The Great Geese Goof-Up

The Great Geese Goof-Up
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Premiere date	September 12, 1970
Run time	20:09
Starring	Scatman Crothers Stu Gilliam Johnny Williams Richard Elkins Eddie Anderson Robert DoQui Nancy Wible John Stephenson Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Animation director(s)	Charles A. Nichols
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"The Great Geese Goof-Up" is the first episode of Harlem Globetrotters season one. It aired on September 12, 1970 on CBS. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

A misunderstanding causes the Globetrotters to believe that Geese has been turned into a kangaroo.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Granny	Nancy Wible
Meadowlark Lemon	Scatman Crothers
Gip Gipson	Richard Elkins
Curly Neal	Stu Gilliam
Geese Ausbie	Johnny Williams
Bobby Joe Mason	Eddie Anderson
Pablo Robertson	Robert DuQui
Dribbles	N/A
Hoppy	Don Messick
Lefty Callahan	Unavailable
Louie Callahan	Unavailable
Nurse	Unavailable
Doctor	John Stephenson
Zippo the Great	John Stephenson
Anchorman	Don Messick
Doctor Bella	John Stephenson
Orderly #1	Unavailable
Orderly #2	Daws Butler
Basketball announcer	Don Messick
Referee	John Stephenson

Organizations

• Harlem Globetrotters
• City All-Stars

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Hotel Swank
    • Hospital
    • Basketball stadium

Objects

• Basketball

Vehicles

• Harlem Globetrotters' bus
• Lefty and Louie's car

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, credited as musical director. The song in the episode was produced by Jeff Barry.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 12, 1970 on CBS

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• CBS Studios, who own the rights to the series, instead of Warner Bros., has yet to care to release this onto DVD.