The Huckleberry Hound Show

The Huckleberry Hound Show
"And a Huckleberry Hoooooooound dog howdy to ya!"
Genre: Animation Comedy Variety show Running Time: 22 minutes (7 minutes per segment) Country: United States Release Date: September 29, 1958 – December 1, 1961 Network(s): Syndication Created by: William Hanna Joseph Barbera Distributed by: Hanna-Barbera Productions Starring: Daws Butler Don Messick Doug Young Seasons: 4 Episodes: 68

The Huckleberry Hound Show is an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the second series produced by the studio following The Ruff and Reddy Show. The show first aired in first-run syndication on September 29, 1958, and was sponsored by Kellogg's.

Three segments were included in the program: one featuring Huckleberry Hound, another starring Yogi Bear and his sidekick Boo Boo, and a third with Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, which starred two mice who in each short found a new way to outwit the cat Mr. Jinks.

Why It Rocks

1. It was television animation's very FIRST half-hour show.
2. It was the very first Emmy-winning cartoon.
3. Limited animation was superb for the late-1950s standards.
4. The grizzly bear, Yogi Bear, stole the show and became extremely popular, so he had to get his very own show!
   • Due to Yogi's amazing popularity, Hanna-Barbera decided to created Yogi's replacement, Hokey Wolf.
5. Catchy theme song.
6. The Pixie and Dixie segment, was television's answer to the silver screen's Tom and Jerry.
7. The show popularized the three-format cartoon, which would be the usual format for Hanna-Barbera's animal shows, along with being copied for shows like The Alvin Show and Garfield & Friends.

Bad Qualities

1. While the limited animation is superb, there are a few errors here and there.
2. Some episodes may be forgetable here and there
   • "Huck's Hack" was considered the weakest episode from the series.

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