Freeway Patrol
| Freeway Patrol | |
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 Officer Huckleberry reports his smash-up on top of a car carrier truck. | |
| Production number | E-40 |
| Premiere date | Week of November 10, 1958 |
| Run time | 7:16 |
| Starring | Daws Butler Don Messick |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin Geordie Hormel Spencer Moore Jack Shaindlin Bill Loose John Seely Victor Lamont |
| Writer(s) | Charles Shows Dan Gordon |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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"Freeway Patrol" is the seventh episode of Huckleberry Hound season one, and came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of November 10, 1958 in first run syndication. It was written by Charles Shows and Dan Gordon, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Enterprises.
In his escape in the highway, a fleeinbank robber attempts to outsmart Officer Huckleberry of the freeway patrol.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Huck: Officer Huckleberry, reportin' to headquarters. I found that stalled truck. Send new patrol car.
Dispatcher: Oh, no! That's three this morning and it's only Tuesday!
Huck: How comes you're wearin' a mask?
Robber: Uh, er, I-I'm the Masked Hornet on television.
Huck: Well, let's see here now. So you're a TV star.
Robber: Heh, heh, heh. I didn't think you'd recognise me!
Huck: Gosh! Can I have your autograph, Mr. Masked Hornet?
Robber: Anything for me fans.
Huck: Don't you know crime don't pay?
Robber: I know! I know! I know!
Characters
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Locations
Objects
Vehicles
- Car 13
- Robber's car
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, Geordie Hormel, Spencer Moore, Jack Shaindlin, Bill Loose, John Seely, and Victor Lamont.
Crew credits
- Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
- Animator: Kenneth Muse
- Layout artist: Dick Bickenbach
- Background artist: Art Lozzi
- Title artist: Art Goble
- Story sketch artists: Charles Shows, Dan Gordon
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: Week of November 10, 1958 in syndication
Behind the scenes
- The episode's title and premise are a parody of the television crime series Highway Patrol, which aired from 1955 to 1959.
Errors
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- February 9, 1987: The Video Collection releases Huckleberry Hound: Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie on VHS.
- August 8, 1994: First Independent Films releases Huckleberry Hound: Sheriff Huckleberry on VHS.
- In the United States:
- November 15, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 on DVD.
- June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
