The Magilla Gorilla Show

The Magilla Gorilla Show
Genre Animation
Comedy
Directed by William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voices of Allan Melvin
Howard Morris
Jean Vander Pyl
Don Messick
Mel Blanc
John Stephenson
Theme music composer Hoyt Curtin
Composer(s) Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 31
Production
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor Screen Gems
Release
Original network Syndicated
First shown in 1964
Original release January 14, 1964 – 1967

The Magilla Gorilla Show was an animated series for television starring Magilla Gorilla. The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera for Screen Gems between 1963 and 1967, and was originally sponsored in syndication by Ideal Toys from 1964 through 1966. The show had other recurring characters, including Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, and Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long. In syndication, the main and supporting characters from the Peter Potamus show were also added. Like many of Hanna-Barbera's animal characters, Magilla Gorilla was dressed in human accessories, sporting a bow tie, shorts held up by suspenders, and an undersized derby hat.[1] repeats were aired in 1966 and 1967 during ABC-TV's Saturday morning schedule. The Show aired on Boomerang until July 22, 2012

Segments

Magilla Gorilla

Main article: Magilla Gorilla

Magilla Gorilla (voiced by Allan Melvin[1]) is an anthropomorphic gorilla who spent his time languishing in the front display window of a pet shop run by Melvin Peebles (voiced by Howard Morris), eating bananas and being a drain on the businessman's finances. Mr. Peebles marked down Magilla's price considerably, but Magilla was invariably only purchased for a short time, typically by some thieves who needed a gorilla to break into a bank or by an advertising agency looking for a mascot for their new product. The customers always ended up returning Magilla, forcing Mr. Peebles to refund their money. Magilla often ended each episode with his catchphrase "We'll try again next week."

Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse

A hillbilly cat named Punkin' Puss (voiced by Allan Melvin) often chases and attempts to shoot a hillbilly mouse named Mushmouse (voiced by Howard Morris)

Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long

Ricochet Rabbit (voiced by Don Messick) works as the sheriff of Hoop N' Holler with his deputy Droop-a-Long Coyote (voiced by Mel Blanc). Outside of his super-speed, Ricochet Rabbit uses his trick bullets in order to help him take down and apprehend criminals.

Breezly and Sneezly

Main article: Breezly and Sneezly

Cast

Additional Voices

Crew

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Home Media releases

Warner Home Video released the entire Magilla Gorilla series consisting of 31 episodes of Magilla Gorilla, together with the 23 Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long and 23 Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse shorts in a boxed DVD collection on August 15, 2006. The DVD set doesn't include the 1963 Magilla Gorilla Show main/end title sequences and the cartoons are not yet restored.

DVD name Ep # Release date Additional information
The Complete Series 31 August 15, 2006
  • Magilla Theme Song, Live and Unplugged
  • Mr. Peebles Pet Shop
  • Here Comes a Star

References

  1. 1 2 Mansour, David (2005). From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 298. ISBN 0740793071.

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