Huckleberry Hound
Huckleberry Hound was the first major TV creation from the legendary
team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the pair later responsible for
The Flintstones.
Hanna originally created the Tom and Jerry cartoons for MGM,
while Barbera was a former New York banker whose hobby was drawing.
They
joined forces to introduce a constant flow of new characters like Hokey
Wolf, the accident prone Snagglepuss (with catchphrases "Heavens to
Murgatroyd" and "Exit stage left"), Augie Doggie and
Doggie Daddy, Quick Draw McGraw (and his Mexican side-kick Baba Looie)
as well as the other stars of the Huckleberry Hound show, Pixie and
Dixie, Mr Jinks and Yogi Bear and Boo Boo.
A blue dog with a southern drawl and a fondness for the song My
Darling Clementine, Huckleberry was willing to try anything once,
while Pixie and Dixie the mice, had an on-going struggle to outwit Jinks
the cat, who, incidentally, hated “meeces to pieces”.
After Yogi
left for his own show in Jellystone National Park, Hokey Wolf, was added
to the Huckleberry Hound show.
Huckleberry Hound won the coveted Emmy Award for the 1959-1960 season
- the first such award ever bestowed on an animated series.
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