The Quick Draw McGraw Show
| The Quick Draw McGraw Show | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by |
Warren Foster Michael Maltese Joseph Barbera Dan Gordon Alex Lovy |
| Directed by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Voices of |
Daws Butler Don Messick Doug Young Julie Bennett Jean Vander Pyl Hal Smith Elliot Field Peter Leeds |
| Narrated by | Don Messick |
| Composer(s) | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 45 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Running time | 30 minutes 7 minutes per short |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor |
Screen Gems (1959–1967) Taft Broadcasting (1967–1987) Worldvision Enterprises (1979–1991) Turner Program Services (1991–1996) Telepictures Distribution (1996–2003) Warner Bros. Television (2003–present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | First-Run Syndication |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | 1959 – 1962 |
The Quick Draw McGraw Show is the third cartoon television production created by Hanna-Barbera, starring an anthropomorphic cartoon horse named Quick Draw McGraw following their success with The Ruff and Reddy Show and The Huckleberry Hound Show. The show debuted in syndication in the fall of 1959, sponsored by Kellogg's. Voice actor Daws Butler performed the lead character, Quick Draw. The series featured 3 cartoons per episode, one each by Quick Draw McGraw & Baba Looey, father and son dog duo Augie Doggie & Doggie Daddy and cat and mouse detectives Snooper & Blabber.
Michael Maltese crafted most of the episode stories. Screen Gems originally syndicated the series, followed later by Rhodes Productions, Taft H-B Program Sales, Worldvision Enterprises, then Turner Broadcasting, and now Warner Bros. Television (through their 1996 purchase of Turner). Currently, the show is aired on the Cartoon Network's sister channel, Boomerang, the Canadian station Teletoon Retro and occasionally on the Infinity channel, broadcasting in the Middle East.
Quick Draw (voiced by Daws Butler) was usually depicted as a sheriff in these short films set in the American Old West. Quick Draw was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro called Baba Looey (voiced by Daws Butler). Although technically the side-kick, or deputy, to the main character of Sheriff Quick Draw, Baba Looey is often portrayed as the more thoughtful half of the duo; at times realizing some detail about a given situation and trying desperately without success to caution Quick Draw of a trap or other danger.
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.
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.
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