Adventures of Pow Wow

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Adventures of Pow Wow
Adventures of Pow Wow - Opening Card (1957).jpg
Genre Western
Created by Sam Singer
Written by
Directed bySam Singer
Presented by
  • Leo Minskoff
  • Walter Minskoff
Theme music composerMonty Kelly
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes45
Production
Executive producerLeon Marcus
AnimatorTom Baron
Running time5 minutes
Production companyTempe-Toons
Original release
ReleaseJanuary 30, 1949 (1949-01-30) 
1958 (1958)

Adventures of Pow Wow is an American animated cartoon that was broadcast on the Captain Kangaroo show during the 1950s. [1] The series is in the public domain due to failure to renew copyright.

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Plot

The cartoon features the pre-adolescent Native American boy Pow Wow, as well as the tribe's medicine man, and a Native American girl who is a friend of Pow Wow's. [2] The cartoons often center on Pow Wow's discovery of an animal, hurt or otherwise, and his attempts to protect the forest and wildlife from various threats. When Pow Wow needs help in these missions, he seeks counsel from the wise medicine man.

Broadcast history

The cartoon first aired during the children's show Captain Kangaroo in 1956 [3] and was syndicated by Screen Gems. It continued on Captain Kangaroo as a series of five-minute episodes until 1958. The cartoons were then once again syndicated and appeared locally in New York and Chicago. [4]

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Pow Wow and the Hungry Frog"1956 (1956)
2"Pow Wow and the Grasshopper"1956 (1956)
3"All's Well That Ends Well"1956 (1956)
4"Ruffy Rabbit and His Lucky Foot"1956 (1956)
5"The Snowshoe Rabbit"1956 (1956)
6"Sleepy Head"1956 (1956)
7"Pow Wow and His Lucky Duck"1956 (1956)
8"Pow Wow Builds a Canoe"1956 (1956)
9"The Beaver Boys"1956 (1956)
10"The Little Builders"1956 (1956)
11"Playin' Possum"1956 (1956)
12"The Bad Egg"1956 (1956)
13"The Magic Spigot"1956 (1956)
14"Why Burly Bear Likes Honey"1956 (1956)
15"The Magic Powder"1956 (1956)
16"Pow Wow Gets Even"1956 (1956)
17"The Giant Crow"1956 (1956)
18"Pow Wow in Bear Trouble"1956 (1956)
19"Kangaroo Mouse"1956 (1956)
20"Pow Wow's Picnic"1956 (1956)
21"The Beginning of the Fire"1956 (1956)
22"How the Bear Got a Short Tail"1956 (1956)
23"How the Fox Got His White-Tipped Tail"1956 (1956)
24"Pow Wow and the Shooting Star"1956 (1956)
25"Pow Wow and the Stork"1956 (1956)
26"Percy Pelican's Fish Dinner"1956 (1956)
27"Pow Wow and the Lil' Medicine Man"1956 (1956)
28"The Baby Sitter"1956 (1956)
29"How Ruffy Rabbit Got His Hop"1956 (1956)
30"The Tail of a Tornado"1956 (1956)
31"Pow Wow and the Junior Medicine Man"1956 (1956)
32"Turtle Trouble"1956 (1956)
33"Pow Wow and the Magic Moccasins"1956 (1956)
34"Pow Wow the Duck Hunter"1956 (1956)
35"The Flying Saucer"1956 (1956)
36"The Pogo Stick"1956 (1956)
37"Pow Wow in Frog Jumping"1956 (1956)
38"The Treasure Hunt"1956 (1956)
39"The Eagle Feathers"1956 (1956)
40"Don't Fence Me In"1956 (1956)
41"The Vagabond Mouse"1956 (1956)
42"Burro'ing Trouble"1956 (1956)
43"Pow Wow's Day of Labor"1956 (1956)
44"Pow Wow Wins by a Head"1957 (1957)
45"The Uranium Hunt"1957 (1957)
"Playin' Possum" (1957)

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