The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series

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The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series
Also known asThe New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series
The Wally Gator Show
Cartoon Zoo (WPIX)
Genre Cartoon series
Directed by William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voices of Daws Butler
Bill Thompson
Mel Blanc
Alan Reed
Don Messick
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time30 min.
Production company Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network Syndication
ReleaseSeptember 3, 1962 (1962-09-03) 
August 26, 1963 (1963-08-26)

The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series, a.k.a. The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series or The Wally Gator Show, was a syndicated television package of animated cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, starting in 1962. [1] The show included three unrelated short cartoon segments featuring talking animal characters:

Contents

The package consisted of 52 episodes, each with three individual segments and no bridge animation. Each individual cartoon segment had its own opening theme and closing title. [5]

The title The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon series was an off-screen promotional title to distinguish this package from other Hanna-Barbera cartoons available at the time (such as The Ruff and Reddy Show , The Huckleberry Hound Show and The Yogi Bear Show , all of which had bridge animation between the cartoons). For example, WGN-Channel 9 in Chicago ran the three segments in a half-hour timeslot under the name Wally Gator. In New York, WPIX-TV originally used the segments for a local series, Cartoon Zoo, featuring Milt Moss as host and "Zookeeper", with life-sized cutouts of the characters in "cages" as a backdrop.

The package was originally syndicated by Screen Gems, the TV division of Columbia Pictures. The Hanna-Barbera studio was later purchased by the Taft Broadcasting Company, which distributed the studio's product first through Taft-HB Program Sales, and later through Worldvision Enterprises. Over time, the studio regained control of many of its earlier productions and distributed them through Worldvision. The elements of The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series were split up, with Wally Gator airing as a segment on Magilla Gorilla and Friends on USA Network's Cartoon Express from 1987 through 1991. Meanwhile, Touche Turtle and Lippy the Lion were part of another package of cartoons aired on The Family Channel. Following the purchase of the Hanna-Barbera library by Turner Entertainment, these shorts eventually appeared on Cartoon Network and later Boomerang.

