Freeway Patrol
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
- Distributor
- Screen Gems
Synopsis
Huckleberry Hound is part of the freeway patrol who strikes fear in the hearts of law breakers.
Characters
Huckleberry Hound, Mugsy the Robber, Bird
Credits
Directing
- Director
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Producing
- Producer
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Writing
- Writer
- Charles Shows
- Story Sketches
- Dan Gordon
Voices
- Voice
- Daws Butler (Huckleberry Hound, Mugsy the Robber, Bird), Don Messick (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- John Seely
Animation
- Animator
- Kenneth Muse
- Additional Animation, uncredited
- Carlo Vinci, Lewis Marshall, Michael Lah, Don Patterson, Ed Love, George Nicholas, Dick Lundy, Gerard Baldwin, Hicks Lokey, Allen Wilzbach, Don Williams, Laverne Harding, Edwin Parks, Bob Carr, Hugh Fraser, Ed Aardal, Ken O'Brien, Ed De Mattia, Art Davis
Crew
- Story Sketches
- Dan Gordon
- Layouts
- Dick Bickenbach
- Backgrounds
- Art Lozzi
- Titles
- Lawrence Goble
- Production Supervision
- Howard Hanson
Production notes
First aired the week of November 10, 1958.
This was a segment on "The Huckleberry Hound Show." The show was originally sponsored by Kellogg's Cereal.
As originally planned, Huckleberry Hound's voice was to vary according to the cartoon- from Gary Cooper's in Westerns to Humphrey Bogart's in police stories, for example.
Director-actor Jack Webb made a joke about Huckleberry Hound in his 1959 feature film "-30-" (also known as "Deadline Midnight"). Research indicated that many viewers of the series were adults. Bars were said to close whenever The Huckleberry Hound Show aired.
This was a segment on "The Huckleberry Hound Show." The show was originally sponsored by Kellogg's Cereal.
As originally planned, Huckleberry Hound's voice was to vary according to the cartoon- from Gary Cooper's in Westerns to Humphrey Bogart's in police stories, for example.
Director-actor Jack Webb made a joke about Huckleberry Hound in his 1959 feature film "-30-" (also known as "Deadline Midnight"). Research indicated that many viewers of the series were adults. Bars were said to close whenever The Huckleberry Hound Show aired.
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Reviews
Freeway Patrol
Wow! I had no idea this cartoon was released on the day I was born! December 4, 1958! Without a doubt, this is truly my very favorite Huckleberry Hound cartoon.
The funniest bit is when the bad guy, mask and all, goes in drag to fool Huck in his regular duties. Another funny bit is Huck snoring in the squad car, while the chief calls out musically over the radio "Officer HUCK-ULL-BERR-REEEEE?...oOOoo Officer HUCK-ULL-BERR-REEEEE...?"
Huck Hound had a loveable downhome charm, but what I loved most about him was that he knew more about what was going on than he let on! In my mind, truly a cartoon icon.