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The Huckleberry Hound Show - Vol. 1 (2005)

Daws Butler , Don Messick  |  NR |  DVD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Doug Young
  • Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0), French (Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Dubbed: French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 4
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Turner Home Ent
  • DVD Release Date: November 15, 2005
  • Run Time: 624 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000AOEMU0
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,386 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "The Huckleberry Hound Show - Vol. 1" on IMDb

Special Features

  • 26 episodes on three single-sided discs and one double-sided disc
  • Reconstructing the premiere episode: view the pilot as originally aired with segments never before seen in color
  • Huckleberry Quotes: The Remix: music video celebrating memorable hound quotes
  • Huckleberry Hound: A Linguistical Masterpiece: houndspeak as humorously interpreted by a linguistics professor
  • The Legendary Sound of Daws Butler
  • Reassembled episodes: play other cartoons just as they aired originally
  • Additional bumpers and bridges: never-before-seen color and black-and-white segments
  • Limited-edition collectible animation cel

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Huckleberry Hound Season 1

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When The Huckleberry Hound Show debuted in syndication on October 2, 1958, it launched the Hanna-Barbera empire--and radically changed the course of American animation. After MGM closed its cartoon studio in 1957, Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, the Oscar-winning directors of the "Tom and Jerry" shorts, started their own company. Their first cartoon series, Ruff and Reddy was used in a package show that included a live host, puppets, and old theatrical shorts. Hanna and Barbera realized that to succeed in television animation, they needed programs that were entirely their own, andThe Huckleberry Hound Show was their first. Huck, who hosted the series, was an amiable, none-too-bright turquoise dog. No matter what ridiculous situation he stumbled into, his genial, good nature enabled him to come out on top, singing "Clementine" in his off-key Southern drawl. This four-disc set offers plenty of nostalgic laughs for anyone who grew up in the '50s and '60s, especially the "Reassembled Episodes," which include the familiar theme song and interstitial gags. Some of the extras are silly, but in "The Legendary Sound of Daws Butler," Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson) and other former students pay tribute to the gentle and talented actor who provided the voice of Huck and dozens of other Hanna-Barbera characters. It's a must-have for students of animation--and for aging Baby-Boomers who ate dinner off TV trays, rather than miss The Huckleberry Hound Show when it aired 40-plus years ago. (Unrated, suitable for ages 6 and older: cartoon violence, occasional ethnic stereotypes) --Charles Solomon

Product Description

The Emmy award-winning show about the adventures of a blue dog with a southern drawl, The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume One 4-Disc Collector's set features the first 26 remastered and restored episodes from series.

Customer Reviews

The grandkids love the cartoons and it sure brings back memories for me as well. Donald C. Muttoni  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
I would like to see more original shows of this great cartoon classic. William T. Cahill  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
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102 of 104 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Let Yourself Forget, Turn On Your TV Set November 17, 2005
Format:DVD
From 1958 comes the first cartoon to win an Emmy award, the second effort of the pioneering duo Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, and one of the best-loved cartoons of all time. My title is a line from the theme song of the original black and white Kellogg's sponsored show with Cornelius Rooster from Kellogg's Corn Flakes in the opening scene, which is reconstructed in the "Special Features" section. Hanna-Barbera has gone all out on this collection, even including a lithoed animation cel. This set barely fits the "Golden Collection" format, however; the four disc pack barely fits in the sleeve and the fourth DVD is double sided to hold all the special features.

Following the Ruff and Reddy Show, this was Hanna-Barbera's second foray into bringing cartoons to the small screen using limited animation to meet the much smaller budget for TV shows. Hence, it plays like radio, with Don Messick narrating and Daws Butler voicing a cornocopia of characters, whose dialogue he called "pure butter." Visually, the show is also a feast, if a minimalist one, with clean, bright colors, modern background design, witty writing and such unforgettable stars as Huck, Yogi, Boo Boo, Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks.

Here's the ground-breaking show that established Hanna-Barbera, set the standard for TV 'toons, and inspired the retro look of Cartoon Network's "Two Stupid Dogs," Dexter's Lab," and "Johnny Bravo," designed as cartoon tributes by such animators as Genndy Tartakovsky and Scott Shaw who love the look of classic H-B. When this show aired in its 6:30 PM time slot in New York, adults and college kids made up a large percentage of its 16 million viewers, and I can imaging kids taking to Huck as they have to another H-B hound, Scooby Doo.

