Snooper and Blabber
- This article is about the segments. For the individual articles of the main title characters, see Snooper and Blabber.
| Snooper and Blabber | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Original release | September 28, 1959–March 6, 1961 |
| Starring | Daws Butler Elliot Field |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin Phil Green Jack Shaindlin Joe Cacciola |
| Writer(s) | Michael Maltese |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Snooper and Blabber is a series of animated segments as part of The Quick Draw McGraw Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for syndication, it ran from 1959 to 1961, airing 45 episodes that spanned three seasons.
The show centers around a pair of a cat-and-mouse due of detectives named Snooper and Blabber, respectively, dealing with mostly wacky cases.
Neither Warner Home Video nor Warner Archive Collection are able to release the entire series on home video, due to music clearance issues.
Production
Development
Music
The theme and other musical cues were composed by Hoyt Curtin, with the rest of the music composed by Phil Green, Jack Shaindlin, and Joe Cacciola.
Episodes
Seasons 2-3's airdates are currently being researched, so currently some of the airdates may be incorrect.
| Episode | Air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | Week of September 28, 1959 |
| 1x02 | Week of October 5, 1959 |
| 1x03 | Week of October 12, 1959 |
| 1x04 | Week of October 19, 1959 |
| 1x05 | Week of October 26, 1959 |
| 1x06 | Week of November 2, 1959 |
| 1x07 | Week of November 9, 1959 |
| 1x08 | Week of November 16, 1959 |
| 1x09 | Week of November 23, 1959 |
| 1x10 | Week of November 30, 1959 |
| 1x11 | Week of December 7, 1959 |
| 1x12 | Week of December 14, 1959 |
| 1x13 | Week of December 21, 1959 |
| 1x14 | Week of December 28, 1959 |
| 1x15 | Week of January 4, 1960 |
| 1x16 | Week of January 11, 1960 |
| 1x17 | Week of January 18, 1960 |
| 1x18 | Week of January 25, 1960 |
| 1x19 | Week of February 1, 1960 |
| 1x20 | Week of February 8, 1960 |
| 1x21 | Week of February 15, 1960 |
| 1x22 | Week of February 22, 1960 |
| 1x23 | Week of February 29, 1960 |
| 1x24 | Week of March 7, 1960 |
| 1x25 | Week of March 14, 1960 |
| 1x26 | Week of March 21, 1960 |
| 2x01 | Week of March 26, 1960 |
| 2x02 | Week of April 4, 1960 |
| 2x03 | Week of April 11, 1960 |
| 2x04 | Week of April 18, 1960 |
| 2x05 | Week of April 25, 1960 |
| 2x06 | Week of May 2, 1960 |
| 2x07 | Week of May 9, 1960 |
| 2x08 | Week of May 16, 1960 |
| 2x09 | Week of May 23, 1960 |
| 2x10 | Week of January 2, 1961 |
| 2x11 | Week of January 9, 1961 |
| 2x12 | Week of January 16, 1961 |
| 2x13 | Week of January 23, 1961 |
| 3x01 | Week of January 30, 1961 |
| 3x02 | Week of February 6, 1961 |
3x03
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Week of February 13, 1961 |
| 3x04 | Week of February 20, 1961 |
| 3x05 | Week of February 27, 1961 |
| 3x06 | Week of March 6, 1961 |
Crossovers
| Title | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1 | October 1, 1961 |
Cast
- Daws Butler as Super Snooper and Blabber Mouse
- Elliot Field as Blabber Mouse
Legacy
Over the years, Snooper and Blabber have joined in many of their good friend Yogi Bear's groups, such as the Yogi Yahooeys in Laff-a-Lympics, and Yogi's Treasure Hunters in Yogi's Treasure Hunt. They also had various other appearances, such as in Yo, Yogi!; a number of Kellogg's commercials; and Snooper's cameo in The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound; but made very little recent appearances until they both appeared for the Jellystone! reboot, in which Snooper is a girl and both are portrayed as discount detectives.
Merchandise
Home media
In the early 1990s, First Independent Films released seven segments on a single VHS tape they called Masquerader.
Reading material
After the TV series ended, Gold Key Comics continued Snooper and Blabber's adventures in Snooper and Blabber, Detectives, which lasted three issues and was published between 1962 and 1963.
Toys
In other languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Brazilian | Olho Vivo e Faro Fino |
| French | Fouinard et Babillard |
| Japanese | ドラ・チュウ助探偵 (Dorachu Jo Tantei) |
| Spanish | Fisgon y Despitado |
