Hoppity Hooper
| Hoppity Hooper | |
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| Also known as | Uncle Waldo's Cartoon Show |
| Genre | Children's program |
| Created by |
Bill Scott Chris Hayward |
| Written by | Chris Jenkyns Bill Scott |
| Directed by |
Pete Burness Bill Hurtz Lew Keller |
| Starring | Uncle Waldo P. Wigglesworth, Fillmore Bear, and Hoppity Hooper |
| Voices of | Chris Allen Hans Conried Paul Frees William Scott Kathy Steinberg Alan Reed Bill Conrad |
| Narrated by |
Paul Frees Bill Conrad Kathy Steinberg |
| Theme music composer | Dennis Farnon |
| Opening theme | "Olga Moletoad's Ride" |
| Composer(s) | Dennis Farnon |
| Country of origin | United States and Mexico |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 104 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Peter M. Piech |
| Producer(s) |
Jay Ward Bill Scott |
| Editor(s) | Skip Craig |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Jay Ward Productions, P.A.T. |
| Distributor | P.A.T., Filmtel International, DFS Program Exchange |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC (1964–1967) |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | September 26, 1964 – September 2, 1967 |
Hoppity Hooper is an American animated television series produced by Jay Ward, and sponsored by General Mills, originally broadcast on ABC on September 26, 1964. The series was produced in Hollywood by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, with animation done in Mexico City by Gamma Productions.
The recurring characters were Hoppity Hooper, a frog, voiced by Chris Allen, Uncle Waldo P. Wigglesworth, a fox, voiced by Hans Conried; Fillmore, a bear wearing Civil War clothes, voiced by William Scott; and Alan Reed and the narrator, voiced by Paul Frees, and William Conrad. Fillmore, as in the picture at right, often blew on his bugle, producing loud, sour notes (mostly due to Waldo Standing on Fillmore's foot).
The stories revolved around the three main characters, who lived in Foggy Bog, Wisconsin, seeking their fortune together, through different jobs or schemes, usually ending in misadventure.
Each story consisted of four short cartoons, one aired at the beginning and end of each episode, with the four-part story shown over two consecutive episodes. Interspersed were recycled second features from the earlier series Peabody's Improbable History, Fractured Fairy Tales, and Aesop and Son. In later syndicated runs, each four-part story was assembled into a single half-hour episode.
One of the best-remembered stories is "The Traffic Zone," a parody of The Twilight Zone in which the characters were transformed into vegetables.
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