"Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie" is the first segment of the first episode of ''
The Huckleberry Hound Show
''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' is an American animated television 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 syndication on September 2 ...
'' on September 29, 1958. It was produced and directed by
William Hanna
William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator and cartoonist who was the creator of ''Tom and Jerry'' as well as the voice actor for the two title characters. Alongside Joseph Barbera, he also founded the ani ...
and
Joseph Barbera
Joseph Roland Barbera ( ; ; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist who co-founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera.
Born to Italian im ...
, while the story was crafted by Charles Shows and
Dan Gordon.
Plot
Huckleberry Hound
Huckleberry "Huck" Hound is a fictional cartoon character, a blue anthropomorphic coonhound that speaks with a North Carolina Southern drawl. He first appeared in the series ''The Huckleberry Hound Show''. The cartoon was one of six TV shows to ...
is serving as a police officer and patrolling the streets until he receives a radio call to apprehend a
gorilla
Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus ''Gorilla'' is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or fi ...
named Wee Willie who has gotten loose throughout the city. After coming across his suspect, the playful ape has no intention of being taken in and quickly runs away into a busy construction site where both he and Huckleberry Hound begin to match wits. The cartoon ends with officer Huckleberry eventually trapping Wee Willie inside a barrel until he later escapes again, taking Huckleberry's entire patrol car with him.
BCDB: Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie
Cartoon Synopsis
See also
* The Huckleberry Hound Show
''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' is an American animated television 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 syndication on September 2 ...
** List of The Huckleberry Hound Show episodes
The following is an episode list for the American animated television series ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' (1958–61). Each episode of the first two seasons comprises a ''Huckleberry Hound'' cartoon, a ''Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks'' ca ...
** Huckleberry Hound (character)
* List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
External links
The Cartoon Scrapbook
– Cartoon Scrapbook: Huckleberry Hound
– ''Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie'' Episode Details
Yogi Bear episodes
Huckleberry Hound episodes
1958 American television episodes
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