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Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse is a cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera and originally aired as a segment on the 1964-1966 cartoon The Magilla Gorilla Show.[1]
Plot[edit]
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The show features a hillbillycat called Punkin' Puss (voiced by Allan Melvin) who lives in a house in the woods of the southern US. Punkin' is preoccupied with a hillbilly mouse called Mushmouse (voiced by Howard Morris) who lives there too, and Punkin' frequently tries to shoot him with his rifle.[2] In many cartoons, one of Mushmouse's cousins visits and gives Punkin' Puss a hard time.
The 'Nowhere Bear' has Punkin' Puss continually disrupting an angry bear's sleep. The episode 'Small Change' has Punkin' Puss (and later a dog as well) shrinking to mouse size.
Episodes[edit]
| # | Title | Summary | Animator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callin' All Kin | Tired of Punkin's constant attempts to nail him, Mushmouse summons his family, who confuse Punkin' because of their lookalike appearances. | Credited Animator: Carlo Vinci |
| 2 | Small Change | Mushmouse mixes an enlarging draught which does the opposite of its intended purpose. Punkin' accidentally drinks the draught and faces a difficult fight with Mushmouse, followed by a shrunken hounddog. | Credited Animator: ? |
| 3 | Hornswoggled | Mushmouse helps a hound dog from a sticky situation and in return he offers to come and help Mushmouse with Punkin'. In response, Punkin' gets his own ally, a skunk called Stanky. | Credited Animator: ? |
| 4 | Muscle Tussle/Gall of the wild (working/alt.title) | Mushmouse is in despair when his cousin Megaton Mouse comes by. Megaton drives Punkin' mad with a lookalike appearance to Mushmouse but unbelievable strength. | Credited Animator: Carlo Vinci |
| 5 | Cat Nipped | A stranded Lion is invited by Mushmouse to stay with him and Mushmouse keeps him out of Punkin' and Harmony Sue's sight. The Lion beats Punkin' eventually forcing him out of the house. | Credited Animators: Don Patterson, Dick Lundy, Ed Parks |
| 6 | Army Nervy Game | After several close shaves from Punkin', Mushmouse leads the US Army to intimidate Punkin' to the point of surrendering. | Credited Animators: Hugh Fraser, Carlo Vinci |
| 7 | Seein' Is Believin' | Punkin' takes Mushmouse to the Hog Wallow Research Institute for some cash. An experiment turns Mushmouse invisible, giving him a tremendous advantage over Punkin' until it wears off. | Credited Animator: George Nicholas |
| 8 | Courtin' Disaster | Mushmouse is going courting. Mushmouse, determined to please Hunnybun, confronts Punkin'. All that keeps Mushmouse going is Hunnybun's incentive kiss until Mushmouse finds his girlfriend after his favours. | Credited Animators: Hugh Fraser, Carlo Vinci |
| 9 | A Tale Of Two Kitties | Punkin' and his new neighbour Tennessee Tabby fight over who gets to pin down Mushmouse. Mushmouse sneakily tips the two cats with methods on getting at each other until they find out they've been duped. | Credited Animators: Carlo Vinci, Hugh Fraser |
| 10 | Chomp Romp | Mushmouse receives a package containing a remote controlled mechanical watchdog. After assembling it, Mushmouse names it Chomper. Punkin's efforts against the Chomper are futile even when he blows it up. | Credited Animators: Carlo Vinci, Hugh Fraser |
| 11 | Catch As Cat Can Day | Today is the day a gal catches a guy. Susie McStomp goes after Punkin' while Mushmouse gives away Punkin's every hiding place to Susie. Mushmouse gets into a similar chase with Hunnybun. | Credited Animators: George Goepper, Kenneth Muse |