Episode list

Wally GatorTouché TurtleLippy & HardyAir date
1"Droopy Dragon"
Animation: Dick Lundy
"Whale of a Tale"
Animation: Ed Parks
"See-Saw"
Animation: Kenneth Muse
September 3, 1962
2"Gator-Napper"
Animation: Unknown
"Zero Hero"
Animation: Kenneth Muse
"Water-Melon Felon"
Animation: William Keil
September 10, 1962
3"Swamp Fever"
Animation: George Goepper
"Dilly of a Lilly"
Animation: George Nicholas
"Scare to Spare"
Animation: William Keil
September 17, 1962
4"White Tie and Frails"
Animation: Jack Ozark
"Missing Missile"
Animation: George Nicholas
"Gulp and Saucer"
Animation: Bob Carr
September 24, 1962
5"Escape Artist"
Animation: Jack Carr
"Lake Serpent"
Animation: Kenneth Muse
"Map Happy"
Animation: William Keil
October 1, 1962
6"California or Bust"
Animation: George Goepper
"You Bug Me"
Animation: Ed Parks
"Smile the Wild"
Animation: William Keil
October 8, 1962
7"Frame and Fortune"
Animation: Harry Holt
"Roll-A-Ghoster"
Animation: Ed Aardal
"Charge of the Fright Brigade"
Animation: Unknown
October 15, 1962
8"Tantalizin' Turnips"
Animation: Ed Parks
"Giant Double-Header"
Animation: George Nicholas
"Film Flam"
Animation: Bob Carr
October 22, 1962
9"Over the Fence Is Out"
Animation: Hugh Fraser
"Loser Take All"
Animation: Bob Carr
"Gunflighter"
Animation: Ed Parks
October 29, 1962
10"Bear with Me"
Animation: Unknown
"Takes Two to Tangle"
Animation: Bob Carr
"Hick Hikers"
Animation: Bob Carr
November 5, 1962
11"Outside Looking In"
Animation: Dick Lundy
"Mr. Robots"
Animation: George Nicholas
"A Thousand and One Frights"
Animation: Robert Bentley
November 12, 1962
12"Bachelor Buttons"
Animation: Unknown
"Touché at Bat"
Animation: Kenneth Muse
"Double Trouble"
Animation: Ed Parks
November 19, 1962
13"Which Is Which Witch"
Animation: Don Patterson
"Billy the Cad"
Animation: Jerry Hathcock
"Laugh a Loaf"
Animation: Don Williams
November 26, 1962
14"Pen-Striped Suit"
Animation: Allen Wilzbach
"Dog Daze"
Animation: Bob Carr
"Genie Is a Meany"
Animation: Unknown
December 3, 1962
15"Ship Shape Escape"
Animation: Robert Bentley
"Ant and Rave"
Animation: Ed Love
"Banks for Everything"
Animation: Bob Carr
December 10, 1962
16"Semi Seminole"
Animation: George Goepper
"Black Is the Knight"
Animation: Ed Love
"Fiddle Faddled"
Animation: Ed Love
December 17, 1962
17"Little Red Riding Gator"
Animation: Don Patterson
"Dragon Along"
Animation: Ed Love
"Kidnap Trap"
Animation: Ed Love
December 24, 1962
18"Ice Cube Boob"
Animation: Carlo Vinci
"Satellite Fright"
Animation: Ed Love
"Witch Crafty"
Animation: Unknown
December 31, 1962
19"The Forest's Prime Evil"
Animation: Unknown
"Sheepy-Time Pal"
Animation: Hugh Fraser
"Gas Again"
Animation: Don Patterson
January 7, 1963
20"Snooper Snowzer"
Animation: Harry Holt
"Hex Marks the Spot"
Animation: Ed Parks
"Horse and Waggin"
Animation: Ed Love
January 14, 1963
21"Unconscious Conscience"
Animation: Unknown
"Catch as Cat Can"
Animation: Dick Lundy
"Baby Bottled"
Animation: Bob Carr
January 21, 1963
22"Gator-Baiter"
Animation: Unknown
"Sea for Two"
Animation: Ed Love
"Hard Luck Hardy"
Animation: Ed Love
January 28, 1963
23"False Alarm"
Animation: Unknown
"High Goon"
Animation: Bob Carr
"Snow Use"
Animation: John Boersema
February 4, 1963
24"Phantom Alligator"
Animation: Unknown
"Grandma Outlaw"
Animation: Don Williams
"Injun Trouble"
Animation: Don Patterson
February 11, 1963
25"Puddle Hopper"
Animation: George Goepper
"Duel Control"
Animation: Don Williams
"Mouse in the House"
Animation: Ed Love
February 18, 1963
26"Baby Chase"
Animation: Hugh Fraser
"Rapid Rabbit"
Animation: Kenneth Muse
"Crazy Cat Capers"
Animation: Bob Carr
February 25, 1963
27"Gosh Zilla"
Animation: Allen Wilzbach
"Thumb Hero"
Animation: Ed Love
"Phoney Pony"
Animation: Ed Love
March 4, 1963
28"Camera Shy Guy"
Animation: Unknown
"Kat-Napped"
Animation: Unknown
"Egg Experts"
Animation: Don Patterson
