The Quick Draw McGraw Show

[yogimack]

Does anyone remember The Quick Draw McGraw Show back in 1959 when they have Quick Draw McGraw, Augie Doggie and Snooper & Blabber on the show and I hope it will come back on DVD!

[Eric Brown]

I have a very good memory of QD McGraw. I even remember the first time I found it on TV in the fall of 1959. I had seen this TV listing that said "McGraw". I didn't pay any attention to it because, at the time, there was a news/interview show called "Meet McGraw". When I just happened to run across QDM (a Snooper and Blabber cartoon was playing at the time) and I was totally surprised to find it. I immediately recognized it as an H-B cartoon (already being a fan of Ruff and Reddy / Huckleberry Hound). At the tender age of 11, I was thrilled. Quick Draw still remains one of my top H-B cartoon shows. I have some examples on tape, but man !!!!, I'd really like to see them all on DVD.
Does anybody remember seeing the name "Quick Draw McGraw" on a Ruff and Reddy episode? It's there!

THANX

[Gary L Thompson]

Yes, I remember watching it, along with "Huckleberry Hound" and "Yogi Bear", back when I was just a tot. Those were the days. I wish someone would bring back these shows in their old format (I remember the "Huckleberry Hound" opening and closing titles of Huck driving a car with assorted characters from his show and stars of Kelloggs commercials into a circus arena being shown on the then-French CBC about a decade or two ago, I don't know why they never show these or the old bumpers anymore, it would likely stir up nostalgia for a lot of Boomers).

[Steve Carras]

I always loved that show and am angry that substandard shows like "Animaniacs!" (which ":Ren and Stimpy" creator John Kricfalusi rightly said stood in the wya of animation (John K. used STRONGER talk than that!)..I taped off of CARTOON NETWORK some years ago a Augie show, "Mars Little Precious".

The stock music (Capitol/John Seely/Emi Photoplay,etc.) was always impressive, and very unusual and eclectic for this trilogy particularly.

"Mars" was about Doggie Daddy (Doug Young ala Jimmy Durante) baby sitter a Martian baby that Augie (Daws Butler) had actually offered to sit, from the planet Mars! (Named Oin gka Boingka.) The little martian contstnaly, about half dozen times, flies out in his flying saucer, and Doggie Daddy runs into a cop one time, in the longest and final sequence..then a real twist at the end (Doggie Daddy has the last word in this word.)

Some good stock music from Phil Green (seemingly absent in other HB series but VERY much used in many shows in the Seely/Capitol serivce), and also, Jack Shaindlin, & the team of Emil Cadkin and Harry Bluestone, and others.
(Many of those also came form the Sam Fox library.Thank you, Ray Pointer.(Animatio0n historian, http://www.cartoonresearch.com )


Mike Maltese wrote the entire 160 or so episodes that made up the trilogy (and the Snagglepusses elsewhere,and of corusde the WB cartoons and Flintstones). Note how, Super Snooper ands Blabber Mouse were THE pre-SCOOBY DOO cartoon sleuths, and also by HB, and THEY did not need a "Meddling kids" gripe by the suspect, and they were fully dressed (rare amongst cartoon beasts..) and of course the usual combo of caroton humans and animals p,laying animated human roles with animals playing animal roles (dogs,horses.etc. QUICK DRAW driving a stagecoach polled by other horses,.?)

[Brainatra]

Yes, I remember watching it, along with "Huckleberry Hound" and "Yogi Bear", back when I was just a tot. Those were the days. I wish someone would bring back these shows in their old format (I remember the "Huckleberry Hound" opening and closing titles of Huck driving a car with assorted characters from his show and stars of Kelloggs commercials into a circus arena being shown on the then-French CBC about a decade or two ago, I don't know why they never show these or the old bumpers anymore, it would likely stir up nostalgia for a lot of Boomers).

Was the opening title song dubbed into French for the French-CBC broadcasts? (Presume the rest of the show itself was dubbed...).

