Hoppity Hooper | |
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Also known as | Uncle Waldo's Cartoon Show |
Genre | Children's program |
Created by | Bill Scott Chris Hayward |
Written by | Chris Jenkyns Bill Scott |
Directed by | Pete Burness Bill Hurtz Lew Keller |
Starring | Waldo Wigglesworth, Fillmore Bear, and Hoppity Hooper |
Voices of | Chris Allen Hans Conried Paul Frees (1–100 only) Bill Scott Alan Reed (1–2 only) William Conrad (101–104 only) |
Narrated by | Paul Frees William Conrad |
Theme music composer | Dennis Farnon |
Opening theme | "Olga Moletoad's Ride" |
Composer | Dennis Farnon |
Country of origin | United States and Mexico |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 52 (104 segments) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Peter M. Piech |
Producers | Jay Ward Bill Scott |
Editor | Skip Craig |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Jay Ward Productions, P.A.T. |
Original release | |
Network | ABC (1964–1967) |
Release | September 12, 1964 September 2, 1967 | –
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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]