Eager Ogre
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
- Distributor
- Columbia/Screen Gems
Synopsis
Merlin, the magician, is enlisted by King Arthur to find someone to battle an ogre. The time-space machine takes Peter and So-So to Merlin at that time. Peter reluctantly fights the fire-breathing ogre and defeats him using his hippo hurricane holler.
Characters
Peter Potamus, So-So Monkey, Merlin, King Arthur, Ogre
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, Merlin The Magician), Don Messick (So-So, King Arthur, Ogre)
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.