The Quick Draw McGraw Show

{{Infobox television

| image = Quick Draw McGraw.jpg

| creator = {{ubl|William Hanna|Joseph Barbera}}

| writer = {{ubl|Warren Foster|Michael Maltese|Joseph Barbera|Dan Gordon|Alex Lovy}}

| director = {{ubl|William Hanna|Joseph Barbera}}

| voices = {{ubl|Daws Butler|Julie Bennett|Red Coffey|Vance Colvig|Elliot Field|Don Messick|Hal Smith|Jean Vander Pyl|Doug Young}}

| narrator = {{ubl|Daws Butler|Vance Colvig|Elliot Field|Peter Leeds|Don Messick|Hal Smith|Doug Young}}

| composer = Hoyt Curtin

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 3

| num_episodes = 45 (135 segments)

| list_episodes = List of The Quick Draw McGraw Show episodes

| producer = {{ubl|William Hanna|Joseph Barbera}}

| runtime = 22 minutes (7 minutes per segment)

| company = Hanna-Barbera Productions

| network = First-run syndication

| first_aired = {{start date|1959|09|28}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1961|10|20}}

}}

The Quick Draw McGraw Show is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and their third television series overall after The Ruff and Reddy Show and The Huckleberry Hound Show. Voice actor Daws Butler performed the show's title character, Quick Draw McGraw.{{Cite book |last=Perlmutter |first=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=486}}

The show debuted in syndication on September 28, 1959,{{Cite news |date=September 27, 1959 |title=Quick Draw McGraw |page=G10 |work=Los Angeles Times}} ending 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.{{Cite book |last=Erickson |first=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |edition=2nd |pages=649–650}} There were also "bumpers," mini-cartoons between the main cartoons that featured Quick Draw and other main characters on the show.

Michael Maltese wrote the stories of all the episodes. Screen Gems, the television division at the time of Columbia Pictures, originally syndicated the series. It ran on Saturday mornings on CBS for one season, 1965-66.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Segments

=Quick Draw McGraw=

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 (also voiced by Butler).{{Cite book |last=Rovin |first=Jeff |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/216/mode/2up/ |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |page=217 |access-date=8 April 2020}} Although technically the sidekick, 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. The exchange would always go as follows: Baba Looey would see a fatal flaw in Quick Draw's plan, and begin voicing a warning such as "I don' thin' we should be doing...", to which Quick Draw would angrily interrupt with his frequent catchphrase, "I'll do the 'thin'in' around here and don't you forget it!" His plans would then go disastrously wrong, and Quick Draw would be forced to realize he should have listened to Baba Looey.

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.{{Cite book |last=Woolery |first=George W. |url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/232/mode/2up |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series |date=1983 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1557-5 |pages=232–234x |access-date=March 14, 2020}}

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.{{Cite news |last=Crosby |first=John |date=January 3, 1960 |title=John Crosby Syndicated Newspaper Column}}

=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.

=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. 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

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 Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection label were originally announced by Warner Bros. for release in 2006, but were later cancelled due to the poor condition of the masters as well as the music rights issues. In 2006, a Warner spokesperson said of the DVDs, "They were pulled because significant remastering work needed to be researched."{{Cite web |last=Lacey |first=Gord |date=June 13, 2006 |title=Quick Draw McGraw DVD News: Status Update on Quick Draw and Wally Gator |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5830 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313142438/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5830 |archive-date=March 13, 2007 |access-date=2012-05-11 |website=TVShowsOnDVD.com |df=mdy-all}} Four episodes are available on DVD, the first two episodes on Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s: Vol. One and the other two on Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s: Vol. Two.

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.{{Cite news |last=DiMeglio |first=Steve |date=August 13, 2013 |title=What Can PGA Tour Do About "Baba Booey"? Not Much |publisher=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2013/08/13/ian-poulter-pga-tour-baba-booey/2650775/ |access-date=1 August 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Busbee |first=Jay |title=Put Down the Phone and Watch Tiger Woods with Your Own Eyes |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/put-down-the-phone-and-watch-tiger-woods-with-your-own-eyes-225528384.html |access-date=August 1, 2022 |website=Yahoo! Sports|date=May 31, 2022 }}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0244156}}
{{Toonopedia|quikdraw.htm}}
{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309085823/http://www.cartoonscrapbook.com/Q/quickdrawmcgraw1959.htm|title=The Cartoon Scrapbook – Profile on Quick Draw McGraw}}

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