Pistol Packin' Pirate

Pistol Packin' Pirate
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Production number	E-4
Premiere date	Week of October 27, 1958
Run time	7:17
Starring	Don Messick Daws Butler
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin Jack Shaindlin Spencer Moore Bill Loose John Seely
Writer(s)	Charles Shows Dan Gordon
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Pistol Packin' Pirate" is the fifth episode of Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks season one, and came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of October 27, 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.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, Jack Shaindlin, Spencer Moore, Bill Loose, and John Seely.

Crew credits

• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animator: Kenneth Muse, Michael Lah
• Layout artist: Dick Bickenbach
• Background artist: Frank Tipper
• Titles artist: Lawrence Goble
• Story sketch artists: Charles Shows, Dan Gordon

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of October 27, 1958 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• The Yowp blog also credits Michael Lah as an animator, even though he is left out on-screen.
• Mr. Jinks does not remember the difference between the words "meeces" and "mooses," although he still interprets the word "mice" as "meeces" later on.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• 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.