Dizzy Desperado

Dizzy Desperado
Quick Draw thinking he's a duck after being hit in the head.
Production number	J-21
Premiere date	Week of January 18, 1960
Run time	7:16
Starring	Daws Butler Doug Young
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin Jack Shaindlin Phil Green Harry Bluestone Emil Cadkin
Writer(s)	Michael Maltese
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Dizzy Desperado" is the seventeenth episode of Quick Draw McGraw season one, and came as part of The Quick Draw McGraw Show. It aired in the week of October 31, 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.

After hitting his head, Baba becomes a criminal named Little Cucaracha.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Quick Draw McGraw	Daws Butler
Baba Looey	Daws Butler
Narrator	Doug Young
Stagecoach Cluney	Doug Young

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, Jack Shaindlin, Phil Green, Harry Bluestone, and Emil Cadkin.

Crew credits

• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animator: Lewis Marshall
• Layout artist: Robert Givens
• Background artist: Montealegre
• Titles artist: Lawrence Goble
• Story sketch artist: Dan Gordon

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of January 18, 1960 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• "Cucaracha" means "Cockroach" in Spanish.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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