The Quick Draw McGraw Show

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.[1]

For the character, see Quick Draw McGraw.

The Quick Draw McGraw Show
GenreComedy
Western
Created byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Written byWarren Foster
Michael Maltese
Joseph Barbera
Dan Gordon
Alex Lovy
Directed byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voices ofDick Beals
Bea Benaderet
Julie Bennett
Daws Butler
Dean Clark
Red Coffey
Vance Colvig
Liz English
Verna Felton
Elliot Field
Roddy Maude-Roxby
Don Messick
J. Pat O'Malley
Jean Vander Pyl
Penny Singleton
Hal Smith
Bill Thompson
Janet Waldo
Doug Young
Narrated byDaws Butler
Vance Colvig
Elliot Field
Peter Leeds
Don Messick
Hal Smith
Doug Young
Composer(s)Hoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes45 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time30 minutes
7 minutes per short 11–12 minutes 22 minutes
Production company(s)Hanna-Barbera Productions
DistributorScreen Gems
Release
Original networkFirst-run syndication
Picture formatColor
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseSeptember 28, 1959 (1959-09-28) –
October 20, 1961 (1961-10-20)

The show debuted in syndication on September 28, 1959, ended 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.[2]

Michael Maltese wrote most of the episode stories. Screen Gems originally syndicated the series.

Segments

Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey

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 (Butler).[3] 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. 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, Baba Looey!" 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.[4]

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.[5]

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
Main article: Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy

A young dachshund named Augie Doggie (voiced by Daws Butler) and his father Doggie Daddy (voiced by Doug Young with an Brooklyn accent impersonating Jimmy Durante) have different misadventures in their life.[2]

Snooper and Blabber
Main article: Snooper and Blabber

A detective cat named Super Snooper (voiced by Daws Butler with an Nasal Brooklyn accent impersonating Ed Gardner as the character Archie from the radio show Duffy's Tavern) and his sidekick Blabber Mouse (voiced by Daws Butler, originally voiced by Los Angeles radio announcer Elliot Field).[2] In several cartoons, they had a private secretary named Hazel (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl with an Southern accent), who was never seen on screen.

Episodes
Main article: List of The Quick Draw McGraw Show episodes

Voice cast
  • Daws Butler - Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Augie Doggie, Super Snooper, Blabber Mouse, Snagglepuss, Snuffles, Narrator, Horse Face Harry, Various
  • Elliot Field - Blabber Mouse (4 early episodes), Narrator, Various
  • Don Messick - Narrator, Various
  • Doug Young - Doggie Daddy, Bigelow Mouse, Narrator, Various
  • Dean Clark - Hansel (Snooper and Blabber), Brat (Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy), Newsboy (Quick Draw McGraw), Harold (Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy)
  • Dick Beals - Kid (Snooper and Blabber), Baby Bear (Snooper and Blabber), Paperboy (Quick Draw McGraw)
  • Liz English - Gretel (Snooper and Blabber)
  • Julie Bennett - Sagebrush Sal (Quick Draw McGraw), Giselle (Snooper and Blabber)
  • Red Coffey - Duckling (Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy), Various
  • Vance Colvig - Tombstone Jones (Quick Draw McGraw), Narrator
  • J. Pat O'Malley - Sam Scuttle (Snooper and Blabber), Editor (Snooper and Blabber)
  • Peter Leeds - Narrator (Quick Draw McGraw)
  • Janet Waldo - Archie the Ostrich (Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy)
  • Jean Vander Pyl - Hazel (Snooper and Blabber), Matilda the Kangaroo (Snooper and Blabber), Various
  • Bea Benaderet - Chicken (Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy)
  • Bill Thompson - Conductor (Quick Draw McGraw), Gaucho (Quick Draw McGraw), Don Town (Quick Draw McGraw), Sheriff (Quick Draw McGraw), Brown Hat Cowboy, (Quick Draw McGraw), Eastern Official (Quick Draw McGraw), Mild Bill (Quick Draw McGraw), Dog (Snooper and Blabber), Slinkerton Detective Agency (Quick Draw McGraw)
  • Hal Smith - Narrator, Various
  • Roddy Maude-Roxby - Hives (Snooper and Blabber), Doorman (Snooper and Blabber), Butler (Snooper and Blabber) Grimes (Snooper and Blabber)
  • Penny Singleton - Wife (Quick Draw McGraw)
  • Verna Felton - Teacher (Quick Draw McGraw)

Home media

Season sets of the series for the Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection label was originally announced by Warner Bros. for release in 2006 but was later cancelled due to poor conditions of the masters and the music right issues. In 2006, a Warner spokesperson said of the DVDs, "They were pulled because significant remastering work needed to be researched."[6] 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. 'Baba Booey' is often yelled out during live news broadcasts and it has become something that is yelled at golf tournaments after the ball is struck.

See also

References
  1. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 486. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 649–650. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. p. 217. ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  4. Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 232-234x. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  5. John Crosby syndicated newspaper column, Jan. 3, 1960.
  6. "Quick Draw McGraw DVD news: Status update on Quick Draw and Wally Gator". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
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