Loopy De Loop

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This article is about the theatrical shorts. For the main title character, see Loopy De Loop (character).
Loopy De Loop
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One of the few theatrical posters.
Created by William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Original release November 5, 1959June 17, 1965
Starring Daws Butler
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Michael Maltese
Warren Foster
Tony Benedict
Dalton Sandifer
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
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On-screen title card.

The Loopy De Loop theatrical shorts were originally distributed by Columbia Pictures from 1959 to 1965, with William Hanna and Joseph Barbera producing and directing. They were the only theatrical shorts made by the Hanna-Barbera production company. They were made to compete with the likes of Disney and Warner Bros., but due to the declining interest of theatrical cartoon shorts, they never caught on and became one of Hanna-Barbera's lesser-known creations.

The premise follows a charismatic gentlemen wolf named Loopy De Loop, who tries to clear out the negative reputation of his species and prove humans that not all wolves can be bad. Loopy would essentially help people out in his attempts (usually out of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale), only to be beaten, chased, and thrown out due to his heritage. Another recurring character was Loopy's younger troublemaking nephew, Bon-Bon, who would usually drag Loopy into troubling situations he wasn't involved in.

The title character of Loopy De Loop was voiced by Daws Butler, while Bon-Bon was again voiced by Daws. Additional voices include Daws Butler, Don Messick, June Foray, Jean Vander Pyl, Paul Frees, Hal Smith, Red Coffey, Doug Young, Arnold Stang, Janet Waldo, Howard Morris, Mel Blanc and Nancy Wible.

The entire series has been released on DVD.

Production

Development

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Shorts

Title Number Original release date
Wolf Hounded 1 November 5, 1959
Little Bo Bopped 2 December 3, 1959
Tale of a Wolf 3 March 3, 1960
Life with Loopy 4 April 7, 1960
Creepy Time Pal 5 May 19, 1960
Snoopy Loopy 6 June 16, 1960
The Do Good Wolf 7 July 14, 1960
Here, Kiddie, Kiddie 8 September 1, 1960
No Biz Like Shoe Biz 9 September 8, 1960
Count-Down Clown 10 January 5, 1961
Happy Go Loopy 11 March 2, 1961
Two Faced Wolf 12 April 6, 1961
This is My Ducky Day 13 May 4, 1961
Fee Fie Foes 14 June 9, 1961
Zoo is Company 15 July 6, 1961
Child Sock-Cology 16 August 10, 1961
Catch Meow 17 September 14, 1961
Kooky Loopy 18 November 16, 1961
Loopy's Hare-do 19 December 14, 1961
Bungle Uncle 20 January 18, 1962
Beef For and After 21 March 1, 1962
Swash Buckled 22 April 5, 1962
Common Scents 23 May 10, 1962
Bearly Able 24 June 28, 1962
Slippery Slippers 25 September 7, 1962
Chicken Fracas-See 26 October 11, 1962
Rancid Ransom 27 November 15, 1962
Bunnies Abundant 28 December 13, 1962
Just a Wolf at Heart 29 February 14, 1963
Chicken Hearted Wolf 30 March 14, 1963
Watcha Watchin'? 31 April 18, 1963
A Fallible Fable 32 May 16, 1963
Sheep Stealers Anonymous 33 June 13, 1963
Wolf in Sheep Dog's Clothing 34 July 11, 1963
Not in Nottingham 35 September 5, 1963
Drum-Sticked 36 October 3, 1963
Bear Up! 37 November 7, 1963
Crook Who Cried Wolf 38 December 12, 1963
Habit Rabbit 39 December 31, 1963
Raggedy Rug 40 January 2, 1964
Elephantastic 41 February 6, 1964
Bear Hug 42 March 5, 1964
Trouble Bruin 43 September 17, 1964
Bear Knuckles 44 October 15, 1964
Horse Shoo 45 January 7, 1965
Pork Chop Phooey 46 March 18, 1965
Crow's Fete 47 April 14, 1965
Big Mouse-Take 48 June 17, 1965

Cast

Legacy

After the theatrical shorts' 48 episode run, Loopy had rare outside appearances. He did appear for his own comic stories from the early or late 60s and appeared as a cameo in Laff-a-Lympics #10. He also appeared as a chef in Yo, Yogi! and appears in the Jellystone! reboot as a woman who works at Magilla's.

In other languages

Language Name
Italian Lupo De Lupis

References