Wagon Train Strain

Wagon Train Strain
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Premiere date	September 23, 1964
Run time	6:46
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick Mel Blanc
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict Warren Foster Dalton Sandifer
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Wagon Train Strain" is the second episode of Peter Potamus and So-So season one. It aired as a segment of The Peter Potamus Show. It first aired on September 23, 1964 in first run syndication. It was written by Tony Benedict, Warren Foster and Dalton Sandifer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Peter Potamus	Daws Butler
So-So	Don Messick
Major	Mel Blanc
Scout	Mel Blanc
Indians	Unavailable
Chief Big Fellow	Mel Blanc
Little Fellow	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • Western United States
    • California (mentioned)
      • Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
        • Hollywood (mentioned)

Objects

• So-So's guitar
• Peter's repair kit

Vehicles

• Peter's hot air balloon
• Wagons
• Indians' car

Music

• 0:00 - Main title theme (Hoyt Curtin).

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 23, 1964

Behind the scenes

• Since it was made in the 1960s, this episode contains stereotypes of Native Americans that would not be acceptable by today's standards.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 27, 2009: Warner Home Video releases Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Volume 2 on DVD.
  • November 1, 2016: Warner Archive Collection releases The Peter Potamus Show: The Complete Series on DVD.