''Buford and the Galloping Ghost'' is an American

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of ''

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'' produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that was broadcast on NBC from September 9 to December 2, 1978. The half-hour series was composed of two 11-minute segments: ''The Buford Files'' and ''The Galloping Ghost''. ''The Buford Files'' and ''The Galloping Ghost'' originally aired as segments on ''

'' from September 9, 1978, to January 27, 1979. Following the cancellation of ''Yogi's Space Race'', both segments were repackaged and spun off into a half-hour show on NBC from February 3 to September 1, 1979. The show has been rebroadcast on USA Cartoon Express,

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''The Buford Files''

Buford is a lazy bloodhound with a mournful bark and a sharp nose for solving mysteries who lives deep in Fenokee Swamp. He teams up with the teenage Boggs twins, Cindy Mae and Woody. The trio solves confusing mysteries that baffle Sheriff Muletrain and his overeager but dimwitted deputy Goofer McGee. Buford's abilities are expanded with ears that revolve like radar dishes, and his nose responds to clues like a

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. But Buford has two weaknesses: when the moon comes out, he howls incessantly (often at the most perilous moments), and he also has a running feud with a

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-whacking raccoon.

Voice cast

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– Buford *

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– Cindy Mae * Dave Landsburg – Woody * Henry Corden – Sheriff Muletrain Pettigrew * Jim Nabors – Deputy Goofer McGee

''The Galloping Ghost''

Nugget Nose is a short and feisty ghost of an Old West gold prospector who finds adventure riding his invisible horse. He is also a guardian to Wendy and Rita, two young cowgirls who work at the Fuddy Dude Ranch, owned by grouchy, old Fenwick Fuddy. Whenever Fuddy threatens to fire the girls, Nugget makes himself invisible and becomes a helping friend. He is always battling Fuddy and takes delight in harassing him in odd and humorous ways. When the girls are in trouble, Wendy summons Nugget by rubbing on her special gold nugget necklace.

Voice cast

– Nugget Nose * Marilyn Schreffler – Wendy *

– Rita * Hal Peary – Fenwick Fuddy

Episodes

Production

''Buford and the Galloping Ghost'' was animated at Filman, an animation studio in Madrid, Spain (headed by Carlos Alfonso and Juan Pina) who did a lot of animation work for Hanna-Barbera between the early 1970s through the mid-1980s.

References

External links

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''The Buford Files''
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''The Galloping Ghost''
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''The Buford Files''
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