Mask Task
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
- Distributor
- Columbia/Screen Gems
Synopsis
Peter tries out a new time-space machine and ends up in old west Arizona. Peter jumps out of the balloon and lands on and disables the village's avenger, Senor El Zingo. Peter takes the place of the avenger to face the villain Don Jose el Tic-tac-taco. The villain is done in by Peter's hippo hurricane holler. Peter sends El Zingo, with nothing to do now, to Don Jose as well.
Characters
Peter Potamus, So-So Monkey, Don Tic Tac Taco, Arizona Residents
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Producing
- Producer
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Writing
- Writer
- Tony Benedict, Warren Foster, Dalton Sandifer
Animation
- Animator
- Ken Muse, Emil Carle, Stan Onaitis, Larry Silverman, Louie Kachivas, George Germanetti, Bernard Posner
- Animation Director
- Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols)
Voices
- Voice
- Daws Butler (Peter Potamus, Arizona Resident 1#, Senor El Zingo), Don Messick (So-So, Arizona Resident 2#, Don Tic Tac Taco)
Music
- Music
- Hoyt S. Curtin
Editing
- Editor
- Donald A. Douglas, Larry Cowan, Ken Spears, Greg Watson
Crew
- Story Direction
- Lew Marshall, Paul Sommer, Alex Lovy, Art Scott
- Layouts
- Jerry Eisenberg, Nick Panesis, John Wilson
- Backgrounds
- Fernando Arce, Robert Gentle, Rene Garcia
- Production Supervision
- Howard Hanson
- Camera
- Frank Paiker, Norman Stainback, Roy Wade, Charles Flekal
Production notes
This show began its run in syndication, but was picked up by ABC on January 2, 1966. The show's name was changed to The Peter Potamus Show when it moved to ABC.