Who is “Huckleberry Hound”?
A: Huckleberry "Huck" Hound is a fictional cartoon character, a blue
anthropomorphic coonhound that speaks with a
North Carolina Southern drawl.
He first appeared in what series?
A: The Huckleberry Hound Show.
The cartoon was one of six TV shows to win what in
1960?
A: An Emmy Award as an "Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's
Programming".
Most of his short films consisted of Huck trying to
perform what?
A: Jobs in different fields, ranging from policeman to dogcatcher.
Huck did not seem to exist in a specific time period as
he has also been what?
A: A Roman gladiator, a medieval knight, and a rocket scientist.
He also appeared in futuristic cartoons, as what?
A: an intergalactic space policeman, alongside other Hanna Barbera
characters.
The trademark of Huck was his tone-deaf and inaccurate
rendition of what?
A: "Oh My Darling, Clementine", often used as a running gag.
In 1953, Tex Avery created a character known as what?
A: The Southern Wolf for his MGM cartoons The Three Little Pups and Billy
Boy.
Introduced as an antagonist to Droopy, the wolf had
what?
A: A southern drawl and laid-back mannerisms provided by Daws Butler.
What was the most memorable trait of the character?
A: Whenever something painful or unpleasant happened to him, the Wolf never
lost his cool; instead, he calmly talked to the audience or kept whistling
the song "Year of Jubilo".
While Sheep Wrecked was the wolf's final appearance,
Huckleberry can be considered his what?
A: His reincarnation.
Huck's name is a reference to what 1884 American novel?
A: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by
Mark Twain.
Hanna and Barbera almost named Yogi Bear what?
A: "Huckleberry Bear".
He was voiced in the original cartoons in 1958 by whom?
A: Daws Butler, who had given a similar voice and characterization to the
dog characters, Reddy in The Ruff and Reddy Show and Smedley in Walter
Lantz's Chilly Willy shorts.
The voice for Huck was actually inspired by who?
A: A neighbor of Butler's wife, Myrtis Martin, in her hometown Albemarle,
North Carolina.
The voice bore similarities to that of whom?
A: Andy Griffith, who likewise based his character accent on a rural North
Carolina town.
Hanna-Barbera was known for its characters' voices
being parodies of what?
A: Known celebrities.
Huckleberry's voice was originally loud, enthusiastic,
and joyful, to fit his occupation of what?
A: A showman.
As the show progressed, it became what?
A: Deeper, and calmer.
Huckleberry appeared in what Yogi Bear Show episode?
A: "Yogi's Birthday Party" where he and the others help celebrate Yogi
Bear's birthday.
Huck makes a cameo in what Top Cat episode?
A: "King for a Day", in a comic cover along with Yogi.[14]
Huckleberry, Yogi, Boo-Boo, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw
McGraw, Magilla Gorilla and the others traveled around America in what?
A: The half-hour series Yogi's Gang.
Debuting in 1973, the characters traveled in what?
A: Ark Lark, a hot air balloon.
They solved problems including what?
A: Mr. Waste's pollution, Mr. Bigot's bigotry, and other various issues.