches: Dan Gordon

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of November 16, 1959 in syndication

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