Which Witch is Which (Hokey Wolf)

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Which Witch is Which
Ima Witch brings Hokey and Ding-a-Ling back home for dinner.
Production number	E-148
Premiere date	Week of March 30, 1961
Run time	7:07
Starring	Daws Butler Doug Young Julie Bennett
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Warren Foster Paul Sommer
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Which Witch is Which" is the third episode of Hokey Wolf season one, and came as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired on March 30, 1961 in first run syndication. It was written by Warren Foster and Paul Sommer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Hokey and Ding-a-Ling nibble a witch's gingerbread house but she drives them away. She then summons them back for her stew after Hansel and Gretel never came, but the wolves escape with her broom.

Memorable quotes

Ding-a-Ling: Somebody might not like having their shingles eaten off their house, Hokey.
Hokey: Well we won't just eat shingles, Ding. The shutters are very tasty too and besides anyone who builds a gingerbread house is... Just asking to be eaten out of house and home.
Ding-a-Ling: I guess your right, Hokey.

Ding-a-Ling: Hokey will smooth talk us out of this, watch!
Hokey: What fire! What emotion! You couldn't play a scene like that unless you had training, now fess up, you're a famous actress aren't you? Tried of the tinsel and sham of Hollywood! A real person fed up with the world of make believe!
Hokey: You've taken this little retreat to get away from all of it! Come on confess it, tell me that it's true, you've played so many you're all mixed up!
Ima: I'm getting more mixed up by the minute!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Ima Witch	Julie Bennett
Witch's nephew
Hokey Wolf	Daws Butler
Ding-a-Ling	Doug Young
Hansel	Daws Butler
Gretel	Julie Bennett

Locations

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

Objects

• Witch's broom
• Map

Vehicles

• None

Music

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

Crew credits

• Story director: Paul Sommer
• Animator: George Nicholas
• Layout artist: Lance Nolley
• Background artist: Richard H. Thomas
• Titles artist: Lawrence Goble
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of March 30, 1961 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• At the end, Ima Witch casts a spell on Hokey and Ding-a-Ling to make Hokey with multiple legs connected to Ding-a-Ling after they took off with her broom. However, it's unclear how they changed back to normal in the next episode, "Pick a Chick."

Everlasting influence

• The Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling coloring book featured stories based on this episode and "Hokey Dokey."

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