The Quick Draw McGraw Show
The Quick Draw McGraw Show | |
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Composer | Hoyt Curtin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 45 (135 segments) (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 22 minutes (7 minutes per segment) |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
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Network | First-run syndication |
Release | September 28, 1959 October 20, 1961 | –
The Quick Draw McGraw Show is an American
The show debuted in syndication on September 28, 1959,[2] ended its run on October 20, 1961, and was sponsored by Kellogg's. The series featured three cartoons per episode, with Quick Draw and his sidekick Baba Looey appearing in the first segment, father and son dog duo Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy in the second, and cat and mouse detectives Snooper and Blabber in the third.[3] There were also "bumpers," mini-cartoons between the main cartoons that featured Quick Draw and other main characters on the show.
Michael Maltese wrote all of the episode stories. Screen Gems originally syndicated the series. It ran on CBS Saturday mornings for one season, 1965-66.[citation needed]
Segments
Quick Draw McGraw
Quick Draw was assisted in some cartoons by his bloodhound Snuffles (voiced by Butler), who refused to work until he was given a dog biscuit, after which he would hug himself and spring into the air, floating back down to Earth.[5]
Quick Draw spent a number of cartoons as his alter ego, the masked El Kabong, who used a guitar (a "Kabonger") to bash bad guys into submission. Writer Michael Maltese said the character was inspired by actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. as Zorro.[6]
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
A young dog named Augie Doggie (voiced by Daws Butler) and his father Doggie Daddy (voiced by Doug Young impersonating Jimmy Durante) have different misadventures in their life.[3]
Snooper and Blabber
A detective cat named Super Snooper (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Ed Gardner as the character Archie from the radio show Duffy's Tavern) and his sidekick Blabber Mouse (also voiced by Butler, originally voiced by Los Angeles radio announcer Elliot Field) work for the Super Snooper Detective Agency solving mysteries and catching criminals.[3] In several cartoons, the duo had a private secretary named Hazel (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl with a Southern accent), who was never seen on screen.
Episodes
Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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1 | 78 | 26 | September 28, 1959[7] | March 21, 1960 | |
2 | 39 | 13 | September 10, 1960[8] | December 3, 1960 | |
3 | 18 | 6 | September 15, 1961 | October 20, 1961 |
Voice cast
- Daws Butler - Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Augie Doggie, Super Snooper, Blabber Mouse, Snagglepuss, Snuffles, Narrator, Horse Face Harry, Various
- Doug Young - Doggie Daddy, Bigelow Mouse, Narrator, Various
- Elliot Field - Blabber Mouse (4 early episodes), Narrator, Various
- Don Messick - Narrator, Various
Additional Voices
- Julie Bennett - Sagebrush Sal (Quick Draw McGraw), Gisele (Snooper and Blabber)
- Red Coffey - Duckling (Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy)
- Vance Colvig - Tombstone Jones (Quick Draw McGraw), Narrator
- Peter Leeds - Narrator (Quick Draw McGraw)
- Hal Smith - Narrator, Various
- Jean Vander Pyl - Hazel (Snooper and Blabber), Mrs. J. Evil Scientist (Snooper and Blabber), Various
Home media
Season sets of the series for the
Baba Booey mispronunciation
On the July 26, 1990, broadcast of The Howard Stern Show, executive producer Gary Dell'Abate was talking about the animation cels that he buys and collects. When attempting to say 'Quick Draw and Baba Looey', he accidentally said 'Quick Draw and Baba Booey'. He said later that talking about it would last a few hours. But since then, hundreds of 'Baba Booey' song parodies have been played on The Howard Stern Show. In addition, 'Baba Booey' was often yelled out during live news broadcasts. Until recently, it was also frequently yelled at golf tournaments after the ball was struck.[10][11]
See also
- List of Hanna-Barbera characters
- List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions
- Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
- Snooper and Blabber
References
- ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ "Quick Draw McGraw". Los Angeles Times. September 27, 1959. p. G10.
- ^ ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ Crosby, John (January 3, 1960). "John Crosby Syndicated Newspaper Column".
- ^ "Quick Draw McGraw". Los Angeles Times. September 27, 1959. p. G10.
- ^ "Quick Draw McGraw". The Columbian. Vancouver, Wn. September 26, 1960. p. 9.
- ^ Lacey, Gord (June 13, 2006). "Quick Draw McGraw DVD News: Status Update on Quick Draw and Wally Gator". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
- ^ DiMeglio, Steve (August 13, 2013). "What Can PGA Tour Do About "Baba Booey"? Not Much". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ Busbee, Jay (May 31, 2022). "Put Down the Phone and Watch Tiger Woods with Your Own Eyes". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
External links
- The Quick Draw McGraw Show at IMDb
- Markstein, Donald D. "The Quick Draw McGraw Show". Toonopedia.
- The Cartoon Scrapbook – Profile on Quick Draw McGraw at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-03-09)