Snagglepuss (segments)
- This article is about the segments. For other uses, see Snagglepuss.
| Snagglepuss | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Original release | January 29, 1961—September 30, 1962 |
| Starring | Daws Butler Don Messick |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | Mike Maltese |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Snagglepuss is a series of animated segments as part of The Yogi Bear Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Airing in syndication, it ran from 1961 to 1962, airing 32 episodes that spanned two seasons.
Reruns of Snagglepuss shorts were featured as part of episodes of Yogi Bear and Friends.
Production
Development
After Yogi Bear was getting moved from the Huckleberry Hound Show to on his own show in 1961, a recurring antagonist from the Quick Draw McGraw Show called "Snagglepuss" was borrowed and used as one of the sister segments of the Yogi Bear Show.
According to Joseph Barbera, the character was based on that of Bert Lahr, with the voice, personality and likeness being based on Lahr.
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Episodes
| Episode | Number | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| "Major Operation" | 1x01 | Week of January 29, 1961 |
| "Having a Bowl" | 1x02 | Week of February 6, 1961 |
| "Feud for Thought" | 1x03 | Week of February 13, 1961 |
| "Live and Lion" | 1x04 | Week of February 20, 1961 |
| "Fraidy Cat Lion" | 1x05 | Week of February 27, 1961 |
| "Paws for Applause" | 1x06 | Week of April 15, 1961 |
| "The Gangsters All Here" | 1x07 | Week of May 1, 1961 |
| "Cagey Lion" | 1x08 | Week of May 2, 1961 |
| "Knights and Daze" | 1x09 | Week of May 15, 1961 |
| "Arrow Error" | 1x10 | Week of May 22, 1961 |
| "Twice Shy" | 1x11 | Week of May 29, 1961 |
| "Diaper Desperado" | 1x12 | Week of June 5, 1961 |
| "Charge That Lion" | 1x13 | Week of August 20, 1961 |
| "Be My Ghost" | 1x14 | Week of September 3, 1961 |
| "Cloak and Stagger" | 1x15 | Week of October 16, 1961 |
| "Remember Your Lions" | 2x01 | Week of November 6, 1961 |
| "Jangled Jungle" | 2x02 | Week of November 13, 1961 |
| "Express Trained Lion" | 2x03 | Week of November 27, 1961 |
| "Royal Ruckus" | 2x04 | Week of December 7, 1961 |
| "The Roaring Lion" | 2x05 | Week of December 12, 1961 |
| "Fight Fright" | 2x06 | Week of February 4, 1962 |
| "Lions Share Sheriff" | 2x07 | Week of February 7, 1962 |
| "Tail Wag Snag" | 2x08 | Week of March 6, 1962 |
| "Rent and Rave" | 2x09 | Week of March 11, 1962 |
| "Legal Eagle Lion" | 2x10 | Week of March 14, 1962 |
| "Don't Know It Poet" | 2x11 | Week of February 18, 1962 |
| "Spring Hits a Snag" | 2x12 | Week of April 22, 1962 |
| "Lion Tracks" | 2x13 | Week of April 24, 1962 |
| "One Two Many" | 2x14 | Week of May 20, 1962 |
| "Footlight Fright" | 2x15 | Week of May 30, 1962 |
| "Royal Rodent" | 2x16 | Week of July 26, 1962 |
| "Remember the Daze" | 2x17 | Week of September 30, 1962 |
Cast
Crossovers
| Title | Number | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| Yogi Bear: "Yogi's Birthday Party" | 1 | October 1, 1961 |
Legacy
Snagglepuss would continue to appear in later media made by Hanna-Barbera, including Yogi's Gang, Yogi's Treasure Hunt, and Yo, Yogi!, as well as Williams Street's Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law on Adult Swim, and Warner Bros. Animation's Jellystone! on HBO Max. A comic was published by DC Comics in 2019 called Exit Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, which saw Snagglepuss as a gay playwright during the arms race of the 1950s.
On December 1, 2022, actor Jim Parsons teased that he would voice Snagglepuss in an upcoming project.[1]
In popular culture
- In the Netflix film Unfrosted, Marge Post, the boss of Post, has created a new fruit breakfast pastry allowing her to make a list of demands the other breakfast cereal companies, including sponsorship rights to Deputy Dawg and Snagglepuss. This scene appears again in the blooper reel during the end credits when the cast breaks character by cracking up. There is also another scene exclusive to the blooper reel which involves Bob telling the ad man #1 (implied to be Bob Draper from Mad Men) that Kellogg's deals with choo-choo trains and Snagglepuss, to which the ad man #1 sarcastically says he will get to work on Snagglepuss.
In other languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Brazilian | Leão da Montanha |
| French | Alcibiade |
| Italian | Svicolone |
| Japanese | スナグル (Sunaguru) |
| Spanish | El León Melquíades |
References
- ^ O'Connell, Mikey (December 1, 2022). "Jim Parsons Embraces Being a 'Late Bloomer'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
