tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post1959330716236868407..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Presenting Hanna Barbera’s Wacko WolfYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-87038962175760530042012-11-26T19:59:07.548-08:002012-11-26T19:59:07.548-08:00Larry Harmon bought the rights to Bozo the Clown f...Larry Harmon bought the rights to Bozo the Clown from Capitol Records, who created the character as a recording with read along book package.Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-68530840093774793662012-10-27T14:13:47.414-07:002012-10-27T14:13:47.414-07:00Which episode Bozo with Wacko Wolf?Which episode Bozo with Wacko Wolf?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-16822983641340953082010-03-14T14:19:26.448-07:002010-03-14T14:19:26.448-07:00The whole “Wacko / Hokey thing” makes sense to me ...The whole “Wacko / Hokey thing” makes sense to me as described. I do recall there were “two different series” of Bozo cartoons (none of which I’ve seen since the early ‘60s) and it was the second series that added Wacko, Belinda, and probably others. <br /><br />What I cannot recall is if Hokey or the second series of Bozo came first. They were really close, as I remember it. The first series of Bozo DID predate Hokey – but Wacko was not part of that. <br /><br />Of course, the characters of Hokey and Ding predate Wacko (though they may have been named “Chief” and Shorty”), having first appeared in the Huck cartoon “Sheep-Shape Sheepherder”.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-44986017466676686622010-03-12T21:46:20.193-08:002010-03-12T21:46:20.193-08:00Anon, Hokey or a previous wolf WAS used in Yogi sh...Anon, Hokey or a previous wolf WAS used in Yogi shorts, like "Oinks and Boinks"[try getting a title with that last word on the screen today!]<br /><br />"I need to FRUSTRATE myself. You know, like it says in the book!"<br /><br /><a href="http://sjcarrasblog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Blog</a>Pokeyhttp://sjcarrasblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-88825618117759046962010-03-10T17:56:04.234-08:002010-03-10T17:56:04.234-08:00The Bozo cartoon also had one other H-B connection...The Bozo cartoon also had one other H-B connection: writer Charles Shows. He wrote many Bozo cartoons.Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741995395720022279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-84454008821917129642010-03-10T17:33:55.263-08:002010-03-10T17:33:55.263-08:00There used to be a couple of Bozo episodes with Wa...There used to be a couple of Bozo episodes with Wacko on Youtube, but they were taken down. He does seem similarly designed to H-B characters of the time. Animators on the 'second series', i.e. 1962 Bozo cartoons included Casey Onaitis and Barney Posner, who would join H-B a couple of years later.<br /><br />It would be interesting to speculate whether Wacko would have had Hokey's Phil Silvers-esque voice and con-artist tendencies. Like many second-string H-B stars, Hokey had numerous prototypes in earlier Huck and Yogi cartoons.Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-42398422872965336362010-03-10T15:25:57.406-08:002010-03-10T15:25:57.406-08:00Hokey Wolf was also created to replace Yogi Bear i...Hokey Wolf was also created to replace Yogi Bear in Huck Hound's Show. Hanna Barbera previously Had a Wolf Character Before Hokey, None other Than Loopy De Loop. By the Way Mr Yowp, In terms of Music, Since ya Got the William Loose, Phil Green & Emil Cadkin scores, I Was Wondering If You could do Upload The Hoyt Curtin Scores from Loopy De Loop. Those scores are Great, I Love Them. <br /><br />Yours Sincerely, Asim M. Ishak. P.S Larry Harmon also Produced Popeye the Sailor cartoons right after he produced Bozo. I've Yet to see them, I've already seen his popeye though, The Angular designs on those RULE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-2739180267444182242010-03-10T14:51:10.705-08:002010-03-10T14:51:10.705-08:00Mark,
Well, the Ed Benedict connection explains e...Mark,<br /><br />Well, the Ed Benedict connection explains everything. I always figured that Wacko Wolf's design was just "influenced" by H-B.<br /><br />The article you mentioned said that Harmon did Wacko's voice. Did Larry Harmon replace Paul Frees or was that a mistake?Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741995395720022279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-22358367234708387202010-03-10T13:43:42.119-08:002010-03-10T13:43:42.119-08:00Having discovered a few Bozo cartoons via YT, I ho...Having discovered a few Bozo cartoons via YT, I honestly thought at first that HB really did do some unclassified work, given Benedict's design for Wacko Wolf.<br /><br />Then again, crossed facts or not, it's a pretty close coincidence here. Very interesting insight :)Chris Signorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308489347614565068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-33643098714031407472010-03-10T08:27:14.277-08:002010-03-10T08:27:14.277-08:00Interesting. That H-B may have changed from "...Interesting. That H-B may have changed from " Wacko " to " Hokey ". It may have been a good thing. Larry Harmon was no stanger to the courtroom. After Harmon claimed ownership to Stan and Ollie's likeness( Which is pretty scary) He won a case over Stan Laurel's daughter Lois Laurel Hawes to prevent her and her family from selling or authorizing " Laurel & Hardy " merchandise, or using their image to sell merchandise. That's all a young company like Hanna-Barbera would have needed at the time. By the way " Hi There, Boys and Girl!" A GREAT read. Tim Hollis did his research. I loved how he goes state by state and covers the various morning or afternoon " kid's Hosts ". He covered a few I grew up watching.Errolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-82386114620088975522010-03-10T07:46:23.144-08:002010-03-10T07:46:23.144-08:00And I can add one other strange bit to that. A cir...And I can add one other strange bit to that. A circa 1960 TV GUIDE article enumerated a pile of "coming soon" television cartoons, and among them it listed "Waco Wolf." Did the wolf live in Texas? Are all people who live in Waco wacko? Or did someone else misunderstand something they heard or saw somewhere else?<br /><br />Thanks for plugging the book!Tim Hollishttp://www.facebook.com/tim.hollisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-30372701524577715052010-03-10T06:15:16.043-08:002010-03-10T06:15:16.043-08:00Larry Harmon actually produced all of his animatio...Larry Harmon actually produced all of his animation in Los Angeles and never used the services of Gamma Animation or any other foreign studio. He did, however, use the services of designer Ed Benedict who came in and streamlined the look of Bozo and Butchy Boy and then designed Wacko Wolf, Super Sniffer, Belinda and so on. Smart move on Harmon's part to hire such a great designer.MARK CHRISTIANSENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313957747157833979noreply@blogger.com