| 12 | Jump Bumps | Mushmouses' attempts to beat Punkin' with fitness don't work, so he orders a boxing kangaroo named Hunka Hunka. Punkin' mistakes Hunka Hunka for a very fit Mushmouse and fails every time to beat him. | Credited Animators: Carlo Vinci, Hugh Fraser |
| 13 | Nowhere Bear | Mushmouse gets chased by Punkin' to a sleeping bear who doesn't like to be disturbed. Mushmouse gets Punkin' repeatedly in a punch up with the bear, until he gets annoyed and keeps Punkin' tied up. | Credited Animators: Dick Lundy, William Keil |
| 14 | Legend Of Bat Mouseterson | Mushmouse's cousin Bat Mouseterson arrives for a visit. Mouseterson hits Punkin' for every rude action he resorts to. When Mouseterson has to leave, Mushmouse has to fend for himself. | Credited Animator: ? |
| 15 | Super Drooper | Mushmouse tries to contact Super Duper Duper Duper Duper Duper Cat (or Super Duper Duper Etcetera Cat) in hope he'll save him from Punkin'. Punkin' impersonates the superhero until the real one comes to Mushmouses' rescue, but has to leave for Hollywood. | Credited Animators: Dick Lundy, William Keil |
| 16 | Pep Hep | Mushmouse is about to give up his life of feuding, when a package containing Speedo pills arrives. Those give Mushmouse a great advantage over Punkin'. When Punkin' discovers them, he takes an overdose and becomes completely airborne. Note: This episode was eventually removed from circulation, as it showed drug abuse. | Credited Animator: ? |
| 17 | Shot At And Missed | Unable to take more of Punkin's chases, Mushmouse heads off to town to apply for a job, involving Mouse-O-matics. Finding himself worse off without Mushmouse, Punkin' sets off to reclaim him. | Credited Animator: ? |
| 18 | The Mouse From S.O.M.P. | Mushmouse orders a Mouse From S.O.M.P. Kit, so he can defend himself from Punkin'. Punkin' gets a similar kit to counter Mushmouse getting them evenly matched. | Credited Animator: ? |
| 19 | Host Of A Ghost | After Mushmouse gets Punkin' knocked out in a feud, he tricks him into thinking he's become a ghost. Mushmouse proceeds to get Punkin' to spoil him, until Punkin' sees through his trick. | Credited Animator: ? |
| 20 | Feudal Feud | Punkin' Puss gets a knockout, dreaming of the Feudal Age with Saxon mice and their king Mushmouse. Punkin' is faced with Meany Mouse and eventually wakes up from this dream and resumes feuding with Mushmouse. | Credited Animator: ? |
| 21 | Heir Conditioning | Mushmouse inherits from his late uncle £1000. Punkin' treats Mushmouse better in hope of getting a share. To their surprise the inheritance is one thousand pounds of cheese. | Credited Animator: ? |
| 22 | Hyde And Shriek | Mushmouse mixes a potion similar to Dr. Jekyll's formula, which turns him into a monstrous mouse. When Punkin' tries it, he unleashes a mean doppelganger of himself. | Credited Animator: ? |
| 23 | Misfortune Cookie | According to Mushmouse's horoscope book, today is Punkin's unlucky day. Sure enough Punkin' encounters many misfortunes until the next day, which is Mushmouse's turn to face misfortune. | Credited Animator: ? |
Voice cast[edit]
The voice cast included:[3]
- Allan Melvin - Punkin' Puss
- Howard Morris - Mushmouse
Other appearances[edit]
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- Punkin' Puss can be seen as an animatronic in the Dexter's Laboratory episode 'Chubby Cheese'.
- Punkin' Puss and Mushmouse will both appear in Jellystone!
Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse in other languages[edit]
- Brazilian Portuguese: Bacamarte & Chumbinho
- Français: Chat-des-Champs et Souriceau
- Italian: Gatto Bernardo e Topo Didì
- Spanish: El ratón Mush y el Calabaza
- Portuguese: Gato Saloio e o Rato Maloio
References[edit]
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- ^Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 175. ISBN0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 522–523. ISBN978-1476665993.
