Huckleberry Hound | |
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The Huckleberry Hound Show character | |
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First appearance | Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie (1958) |
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Nickname | Huck |
Species | Dog (Bluetick Coonhound) |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Folk ballad singer |
Origin | Memphis, Tennessee[8] |
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Huckleberry "Huck" Hound is a fictional cartoon character, a blue anthropomorphic coonhound dog that speaks with a North Carolina Southern drawl. He first appeared in the series The Huckleberry Hound Show. The cartoon was one of six TV shows to win an Emmy Award in 1960[9] as an "Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming";[10] the first animated series to receive such an award.[11]
Most of his short films consist of Huck trying to perform jobs in different fields, ranging from policeman to dogcatcher, with results that backfire, yet usually coming out on top, either through slow persistence or sheer luck. Huck does not seem to exist in a specific time period as he has also been a Roman gladiator, a medieval knight, and a rocket scientist. He also appears in futuristic cartoons, as an intergalactic space policeman, alongside other Hanna-Barbera characters. His tone-deaf and inaccurate rendition of "Oh My Darling, Clementine" was often used as a running gag.[12]
Outstanding program achievement in the field of children's programming
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