Snagglepuss
| Snagglepuss | |
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| The Yogi Bear Show character | |
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| First appearance | The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959) |
| Last appearance | Yo Yogi! (1991) |
| Created by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Voiced by |
Daws Butler (1959-1988) Greg Burson (1989-1991) Jeff Bergman (commercials, The Funtastic Four) Stephen Stanton (MetLife commercial) Victor Yerrid (Robot Chicken) Chris Edgerly (Drawn Together) |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Snaggletooth |
| Species | Mountain lion |
| Gender | Male |
| Relatives | Major Minor Lila (girlfriend) |
Snagglepuss is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959, a pink anthropomorphic mountain lion sporting an upturned collar, shirt cuffs and a string tie with a great desire to be a stage actor. He is voiced by Daws Butler, and is best known for his catchphrase, "Heavens to Murgatroyd!", along with phrases such as "Exit, stage left!" and "Heavens to Betsy!".
A similar-looking orange mountain lion, known as "Snaggletooth" and without collar or cuffs, first appeared in The Quick Draw McGraw Show in 1959, before appearing as a supporting character in Augie Doggie & Doggie Daddy and Snooper & Blabber. Snagglepuss appeared in his own series of shorts in 1961, becoming a regular segment on The Yogi Bear Show, featuring in a total of 32 episodes. He also appeared in other Hanna-Barbera series such as Yogi's Gang in 1973, as a co-host for Laff-A-Lympics in 1977 and 1978, Yogi's Treasure Hunt in 1985 and as a teenager on Yo Yogi! in 1991.
When the character of Snagglepuss was used for a series of Kellogg's cereal television commercials in the 1960s, Bert Lahr filed a lawsuit, claiming that the similarity of the Snagglepuss voice to his own might cause viewers to falsely conclude that Lahr was endorsing the product. As part of the settlement, the disclaimer "Snagglepuss voice by Daws Butler" was required to appear on each commercial, thus making Butler one of the few voice artists to receive a screen credit in a TV commercial.
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