6.8 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United States First episode date 19 September 1959 Genre Cartoon | 6.8/10 TV Original language(s) English Final episode date 20 October 1961 Number of seasons 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Distributor Screen Gems (original)Warner Bros. Television Distribution (current) Similar The Quick Draw McGraw, Hokey Wolf, Augie Doggie and Dogg, Pixie and Dixie and Mr Jinks, The Ruff and Reddy Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Snooper and blabber 1959 tv series review
Snooper and Blabber is one of the sequences from The Quick Draw McGraw Show (produced by Hanna-Barbera, between 1959 and 1962).
Contents
- Snooper and blabber 1959 tv series review
- History
- Appearances on Quick Draw McGraw
- Hanna Barbera
- Other media
- Snooper and Blabber in other languages
- References
History
Snooper and Blabber form a pair of cat and mouse detectives, respectively. Daws Butler voiced both characters although the first four episodes feature a different actor as Blabber. It has been established that Elliot Field originally voiced Blabber Mouse. Michael Maltese crafted the stories. The characters have appeared in other Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
Super Snooper is more or less the one in command whenever the pair takes on a case while Blabber Mouse (a play on “blabbermouth”. Not to be confused with the Merrie Melodies character Little Blabbermouse) follows whatever orders Snooper gives him. Snooper's voice was patterned after Ed Gardner's Archie on the 1940s radio show Duffy's Tavern. Blabber speaks with a lisp, hence he calls his senior partner "Shnooper." It was one of the rare shows that paired a cat and mouse together that were in no way enemies. Also, Snooper makes frequent contact with his agent Hazel who is never shown, but is revealed to have a Parakeet as a pet.
Some of the pair's cartoons featured early versions of other Hanna-Barbera characters, such as Snagglepuss and Hardy Har Har.
Appearances on Quick Draw McGraw
Snooper and Blabber starred in the following seven-minute cartoons on The Quick Draw McGraw Show:
Hanna-Barbera
Snooper and Blabber appeared in the 1972 TV-movie Yogi's Ark Lark, which was part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie and also the pilot for Yogi’s Gang. They also appear in the 1982 special Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper.
The duo later appeared in the following Hanna-Barbera cartoon series:
Other media
Snooper and Blabber made appearances in a number of comic books, and had their own title from Gold Key Comics, which only ran for three issues (1962–1963).
In the mid-1960s, Snooper and Blabber were the stars of two LP albums from Hanna-Barbera Records:
In a 2007 episode of Robot Chicken, "Ban on the Fun", Snooper and Blabber appear in the "Laff-a-Munich" skit, confronting the Great Fondoo who was holding the groceries after the Really Rottens have murdered the majority of the Yogi Yahooeys. Snooper asks Fondoo, "Do you know why we're here?" However, the Great Fondoo questions why HE is there, stating he is a nobody and that Hanna-Barbera should've had plenty of other villains to make up the Really Rottens. Snooper and Blabber then shoot him to death.