March 11, 1963
29"Rebel Rabble"
Animation: George Goepper
"Romeo, Touché, and Juliet"
Animation: Hugh Fraser
"Rabbit Romeo"
Animation: Bob Carr
March 18, 1963
30"No More Mower"
Animation: Harry Holt
"The Big Bite"
Animation: Don Patterson
"Bird in the Hand"
Animation: Harry Holt
March 25, 1963
31"Knight Nut"
Animation: Unknown
"Flying Saucer Sorcerer"
Animation: Allen Wilzbach
"Legion Heirs"
Animation: Unknown
April 1, 1963
32"Ape Scrape"
Animation: George Goepper
"Aladdin's Lampoon"
Animation: Don Patterson
"Hoots and Saddles"
Animation: Unknown
April 8, 1963
33"Gator-Imitator"
Animation: Unknown
"Haunting License"
Animation: Unknown
"Monster Mix-Up"
Animation: William Keil
April 15, 1963
34"Safe at Home"
Animation: Unknown
"The Phoney Phantom"
Animation: Ed Love
"Bye-Bye Fly-Guy"
Animation: Harry Holt
April 22, 1963
35"Balloon Buffoon"
Animation: William Keil
"Touché's Last Stand"
Animation: Hugh Fraser
"Wooden Nickels"
Animation: Ed Love
April 29, 1963
36"Rassle Dazzle"
Animation: Unknown
"Chief Beef"
Animation: Ed Love
"Two for the Road"
Animation: Edwin Aardal
May 6, 1963
37"Sea Sick Pals"
Animation: Carlo Vinci
"Like Wild, Man"
Animation: Unknown
"King's X"
Animation: Carlo Vinci
May 13, 1963
38"Accidentally on Purpose"
Animation: Unknown
"Dum de Dum Dum"
Animation: Unknown
"Amusement Park Lark"
Animation: Robert Bentley
May 20, 1963
39"Whistle Stopper"
Animation: Unknown
"Et Tu Touché?"
Animation: Unknown
"T for Two"
Animation: Don Williams
May 27, 1963
40"Birthday Grievings"
Animation: Harry Holt
"Dragon Feat"
Animation: Allen Wilzbach
"Tiny Troubles"
Animation: Ed Love
June 3, 1963
41"Medicine Avenue"
Animation: Hugh Fraser
"Red Riding Hoodlum"
Animation: Unknown
"Flood for a Thought"
Animation: Bob Carr
June 10, 1963
42"Marshall Wally"
Animation: Allen Wilzbach
"Dough Nuts"
Animation: Unknown
"Hocus Focus"
Animation: Unknown
June 17, 1963
43"One Round Trip"
Animation: Don Patterson
"Save the Last Trance for Me"
Animation: Unknown
"Shamrocked"
Animation: Ed Love
June 24, 1963
44"Gopher Broke"
Animation: Hugh Fraser
"Waterloo for Two"
Animation: Hugh Fraser
"Old Fuddy Duds"
Animation: Bob Carr
July 1, 1963
45"Gladiator Gator"
Animation: Unknown
"Robin Hoodlum"
Animation: Unknown
"Chow You Feeling"
Animation: Carlo Vinci
July 8, 1963
46"Bubble Trouble"
Animation: Unknown
"The Shoe Must Go On"
Animation: Don Williams
"Easy Doesn't It"
Animation: Bob Carr
July 15, 1963
47"Ice Charades"
Animation: Unknown
"Quack Hero"
Animation: Unknown
"Drop Me a Lion"
Animation: Ed Love
July 22, 1963
48"Creature Feature"
Animation: Unknown
"Aliblabber and the Forty Thieves"
Animation: Unknown
"Map Sap"
Animation: Harry Holt
July 29, 1963
49"Squatter's Rights"
Animation: John Boersema
"Out of This Whirl"
Animation: John Boersema
"Shark Shock"
Animation: John Boersema
August 5, 1963
50"The Big Drip"
Animation: Ed Parks
"Hero on the Half Shell"
Animation: Unknown
"No Spooking Allowed"
Animation: Unknown
August 12, 1963
51"Gourmet Gator"
Animation: Hugh Fraser
"Tenderfoot Turtle"
Animation: Unknown
"Me-My-Mine"
Animation: Unknown
August 19, 1963
52"Carpet Bragger"
Animation: Hugh Fraser
"Peace and Riot"
Animation: Jerry Hathcock
"Together Mess"
Animation: Ed Love
August 26, 1963

Home media

The first episode of the three cartoons is on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960's - Vol. 2. [6]

Wally Gator was released separately as a mod DVD from Warner Archive as Wally Gator: The Complete Series on June 25, 2019. [7]

Lippy the Lion followed on July 9 as Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series. [8]

Touché Turtle has yet to be released by Warner Archive, though it was considered to be released soon after the other two; as of February 2024, Warner Archive has yet to announce a release for the series.

See also

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