Buford and the Galloping Ghost | |
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Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 13 (26 segments) |
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Producer | Art Scott |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
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Network | NBC |
Release | September 9 – December 2, 1978 |
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Yogi's Space Race |
Buford and the Galloping Ghost is an American animated television series and a spin-off of Yogi's Space Race produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that was broadcast on NBC from September 9 to December 2, 1978. [1] The half-hour series was composed of two 11-minute segments: The Buford Files and The Galloping Ghost. [2]
The Buford Files (not to be confused with the live-action show The Rockford Files ) and The Galloping Ghost originally aired as segments on Yogi's Space Race from September 9, 1978, to January 27, 1979. [3] Following the cancellation of Yogi's Space Race, both segments were repackaged and spun off into a half-hour show on NBC from February 3 to September 1, 1979. The show has been rebroadcast on USA Cartoon Express, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. [4]
Buford is a lazy bloodhound with a mournful bark and a sharp nose for solving mysteries who lives deep in Fenokee Swamp. He teams up with the teenage Boggs twins, Cindy Mae and Woody. The trio solves confusing mysteries that baffle Sheriff Muletrain and his overeager but dimwitted deputy Goofer McGee. Buford's abilities are expanded with ears that revolve like radar dishes, and his nose responds to clues like a Geiger counter.
But Buford has two weaknesses: when the moon comes out, he howls incessantly (often at the most perilous moments), and he also has a running feud with a karate-whacking raccoon. [5]
Nugget Nose is a short and feisty ghost of an Old West gold prospector who finds adventure riding his invisible horse. He is also a guardian to Wendy and Rita, two young cowgirls who work at the Fuddy Dude Ranch, owned by grouchy, old Fenwick Fuddy.
Whenever Fuddy threatens to fire the girls, Nugget makes himself invisible and becomes a helping friend. He is always battling Fuddy and takes delight in harassing him in odd and humorous ways. When the girls are in trouble, Wendy summons Nugget by rubbing on her special gold nugget necklace. [6]
Nº | The Buford Files / The Galloping Ghost | Air date | |
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1 | "The Swamp Hermit / Phantom of the Horse Opera" | September 9, 1978 | |
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2 | "The Vanishing Stallion / Too Many Crooks" | September 16, 1978 | |
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3 | "The Swamp Saucer / Sagebrush Sergeant" | September 23, 1978 | |
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4 | "The Man with Orange Hair / Bad News Bear" | September 30, 1978 | |
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5 | "The Demon of Ur / Robot Round-Up" | October 7, 1978 | |
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6 | "The Missing Bank / Pests in the West" | October 14, 1978 | |
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7 | "Scare in the Air / Rock Star Nuggie" | October 21, 1978 | |
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8 | "Buford and the Beauty / Frontier Fortune Teller" | October 28, 1978 | |
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9 | "Peril in the Park / I Want My Mummy" | November 4, 1978 | |
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10 | "The Magic Whammy / Mr. Sunshine's Eclipse" | November 11, 1978 | |
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11 | "The Haunting of Swamp Manor / Klondike Kate" | November 18, 1978 | |
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12 | "The Case of the Missing Gator / A Ghost of a Chance" | November 25, 1978 | |
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13 | "Don't Monkey with Buford / Elmo the Great" | December 2, 1978 | |
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