Wally Gator (segments)
- This article is about the segments. For other uses, see Wally Gator.
| Wally Gator | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Original release | September 3, 1962―August 26, 1963 |
| Run time | 5 minutes |
| Starring | Daws Butler Don Messick |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Wally Gator is a series of animated segments as part of The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Airing in syndication, it ran from 1962 to 1963, airing 52 episodes that spanned two seasons.
The series had no specific network of airing, as it was originally aired in syndication, and aired on multiple different channels over the years before it begun airing on Cartoon Network and Boomerang during their early years.
The premise of the series usually followed the mischievous misadventures of a go-happy alligator named Wally Gator, who tries numerous attempts to escape from the City Zoo, however, keeping Wally from achieving his goal is zookeeper, Mr. Twiddle, who makes sure that Wally's zoo fleeing attempts are unsuccessful, at the end of each episode, Wally usually ends up back at the zoo from where he started.
The entire series has been released on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
- Opening theme song lyrics
Wally Gator is a swinging alligator in the swamp
He's the greatest perculator when he really starts to romp
There has never been a greater operator in the swamp
See you later, Wally Gator!
Episodes
| Episode | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | September 3, 1962 |
| 1x02 | September 10, 1962 |
| 1x03 | September 17, 1962 |
| 1x04 | September 24, 1962 |
| 1x05 | October 1, 1962 |
| 1x06 | October 8, 1962 |
| 1x07 | October 15, 1962 |
| 1x08 | October 22, 1962 |
| 1x09 | October 29, 1962 |
| 1x10 | November 5, 1962 |
| 1x11 | November 12, 1962 |
| 1x12 | November 19, 1962 |
| 1x13 | November 26, 1962 |
| 1x14 | December 3, 1962 |
| 1x15 | December 10, 1962 |
| 1x16 | December 17, 1962 |
| 1x17 | December 24, 1962 |
| 1x18 | December 31, 1962 |
| 1x19 | January 7, 1963 |
| 1x20 | January 14, 1963 |
| 1x21 | January 21, 1963 |
| 1x22 | January 28, 1963 |
| 1x23 | February 4, 1963 |
| 1x24 | February 11, 1963 |
| 1x25 | February 18, 1963 |
| 1x26 | February 25, 1963 |
| 2x01 | March 4, 1963 |
| 2x02 | March 11, 1963 |
| 2x03 | March 18, 1963 |
| 2x04 | March 25, 1963 |
| 2x05 | April 1, 1963 |
| 2x06 | April 8, 1963 |
| 2x07 | April 15, 1963 |
| 2x08 | April 22, 1963 |
| 2x09 | April 29, 1963 |
| 2x10 | May 6, 1963 |
| 2x11 | May 13, 1963 |
| 2x12 | May 20, 1963 |
| 2x13 | May 27, 1963 |
| 2x14 | June 3, 1963 |
| 2x15 | June 10, 1963 |
| 2x16 | June 17, 1963 |
| 2x17 | June 24, 1963 |
| 2x18 | July 1, 1963 |
| 2x19 | July 8, 1963 |
| 2x20 | July 15, 1963 |
| 2x21 | July 22, 1963 |
| 2x22 | July 29, 1963 |
| 2x23 | August 5, 1963 |
| 2x24 | August 12, 1963 |
| 2x25 | August 19, 1963 |
| 2x26 | August 26, 1963 |
Cast
Legacy
Wally later appears as a regular character in Hanna-Barbera's other series Yogi's Gang and Laff-a-Lympics, as a member of the Yogi Yahooeys, and a guest in Yogi's Treasure Hunt, which aired in the 1970s and 1980s, respectively. In the 2020s, Warner Bros. Animation added him as a regular to the Max original series, Jellystone!, in which he is voiced by Jeff Bergman. The Jellystone! incarnation is accident-prone and is always getting botched surgeries at the local Jellystone Hospital, usually by Yogi or by an unforeseen event.
In popular culture
Merchandise
Home media
On January 10, 2020, Warner Archive Collection released Wally Gator: The Complete Series on DVD.
Reading material
Board game
In 1962, a board game was released by Transogram based on the cartoon.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish | El Lagarto Juancho | The Juanco Lizard |