The Huckleberry Hound- Kellogg's opening IIRC is included on the Huckleberry Hound DVD box set as an extra (just got the first disc in the set via Netflix today, along with the last disc of the "Looney Tunes" volume 3 collection ).

[Gary L Thompson]

I always loved that show and am angry that substandard shows like "Animaniacs!" (which ":Ren and Stimpy" creator John Kricfalusi rightly said stood in the wya of animation (John K. used STRONGER talk than that!)..I taped off of CARTOON NETWORK some years ago a Augie show, "Mars Little Precious".

The stock music (Capitol/John Seely/Emi Photoplay,etc.) was always impressive, and very unusual and eclectic for this trilogy particularly.

"Mars" was about Doggie Daddy (Doug Young ala Jimmy Durante) baby sitter a Martian baby that Augie (Daws Butler) had actually offered to sit, from the planet Mars! (Named Oin gka Boingka.) The little martian contstnaly, about half dozen times, flies out in his flying saucer, and Doggie Daddy runs into a cop one time, in the longest and final sequence..then a real twist at the end (Doggie Daddy has the last word in this word.)

Some good stock music from Phil Green (seemingly absent in other HB series but VERY much used in many shows in the Seely/Capitol serivce), and also, Jack Shaindlin, & the team of Emil Cadkin and Harry Bluestone, and others.
(Many of those also came form the Sam Fox library.Thank you, Ray Pointer.(Animatio0n historian, http://www.cartoonresearch.com (http://www.cartoonresearch.com/) )


Mike Maltese wrote the entire 160 or so episodes that made up the trilogy (and the Snagglepusses elsewhere,and of corusde the WB cartoons and Flintstones). Note how, Super Snooper ands Blabber Mouse were THE pre-SCOOBY DOO cartoon sleuths, and also by HB, and THEY did not need a "Meddling kids" gripe by the suspect, and they were fully dressed (rare amongst cartoon beasts..) and of course the usual combo of caroton humans and animals p,laying animated human roles with animals playing animal roles (dogs,horses.etc. QUICK DRAW driving a stagecoach polled by other horses,.?)

I've got some rather fond memories of Snoop and Blab, it was nice to see them do a good cameo in the new "Secret Squirrel". No, they may not have had "Meddling Kids" or scooby snacks, but they did have that oddity of Blabber voicing a siren when his partner wanted to drive to the scene in a hurry....

Was the opening title song dubbed into French for the French-CBC broadcasts? (Presume the rest of the show itself was dubbed...).

The Huckleberry Hound- Kellogg's opening IIRC is included on the Huckleberry Hound DVD box set as an extra (just got the first disc in the set via Netflix today, along with the last disc of the "Looney Tunes" volume 3 collection ).

I don't think so, I have some vague recollection of the theme music (the only part I recall clearly is the ending chorus, building up to one last "Huckleberry Hound!"), and I think the French version used totally different music. I might try looking for "Huckleberry Hound" DVDs to see if they can be rented at Blockbusters.

[ToonFanForever]

I have a very good memory of QD McGraw. I even remember the first time I found it on TV in the fall of 1959. I had seen this TV listing that said "McGraw". I didn't pay any attention to it because, at the time, there was a news/interview show called "Meet McGraw". When I just happened to run across QDM (a Snooper and Blabber cartoon was playing at the time) and I was totally surprised to find it. I immediately recognized it as an H-B cartoon (already being a fan of Ruff and Reddy / Huckleberry Hound). At the tender age of 11, I was thrilled. Quick Draw still remains one of my top H-B cartoon shows. I have some examples on tape, but man !!!!, I'd really like to see them all on DVD.
Does anybody remember seeing the name "Quick Draw McGraw" on a Ruff and Reddy episode? It's there!

THANX
MEET McGRAW was a 1957 private-eye series starring actor Frank Lovejoy.
And, yes, the name "Quick-Draw McGraw" does pop up in a RUFF & REDDY
episode. That surprised me, too (when I saw a repeat). That cartoon
predates the horse character by nearly two years.