- ^Markstein, Don. 'Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse'. Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
External links[edit]
| The Hillbilly Bears | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Voices of | Henry Corden Jean Vander Pyl Don Messick Paul Frees |
| Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Running time | 6 minutes (per short) |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor | Screen Gems |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 2, 1965 – September 7, 1967 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show |
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The Hillbilly Bears is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired as a segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show from October 2, 1965 to September 7, 1967.[1]
Overview[edit]
The Hillbilly Bears, played on a social stereotype of the 'hillbilly', with a gun-toting, mumbling father Paw Rugg (voiced by Henry Corden) who was always 'feudin' (the 'feudin' was usually a lethargic operation, in which the protagonists fired the same bullet back and forth from the comfort of their rocking chairs) with their neighbors, the Hoppers.[2]
Paw Rugg's voice was a low mumble, splattered with a few understandable words. Particularly in the first episodes, Paw Rugg's voice was incomprehensible; his speech improved with the later segments. His wife Maw (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) was a homemaker who appeared as the more level-headed parent. Their daughter Floral (also voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) had lemon-colored fur (as opposed to the darker-colored fur of Maw, Paw and Shag); she was the Southern belle and most sophisticated member of the family. Shag (the youngest and smallest of the clan, voiced by Don Messick) was a troublemaker who looked up to his father. The voices and personas of Floral and Shag were nearly identical to Judy Jetson and Elroy from The Jetsons respectively.
List of episodes[edit]
Season 1 (1965-66)[edit]
| Nº | Ep | Title | Air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 'Detour for Sure' | October 2, 1965 | |
| A construction crew is attempting to evict Maw and Paw Rugg out of their house so they can put in a new highway; however, the Ruggs are content to stay right where they are. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 'Woodpecked' | October 9, 1965 | |
| A woodpecker is disturbing Maw's beauty rest; Paw and Shag try to get rid of it, but it outwits them at every turn. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 'Anglers Aweigh' | October 16, 1965 | |
| Maw sends Paw to catch a catfish for their dinner and Paw gets more than he bargains for when he runs into Ol' Whiskers. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 'Stranger Than Friction' | October 23, 1965 | |
| Disgusted with Paw's shooting strangers, Maw makes him swear to invite the next one to dinner: then along comes an escaped chimpanzee. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 'Goldilocks and the Four Bears' | October 30, 1965 | |
| A movie star named Goldy Looks gets a flat tire and finds the Ruggs' house while looking for help; she ends up eating their food and sleeping in their beds. She runs off when the Ruggs get home with an idea for a movie. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 'Going, Going Gone Gopher' | November 6, 1965 | |
| Paw is put in charge of guarding the garden when Maw goes to town, but he winds up having to defend it from a very hungry gopher. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 'Courtin' Disaster' | November 13, 1965 | |
| A truce is called between the Ruggs and the Hoppers so that Floral and Claude can begin dating. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 'Picnic Panicked' | November 20, 1965 | |
| At the annual Hog Waller picnic, Claude Hopper chases Floral, hoping to share her picnic basket, while Paw chases Claude. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | 'Judo Kudos' | November 27, 1965 | |
| Sumo, the Japanese fighting bear, is on his way to the circus when he falls out of the truck when it hits a bump; Sumo helps Paw learn karate so he can use it on his rival, Claude Hopper. | ||||
| 10 | 10 | 'Just Plane Around' | December 4, 1965 | |
| The experimental plane X-Ray-X lands near the Rugg house and Paw goes for an unexpected ride with Agent 00700 and his pal, who are trying to steal the plane. | ||||
| 11 | 11 | 'War Games' | December 11, 1965 | |
| The Pentagon decides to conduct war games in the Ruggs' backyard. | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 'Bricker Brats' | December 18, 1965 | |
| Shag and the Hopper boy keep getting into fights over who has the toughest dad, threatening to start the feud back up. | ||||
| 13 | 13 | 'Slap Happy Grandpappy' | December 25, 1965 | |
| Grandpa Rugg comes for a visit, much to the excitement of Floral and Shag; Grandpa wants to shoot some Hoppers, not knowing that Paw has just ended the feud with them. | ||||
| 14 | 14 | 'Pooped Pops' | January 1, 1966 | |