Includes all 26 episodes of Season One in color, each consisting of a Yogi, Huck, and Pixie and Dixie cartoon, as follows (reruns are built in, and these episodes are ready to go to show as "cartoons without cable":

1. Yogi Bear's Big Break/ Cousin Tex/ Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie

2. Slumber Party Smarty/ Judo Jack/ Lion-Hearted Huck

3. Pie-Pirates/ Kit-Kat-Kit/ Tricky-Trapper

4. Big Bad Bully/ Jink's Mice Device/ Sir Huckleberry Hound

5. Foxy Hound Dog/ Pistol Packin' Pirate/ Sherriff Huckleberry

6. Big Brave Bear/ Scaredy Cat Dog/ Rustler- Hustler Buck

7. Tally Ho-Ho-Ho/ The Little Bird-Mouse/ Freeway Patrol

8. High Fly Guy/ Jiggers It's Jinks/ Cock-a-Doodle Huck

9. Baffled Bear/ The Ghost with the Most/ Two Corny Crows

10. The Brave Little Brave/ The Ace of Space/ Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie

11. Yogi Bear's Big Break/ Jinks Junior/ Fireman Huck

12. The Stout Trout/ Cousin Tex/ Drgon Slayer Huck

13. The Buzzin' Bear/ Jinks the Butler/ Lion-Hearted Huck

14. Slumber Party Smarty/ Jinks' Flying Carpet/ Hookey Daze

15. The Runaway Bear/ Judo Jack/ Skeeter Trouble

16. Be My Guest Pest/ Puppet Pals/ Trickey Trapper

17. Pie-Pirates/ Mark of the Mouse/ Sheep Shape Sheepherder

18. Duck in Luck/ Kit-Kat-Kit/ Barbecue Hound

19. Bear on a Picnic/ Dinky Jinks/ Sir Huckleberry Hound

20. Big Bad Bully/ Hypnotize Surprise/ Hokum Smokum

21. Prize Fight Fright/ Jinks' Mice Device/ Birdhouse Blues

22. Brainy Bear/ Nice Mice/ Postman Panic

23. Robin Hood Yogi/ King Size Surprise/ Ski Champ Chump

24. Dafffy Daddy/ Cat Nap Cat/ Lion Tamer Huck

25. Scooter Looter/ Mouse Nappers/ Little Red Riding Huck

26. Hide and Go Peek/ Boxing Buddy/ The Tough Little Termite.
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60 of 63 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars THE BIGGEST SHOW IN TOWN IS HUCKLEBERRY HOUND! November 25, 2005
Format:DVD
I'm thrilled that the guys and gals at Warner have decided to release this great series on DVD. It has rarely been shown in recent decades on TV. I remember watching it along with the Yogi Bear Show and the Quickdraw MacGraw Show when I was very young in the early 60s. I never forgot that opening theme. It forms part of a tapestry of wonderful childhood memories, and I could not wait to hear it again after all these years.

When I got Volume 1, I quickly ripped off the cellophane and opened the packaging. Actually, it wasn't that quick. The quadruple accordion-folded packaging holding the discs was stuffed into the plastic sleeve like the proverbial two pounds of baloney in a one-pound bag, so tightly, indeed, that it took some trying to get it out (Hint: Hold by both sides with open end down and shake). WB people: fix this on Volume 2.

When you put in the first disc and play the first episode from the main menu, you will discover, to your horror, that the original opening theme is absent. Neither the familiar opening nor the closing are included in any of the episodes on the main menu on any of the discs. DON'T PANIC! They are actually included in the special features section on discs 1 and 4.

Besides the 6 episodes on disc 1, the special features section also has episodes 2 thru 6 in "reconstituted" form, that is, exactly the way they were originally broadcast, with the original opening and closing themes and bumpers between the Yogi, Pixie & Dixie and Huck toons. Seeing these episodes with their associated introductory and concluding themes and commercial plugs gave me that warm and fuzzy feeling I got as a five-year-old watching my favorite shows right before bedtime. The opening and closing themes on the disc were also fuzzy, and in black & white. I guess the WB crew couldn't find a decent color print, which is curious, since Huck appeared on cable and satellite recently and the opening and closing themes were there in color, albeit with the Kellogg's commercial stuff edited out. However, the opening/closing themes in the reconstituted episodes are complete with the Kellogg's commercial plugs. Superb! The premiere episode that appears on disc 1 is also presented in the special features section on disc 4 in reconstructed form as well. I know I am being a bit ungrateful here, but I wish they had done the same with all of the episodes on all of the discs. WB people: can you please do this on disc 2?(This is not an issue for a kid experiencing these toons for the first time, but for us 40-somethings who remember the original broadcasts, it is a big deal!)

Anyway, WB shoud be commended for bringing back this series. But having released The Yogi Bear Show and The Huckleberry Hound Show, WB must now complete the trilogy by releasing The Quickdraw MacGraw Show (my favorite).

