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Hoppity Hooper

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Hoppity Hooper
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Premiere September 26, 1964
Finale September 18, 1965
Creator Jay Ward
Network/Provider ABC
Style 30-minute animated comedy
Company Hooper Productions, in association with P.A.T-Ward
Seasons 1
Episodes 52
Origin USA

Hoppity Hooper was an animated comedy airing Saturday mornings on ABC. It was produced and created by Jay Ward, creator of Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show.

Hoppity was a frog, a young and upstanding citizen of Foggy Bog, Wisconsin. Waldo Wigglesworth (a con-artist fox) and his stooge Fillmore (a bear that loudly sounds a trumpet) are on the lam from the law when they happen upon Hoppity and convince him that he's Waldo's nephew. The trio sets about engaging in adventures serialized as 4-episode story arcs.

Unlike Bullwinkle, Hoppity Hooper plays it safe and foregoes the satire and political and social commentary. It does feature elements from Bullwinkle such as Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody's Improbably History, and Mr. Know-It-All. Also featured is The World Of Commander McBragg (a Munchausen-esque tale-teller). This feature was produced by Leonardo-TTV.

Hoppity Hooper was first piloted in 1960 with Alan Reed as the voice of Fillmore and William Conrad as the narrator (Hoppity and Fillmore were originally the main stars but it resembled Rocky and Bullwinkle too much, so Waldo Wigglesworth was installed as a third player), but it wasn't until 1964 when it was picked up as a series for ABC. The show opening title theme was "Fight Fiercely, Young Teddy!"

In 1965, selected episodes were concurrently syndicated as Uncle Waldo's Cartoon Show.

Contents

Cast

Actor Character
Main Cast
Chris Allen Hoppity Hooper
Hans Conried Waldo Wigglesworth
Bill Scott Fillmore
Bullwinkle J. Moose
Mr. Peabody
June Foray Rocket J. Squirrel
Paul Frees Narrator
Walter Tetley Sherman
Edward Everett Horton Fractured Fairy Tales narrator
Kenny Delmar Commander McBragg

Seasons

Season  Premiere Finale #
ABC
Season One September 26, 1964 September 18, 1965 52

In-Depth

DVD Releases

There are no DVD releases for this show.

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