Horse Shoo

Horse Shoo
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Release date	January 7, 1965
Starring	Daws Butler Doug Young Hal Smith
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by	Michael Maltese
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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Horse Shoo is the forty-fifth animated theatrical short of the Loopy De Loop series. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures on January 7, 1965. It was written by Michael Maltese and was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Overhearing his boss, Bronco say he's going to get rid of an old saddle, Twister mistakes this for Bronco trying to get rid of him, and so, Loopy helps Twister escape.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Man	Doug Young
Bronco	Hal Smith
Twister	Doug Young
Loopy De Loop	Daws Butler
Bull	Daws Butler
Rodeo Show Announcer	Daws Butler

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Rodeo show

Vehicles

• Ship

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

• Story sketch: Paul Sommer and Charles A. Nichols
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animation: Don Patterson
• Layout: Bill Perez
• Backgrounds: Robert Gentle
• Film editor: Warner Leighton
• Eastman color by: Pathé

Behind the scenes

• Michael Maltese is credited as Mike Maltese.
• Twister, voiced by Doug Young, uses a voice impression based on Jimmy Durante.
  • A similarly voiced character, Doggie Daddy, also voiced by Young, also used the same voice pattern.
• Twister's design appears to be recycled from Roscoe, another similar-looking horse character who appeared in the Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy short, "Horse Fathers."

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 9, 2014: Warner Archive Collection releases Loopy De Loop: The Complete Collection on DVD.