A couple of reviewers have commented upon the color of the Huck show vs. the Loony Tunes cartoons. My comment on this should be of interest to those who are into photography. Huck is a bit subdued and washed out as compared to Loony Tunes. This is not because the artists at Hanna-Barbera used less vibrant colors than the guys at Warner Brothers. If you look at production cells from both, they are equally vibrant and have the same punch. The difference lies in the film used to reproduce these drawings. Loony Tunes was filmed in Technicolor, Huck was not.

Technocolor reproduces colors with greater accuracy and richness than ordinary film and has great archival permanence.

The colors of photographic emulsion layers in ordinary color film are unstable and fade over time. A print made from a typical color negative that is 20 years old will look red and faded. In contrast, the silver halide forming the emulsion of black and white film is very stable. An image snapped on black & white film today will make a print just as good 200 years from now. The same applies to color reversal (slide)film, which is the same as movie film.

What does black & white film have to do with the color debate herein? The fact that most people don't know is that a Technicolor movie is essentially filmed on Black & White film. A Technicolor camera runs two strips of monochrome film at the same time side by side. A prism splits the light coming in through the lens into two beams. One beam passes through a blue/green filter and exposes one of the strips; the other passes through a red filter and exposes the other strip. The film is developed and the result is two identical series of images on two different strips of black & white film, except that the tonal values are different. The strips are then dyed with photographic ink that is much more stable than emulsion dyes, one strip with blue/green ink, the other with red ink. The two strips, which are each half the thickness of ordinary film, are bonded together in perfect register and a glorious full color image emerges. Technicolor is a very expensive process compared to ordinary film, but it produces images that are superior to ordinary film and which last much longer. Also, Technicolor prints are much less susceptible to damage from improper storage methods than ordinary film.

This is why non-Technicolor films from the 1970s look worse than Technicolor films from 1939. Look at re-runs of The Odd Couple from the 70s or the Dukes of Hazzard from the 80s. Kind of washed out and crappy. Look at episodes of Bonanza from the early 60s. They look like they were filmed yesterday. Bonanza was filmed in Technicolor. So this is why Huck and Yogi today do not have the same color richness as the Loony Tunes cartoons.

Kudos, WB! I hope you guys get to read these reviews. Now, GET TO WORK ON QUICKDRAW MacGRAW!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Huckleberry Hound Cartoons are GREAT!! March 21, 2006
Format:DVD
Any fan of saturday morning cartoons should buy this set! It includes hours of some of the best Hanna Barbera cartoons ever made (in the late 1950's, when Hanna Barbera cartoons where still fresh and imaginative). Sure these cartoons were made in the early days of television animation, and the animation is primitive and choppy, but the characters in these cartoons are some of the greatest characters in cartoon history. Huckleberry Hound is very funny, Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinx also made me laugh, and Yogi Bear is of course classic! These were some of the very first cartoons that Hanna Barberba made when they moved to TV, and you can see the cartoons get better and better with each episode. Plus, there are some great extras, including the pilot episode, the original Huckleberry Hound theme song, and classic 1950's Kellogg's commercials featuring the characters of this set. This is a must have for kids AND adults!
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I must say from watching the old Huckleberry Hound cartoons as a kid this show isn't the best of the HB classics yet is still humorous in nature to watch but doesn't rate at the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Eric Eastman
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, but I suggest watching it with young children.
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Published 1 month ago by Sue-Marie Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic television at it's best
So glad this is available - takes me back to a simpler time - being home sick from school watching cartoons and eating grilled chees sandwiches!!
Published 1 month ago by Jennifer Cook
5.0 out of 5 stars Item was as advertized
Dvds were in great condition! All of the discs play really well. There cartoons bring back childhood memories. Thank you.
Published 2 months ago by Roger Flores
5.0 out of 5 stars good animated fun
The little kid in me used to wish I could have so many of these cartoons available to me. What great technology that I now can!
Published 2 months ago by Robin Barnum
4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth price
It was very good. It's not all huckleberry like I hoped but it was jinx and yogi which is ok too. But overall good buy
Published 2 months ago by DT6
2.0 out of 5 stars episodes freeze up and skip
I have never wrote a negative review but because of the quality of these disc it may be beneficial to others. The disc freeze up and skip I couldn't watch the first two. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ed Dunn
4.0 out of 5 stars Huckleberry Hound is pretty cool
Our children like this cartoon set, and primarily for Yogi. I didn't remember Huckleberry Hound being so goofy, but it has been a long time.
Published 3 months ago by treedoc
3.0 out of 5 stars Review for DVD vol 1 boxset...
This packaging of the boxset itself is nice, and the "animation cel" that came with it is kind of neat. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jason Payne
5.0 out of 5 stars Huckleberry Hound dvds
I can honestly say we watched these last night and by my surprise I remembered them really well which surprised me and everyone watching with us! I grew up watching these shows!
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