Hokey in the Pokey

Hokey in the Pokey
Trying to bust our operation, huh?
Production number	E-154
Network	Syndication
Premiere date	Week of May 25, 1961
Run time	7:07
Starring	Daws Butler Doug Young
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"Hokey in the Pokey" is the eleventh episode of Hokey Wolf season one, and came as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired on May 25, 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.

Hokey and Ding-a-Ling get mixed up when two thieves steal a valuable painting and hide it in Hokey's cave. Ten months later they try to take the painting from the wolves at gunpoint, until the wolves get themselves turned over to the police by mistake.

Memorable quotes

Museum watchman: It was most remarkable the day that picture was stolen. I saw it hanging there like that, then the next time I looked, it was gone just like that. OH NO! NOT AGAIN!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Museum watchman	Doug Young
Paperboy	Daws Butler
Silky	Doug Young
Mushy	Daws Butler
Hokey Wolf	Daws Butler
Ding-a-Ling	Doug Young
Museum visitors	N/A
Cop	Daws Butler

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Museum of Art
    • Hokey's residence
    • Police station
    • Jail

Objects

• Moanin' Liza
• Guns

Vehicles

• Silky and Mushy's car

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of May 25, 1961 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• This episode is one of the rare occasions where the real criminal(s) actually get away with their crimes.
  • A similar thing happened in the Snooper and Blabber short "Puss n' Booty," where the actual criminals tricked Snooper and Blabber into believing the fake Aloysius was the real one and then started shooting after the two.

Errors

• For some reason, every time Silky is in the crooks' car, his trench coat is colored brown instead of white, only is his trench coat colored correctly when he's not in the car.
• If Hokey is shown to read newspapers in previous and later shorts, then wouldn't he find the article on the Moanin' Liza being stolen from the beginning?

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