The Blue Kangaroo

The Blue Kangaroo
Premiere date	September 10, 1977
Run time	9:25
Starring	Lennie Weinrib Sheldon Allman Marvin Kaplan Don Messick Ginny McSwain Susan Silo John Stephenson
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Bill Ackerman Haskell Barkin Barry Blitzer Tom Dagenais Karl Geurs Orville Hampton Don Jurwich Jon Kubichan Joan Maurer Ray Parker Howard Post Dick Robbins Jerry Winnick
Director(s)	Charles A. Nichols
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"The Blue Kangaroo" is the first episode of Heyyy, It's the King! season one, and came as a segment of CB Bears. It aired on September 10, 1977 on NBC. It was directed by Charles A. Nichols.

The King and his friends use a blue kangaroo for a high jumper at the track meet, but at the same time, the hunter who discovered the blue kangaroo goes looking for him.

Memorable quotes

King: Hey you guys! The track meet is this afternoon, and we gotta get in shape.
Big H: Gee King, we're already in shape.
King: A blimp is not exactly the shape I had in mind, Big H.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
The King	Lennie Weinrib
Big H	Sheldon Allman
Yuka Yuka	Lennie Weinrib
Skids	Marvin Kaplan
Clyde	Don Messick
Sheena	Ginny McSwain
Zelda	Susan Silo
Kangaroo	Don Messick
Hunter Hunter	John Stephenson
Radio announcer (voice only)	Unavailable
Mechanical kangaroo	Don Messick
Track meet announcer	Unavailable
Street cleaner	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Track
    • Docks
    • Malt Shop
  • Blue Dust Mountain (mentioned)

Objects

• Hunter Hunter's net

Vehicles

• Boat
• Skids's car
• Street sweeper

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 10, 1977 on NBC
• France: December 16, 1981

Errors

• Although Skids was on top of the jalopy's engine, the closeup of the jalopy's radio announcing the missing blue kangaroo doesn't show him at all on the engine.
• An over the top view at the Malt Shop shows the "Blue Kangaroo" mistakenly colored like a normal kangaroo.
• The Blue Kangaroo was still shown to be wearing Zelda's outfit, even after Zelda was shown to be wearing her outfit again.

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Language	Name	Meaning

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