Hoppity Hooper

Hoppity Hooper
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Also known asUncle Waldo's Cartoon Show
GenreChildren's program
Created byBill Scott
Chris Hayward
Written byChris Jenkyns
Bill Scott
Directed byPete Burness
Bill Hurtz
Lew Keller
StarringWaldo Wigglesworth, Fillmore Bear, and Hoppity Hooper
Voices ofChris Allen
Hans Conried
Paul Frees (1–100 only)
Bill Scott
Alan Reed (1–2 only)
William Conrad (101–104 only)
Narrated byPaul Frees
William Conrad
Theme music composerDennis Farnon
Opening theme"Olga Moletoad's Ride"
ComposerDennis Farnon
Country of originUnited States and Mexico
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52 (104 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerPeter M. Piech
ProducersJay Ward
Bill Scott
EditorSkip Craig
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesJay Ward Productions, P.A.T.
Original release
NetworkABC (1964–1967)
ReleaseSeptember 12, 1964 (1964-09-12) –
September 2, 1967 (1967-09-02)
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Hoppity Hooper is an American animated television series produced by Jay Ward, and sponsored by General Mills, originally broadcast on ABC from September 12, 1964, until 1967.[1][2] It is one of the earliest Saturday morning cartoons and the Jay Ward's first original one for this schedule. The series was produced in Hollywood by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, with animation done in Mexico City by Gamma Productions.[3]

  1. ^ "TV-Radio". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. 1964-09-12. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (1995). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 through 1993. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0029-3.
  3. ^ "The Bootleg Files: Hoppity Hooper". Film Threat. September 24, 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2020.