The Quick Draw McGraw Show

For the title character, see Quick Draw McGraw.

The Quick Draw McGraw Show
Genre
Created by
Written by
Directed by
  • William Hanna
  • Joseph Barbera
Voices of
Narrated by
  • Daws Butler
  • Vance Colvig
  • Elliot Field
  • Peter Leeds
  • Don Messick
  • Hal Smith
  • Doug Young
ComposerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes45 (135 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Producers
  • William Hanna
  • Joseph Barbera
Running time22 minutes (7 minutes per segment)
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkFirst-run syndication
ReleaseSeptember 28, 1959 (1959-09-28) –
October 20, 1961 (1961-10-20)
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The Quick Draw McGraw Show is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and their third television series overall after The Ruff and Reddy Show and The Huckleberry Hound Show. Voice actor Daws Butler performed the show's title character, Quick Draw McGraw.[1]

The show debuted in syndication on September 28, 1959,[2] ending its run on October 20, 1961, and was sponsored by Kellogg's. The series featured three cartoons per episode, with Quick Draw and his sidekick Baba Looey appearing in the first segment, father and son dog duo Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy in the second, and cat and mouse detectives Snooper and Blabber in the third.[3] There were also "bumpers," mini-cartoons between the main cartoons that featured Quick Draw and other main characters on the show.

Michael Maltese wrote the stories of all the episodes. Screen Gems, the television division at the time of Columbia Pictures, originally syndicated the series. It ran on Saturday mornings on CBS for one season, 1965-66.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 486. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ "Quick Draw McGraw". Los Angeles Times. September 27, 1959. p. G10.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 649–650. ISBN 978-1476665993.