Series synopsis
The Quick Draw McGraw Show is an American kids animation comedy crime western action & adventure television series that premiered on Syndication on September 19, 1959. It ended on October 20, 1961. It stars Daws Butler, Dick Beals, Vance Colvig Jr. and Julie Bennett.
The Quick Draw McGraw Show is the third cartoon television production created by Hanna-Barbera, starring an anthropomorphic cartoon horse named Quick Draw McGraw. The series featured 3 cartoons per episode, one each by Quick Draw McGraw & Baba Looey, father and son dog duo Augie Doggie & Doggie Daddy, and cat and mouse detectives Snooper & Blabber.
Premise
The Quick Draw McGraw Show is the third cartoon television production created by Hanna-Barbera, starring an anthropomorphic cartoon horse named Quick Draw McGraw. The series featured 3 cartoons per episode, one each by Quick Draw McGraw & Baba Looey, father and son dog duo Augie Doggie & Doggie Daddy, and cat and mouse detectives Snooper & Blabber.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Daws Butler as Quick Draw/Baba Looey
- Dick Beals as Paperboy
- Vance Colvig Jr. as Tombstone Jones
- Julie Bennett as Sagebrush Sal
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 135 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 78 | September 19, 1959 | March 12, 1960 |
| Season 2 | 39 | September 10, 1960 | December 3, 1960 |
| Season 3 | 18 | September 15, 1961 | October 20, 1961 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Scary Prairie In the Wild and Woolly West, there are numerous rewards for devious villains, and Quick Draw goes after the $5,000 reward for the capture of the well known pole cat, Grumble-Weed, who just robbed the bank. |
September 19, 1959 |
| 2 |
Fox Hound Hounded Fox Tired of getting small toy foxes for his birthday every year, Doggie Daddy allows Augie to go into the woods for a real one. |
September 19, 1959 |
| 3 |
Puss N' Booty In the pilot episode, Snooper and Blabber try to protect the penniless heir Alowishus from his disinherited butler and a man impersonating him. |
September 19, 1959 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
El Kabong Meets El Kazing In the old west fighting between cattle and sheep herder went on for years until they ran out of bullets then they had to watch out for Snagglepuss the stealing lion. So the sheriff sends for El Kabong. |
September 10, 1960 |
| 2 |
Yuk-Yuk Duck The orphaned duck pays them a visit to their home. |
September 10, 1960 |
| 3 |
Ala-Kazoop! Snooper and an inspector are on the case of a stolen ruby. Blabber possessed by Hypno's powers is after that ruby. |
September 10, 1960 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
El Kabong Was Wrong This is the story of Cactus Cecil who was determined to rob a bank in the old west, and he uses El Kabong to make it happen. |
September 15, 1961 |
| 2 |
Dough Nutty Augie gets his hands on a money-counterfeiting machine. The owner attempts to get it back from him. Augie puts on a circus act for a request by the owner so he can get the money since Augie hid it. |
September 15, 1961 |
| 3 |
Chilly Chiller A ghost requests Snooper and Blabber to remove the Evil Scientist family from his house, but their attempts fail. |
September 15, 1961 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Syndication |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 19, 1959 |
| Last aired | October 20, 1961 |
| Runtime | 7 minutes |
| Status | ended |