Spud Dud

Spud Dud
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Premiere date	Week of September 26, 1960
Run time	7:16
Starring	Daws Butler; Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin; Phil Green; Bill Loose; John Seely; Spencer Moore; Jack Shaindlin
Writer(s)	Warren Foster
Director(s)	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
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"Spud Dud" is the first episode of Huckleberry Hound season three, and the thirty-sixth overall, which came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of September 26, 1960 in first run syndication. It was written by Warren Foster, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Enterprises.

Huck, as a science professor, receives a call of the nation's leaders that an irradiated potato is rampaging through a small town.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Narrator: Is that experiment you're working on a top secret?
Huck: Chagrins no. I just, y'know, kinda mixin' m'self a chocolate sody! And with my scientific knowledge, I sure do make a doozie with a chocolate sody.

Huck: Okay, spud! You've had your fun! And now, yer through! (muffled) Ya hear me? Yer through!

Huck: It's only fair to warn you. I have science on my side and... all you got is muscle!

Huck: I can't get a lick o' work under these conditions... Now lookie here, Mr. Spud! Yer gettin' me riled up. And when I get riled, I start runnin'!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator	Don Messick
Huckleberry Hound	Daws Butler
Spud	Daws Butler
Housewife	Unavailable
Screaming man	Daws Butler

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Huck's laboratory
  - Idaho (mentioned)
  - Town

Objects

Chocolate soda
Lasso
Hollow log

Vehicles

Huck's car
Helicopter
Huck's rocket

Production

Development

Filming

Music

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

Crew credits

Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
Animator: George Nicholas
Layout artist: Dick Bickenbach
Background artist: Art Lozzi
Titles artist: Lawrence Goble
Story director: Alex Lovy

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: Week of September 26, 1960 in syndication

Behind the scenes

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- July 3, 2001: Warner Home Video releases Cartoon Crack-Ups on DVD.

References