Huckleberry Hound is a
fictional cartoon character created by
Hanna-Barbera, and the star of the late
1950s animated series The Huckleberry Hound Show, Hanna-Barbera's second series made for
television after
The Ruff & Reddy Show.
The Huckleberry Hound Show was probably the series that truly made Hanna-Barbera a household name, thanks to Huckleberry (or "Huck" as he was sometimes nicknamed) and the two supporting segments of the show:
Yogi Bear and his sidekick Boo-Boo , and
Pixie and Dixie, two mice who in each short found a new way to outwit the cat
Mr. Jinks. After Yogi Bear was given his own show in
1961, his segment was replaced with one featuring
Hokey Wolf and his sidekick Ding-a-Ling .
Voiced by Daws Butler, Huckleberry was a blue dog that spoke with a southern drawl, with a relaxed, well-intentioned personality. Most of his shorts consisted of Huck trying to find employment in different fields, ranging from policeman to (ironically enough) dogcatcher, with backfiring results.
Huckleberry Hound was not based on Andy Griffith or Tennessee Ernie Ford as some have thought. Huck according to Daws Butler was based on the neighbor of his wife, Myrtis; Butler would speak with said neighbor when visiting North Carolina. (Source: Daws Butler)
After his original series ran its course, Huck continued to make appearances in other Hanna-Barbera series, mainly as a supporting character for his former costar, Yogi. Huck appeared in such series as Yogi's Gang, Yogi's Space Race , and even as a teenager in the series Yo, Yogi! . Huck was also the star of one of the 1980s made-for-television movie, The Good, The Bad, and Huckleberry Hound.
Today, Huckleberry's television appearances, like those of the rest of the early Hanna-Barbera characters, are rare, though his shorts can often be found on Cartoon Network's sister cable TV channel Boomerang.
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