| It is July and time for Paw's yearly bath; when he is finished, Maw makes Paw play a Robin Hood game with Shag, even though he is very tired. | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 'Leaky Creek' | January 8, 1966 | |
| Maw sends Paw down to the creek to take a bath, even though he just took one last year and does not think he needs another one; but when he gets to the creek he finds it has gone dry due to a pesky beaver that has built a dam. | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 'My Fair Hillbilly' | January 15, 1966 | |
| Maw is tired of Paw being such a slob, so she sends him to the J.P. Snobbs School of Charm and they try to turn Paw into a gentleman. | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 'Rickety-Rockety-Raccoon' | January 22, 1966 | |
| Paw battles with Rickety Raccoon after he steals eggs from the Ruggs' hen house. | ||||
| 18 | 18 | 'Modern Inconvenience' | January 29, 1966 | |
| Maw and Paw are selected as the Hillbilly Family of the Month by Good Hillbillying Magazine and are given every modern convenience for one month. | ||||
| 19 | 19 | 'Rabbit Rumble' | February 5, 1966 | |
| Maw sends Paw and Shag to hunt for a rabbit for dinner. | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 'Speckled Heckler' | February 12, 1966 | |
| Professor Beetlebottom arrives at the Rugg house looking for a rare butterfly, the Speckled Fleeby Doo, and offers a $1,000 reward if the Ruggs capture one alive. | ||||
Season 2 (1966-67)[edit]
| Nº | Ep | Title | Air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | 'Whirly Bear' | September 10, 1966 | |
| Paw goes on an unexpected ride while trying to fix the windmill. | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 'Saucy Saucers' | September 17, 1966 | |
| Paw is captured by aliens who take him back to their planet for observation. | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 'Chipper Chirper' | September 24, 1966 | |
| Paw is out hunting a meal for dinner when Maw's pet bird gets out of its cage and runs away. | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 'Gettin' Paw's Goat' | October 1, 1966 | |
| Paw battles with the neighbor's goat that is eating everything in the garden. | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 'Buzzin' Cuzzins' | October 8, 1966 | |
| Gorzo the Wild Man escapes from a truck delivering him to the circus and is mistaken for Paw's cousin Fud when he shows up at the cabin. | ||||
| 26 | 6 | 'Do the Bear' | October 15, 1966 | |
| Maw tries to wake up Paw from his between-naps rest period so he can go to the store for her; then music producers offer Paw a lifetime music contract after hearing him play the guitar in the store. | ||||
Cast[edit]
- Henry Corden - Paw Rugg
- Paul Frees - Claude Hopper
- Don Messick - Shag Rugg
- Jean Vander Pyl - Maw Rugg, Floral Rugg
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Home media[edit]
GoodTimes Home Video (under their Kids Klassics label) released a VHS tape of The Hillbilly Bears in the 1980s.
The episode 'Woodpecked' is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's vol. 1.
The episode 'Picnic Panicked' is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 2.
Other appearances[edit]
The Hillbilly Bears appeared in Yogi's Ark Lark and its spin-off series Yogi's Gang.[3]
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Paw and Maw Rugg appeared in Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
The Hillbilly Bears appeared in a Cartoon Network Shortie, 'Miss Understanding,' where Maw takes them on a Jerry Springer-like show due to the fact she cannot understand Paw, although the audience assumes that she means she does not 'understand' him in the sense that she does not know who he is anymore. This results in Paw shooting on the wall with his gun the sentence 'I luv you Maw'.
On the Dexter's Laboratory episode, 'Chubby Cheese', an animatronic Paw Rugg is seen playing the xylophone during Chubby's song.
The Hillbilly Bears appear in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode 'Guitar Control' defending their home from the SWAT team and Bear. Paw Rugg's name can also be seen in Harvey's black book in 'Babysitter' and Paw can be seen using a crowbar to tear off the logo for Sebben and Sebben in 'The Death of Harvey'.
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Paw and Maw Rugg had a minor cameo in the Wacky Races episode 'Grandfather Knows Dast' with Paw Rugg voiced by Billy West and Maw Rugg voiced by Jill Talley.
Paw Rugg and the rest of his family will all appear in the upcoming HBO Max original series Jellystone!.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 27–29. ISBN0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. pp. 120–121. ISBN0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 99–100. ISBN978-1476665993.
- ^https://deadline.com/2019/10/hbo-max-looney-tunes-jellystone-the-fungies-tig-n-seek-kids-family-series-1202771895/
External links[edit]
- The Hillbilly Bears - Cartoon Network Department of Cartoons (Archive)
- The Hillbilly Bears at IMDb
- The Hillbilly Bears at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- The Hillbilly Bears at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.