''Hoot Kloot'' is an American series of 17 theatrical cartoon shorts produced by

DePatie–Freleng Enterprises DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (also known as Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng Productions when involved with the Mirisch brothers and Geoffrey Productions; and DFE Films) was an American animation production company that was active from 1963 to 1 ...

from 1973 to 1974.

Plot

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Hoot Kloot is a diminutive, short-tempered lawman who tries to maintain order in a remote western town. He is aided by his loyal

horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million y ...

Fester whom Kloot refers to simply as "Horse". Fester remains Kloot's honest and faithful friend, often giving the Sheriff the benefit of his homespun wisdom while battling various outlaws including Crazywolf, a looney sheep-stealing

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. ''Hoot Kloot'' was later broadcast as part of the

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series '' The Pink Panther and Friends''.

Filmography

All cartoons written by John W. Dunn.

Credits

* Produced by:

David H. DePatie David Hudson DePatie (December 24, 1929 – September 23, 2021) was an American film and television producer who was the last executive in charge of the original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio and the longest-living until his death. He also formed ...

and

Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' ...

* Story: John W. Dunn * Animation: Bob Bemiller, John Freeman, Bob Richardson, Reuben Timmins, Don Williams * Title Designer: Arthur Leonardi * Layout: Martin Strudler * Background: Richard Thomas * Voices: ** Hoot Kloot/Fester - Bob Holt ** Crazywolf -

Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann (18 December 1922 – 6 January 2014) was a Canadian actor. He was best known as "The Boss" in a series of Bell Canada television commercials in the 1980s and for voicing the character of Yukon Cornelius in ''Rudolph the Red-Nose ...

* Camera: John Burton Jr. * Executive in Charge of Production:

Lee Gunther Lee Gunther (May 30, 1935 – August 25, 1998) was a co-founder of Marvel Productions and a film editor (which, in animation parlance, means sound effects editor) on more than 85 animated shorts in all. Career Starting at Warner Bros. in the 19 ...

* Film Editor: Joe Siracusa * Musical Director: Doug Goodwin * Musicians: ** Larry Ketchum - piano ** Harold Wass - violin ** Scott Jordan - guitar ** Polly Henry - flute ** Angela Shea - saxophone ** Tom Sebastian - bass

Home video

Kino Lorber Kino Lorber is an international film distribution company based in New York City. Founded in 1977, it was originally known as Kino International until it was acquired by and merged into Lorber HT Digital in 2009. It specializes in art house films, ...

(through their deal with

MGM Home Entertainment Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment LLC (d/b/a MGM Home Entertainment and formerly known as MGM Home Video, MGM/CBS Home Video and MGM/UA Home Video) is the home video division of the American media company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. History 1 ...

) released all 17 shorts on DVD and Blu-ray in May 2017.

References

External links

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