The Beekeeper
Also known as: Don Knotts, the Beekeeper
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios, Rhodes Productions
- Distributor
- Worldvision
Synopsis
Don Knotts is the voice of the bumbling beekeeper hired by the Boyles to remove their buzzing houseguests.
Teaser Sequence: Ralph asks Harry has he still got the bee problem. Harry says "Yeah, among others." Ralph says he's got the answer. He comes out with some sort of weapon. Ralph says, "This little baby ought to knock them out." Harry asks Ralph is it a spray-gun? Ralph says "Better. see those bees over there in your peach tree. I'll demonstrate and then we'll go inside and mopple up, okay." Harry says "Anything to get rid of Bumbly Bumbles." Ralph says he got the weapon from a buddy of his down at War Surplus. Harry says "War Surplus? I hope that isn't a (Ralph turns the weapon on and it's a flamethrower) flamethrower." Ralph says "Did the job, didn't it." Harry's peach tree is burned by Ralph's flamethrower.
Teaser Sequence: Ralph asks Harry has he still got the bee problem. Harry says "Yeah, among others." Ralph says he's got the answer. He comes out with some sort of weapon. Ralph says, "This little baby ought to knock them out." Harry asks Ralph is it a spray-gun? Ralph says "Better. see those bees over there in your peach tree. I'll demonstrate and then we'll go inside and mopple up, okay." Harry says "Anything to get rid of Bumbly Bumbles." Ralph says he got the weapon from a buddy of his down at War Surplus. Harry says "War Surplus? I hope that isn't a (Ralph turns the weapon on and it's a flamethrower) flamethrower." Ralph says "Did the job, didn't it." Harry's peach tree is burned by Ralph's flamethrower.
Characters
Harry Boyle, Irma Boyle, Ralph Kane, Chet Boyle, Alice Boyle, Jamie Boyle, Charlie "Bumbles" Johnson
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Peter Luschwitz
- First Assistant Director (Second Unit)
- Norman Drew
Producing
- Producer
- R.S. Allen, Harvey Bullock
- Executive Producers
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Associate Producer
- Zoran Janjic
Writing
- Writer
- James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
- Story Direction
- Paul Sommer
Voices
- Voice
- Tom Bosley (Harry Boyle), Joan Gerber (Irma Boyle), Jack Burns (Ralph Kane), Lenny Weinrib Lennie Weinrib (Chet Boyle), Tina Holland Kristina Holland (Alice Boyle), Willie Aames (Jamie Boyle), Don Knotts (Charlie "Bumbles" Johnson)
Animation
- Animation Director
- Peter Luschwitz
- Animator
- Stuart Barry, John Burge, Warwick Gilbert, Don MacKinnon, Gus McLaren, Kevin Roper, Laurie Sharpe, John Taylor
Editing
Crew
- Production Design
- Iwao Takamoto
- Production Supervisors
- Rolf Sandor, Victor O. Schipek
- Character Design
- Marty Murphy
- Key Layout
- Milton Fredlund, Andrea Bresciani
- Layouts
- Chebby Badham, Steve Lumley, David Skinner
- Backgrounds
- Richard Zaloudek, Ros Breillat, Peter Connell, George Hatsatouris, Milan Zahorsky
- Painting Department
- Zora Bubica
- Musical Director
- Ricard Bowden
- Camera
- Bill Constable, Chris Ashbrook, Jan Cregan, Peter Huiswaard, Santiago Gomez
- Track Reading
- Maurice Kattell
- Scene Painting
- Yvonne Kattell
Production notes
This situation family series illustrated the generation gap between old-fashioned father Harry Boyle, president of Boyle Restaurant Supply Company, and his modern-day children (Chet, Alice and Jamie) who have difficulty accepting their father's golden-day methods and philosophies of life.