The Hillbilly Bears, played on a social stereotype of the 'hillbilly', with a gun-toting, mumbling father Paw Rugg (voiced by Henry Corden) who was always 'feudin' (the 'feudin' was usually a lethargic operation, in which the protagonists fired the same bullet back and forth from the comfort of their rocking chairs) with their neighbors, the Hoppers. Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 is a Blu-ray and DVD release by Warner Home Video. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements. It was released on Blu-ray on August 12, 2014, and was released on DVD on November 4, 2014. According to Jerry Beck on the Stu's Show from early 2013-2014, he said it.
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| The Hillbilly Bears | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Voices of | Henry Corden Jean Vander Pyl Don Messick Paul Frees |
| Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Running time | 6 minutes (per short) |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor | Screen Gems |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 2, 1965 – September 7, 1967 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show |
The Hillbilly Bears is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired as a segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show from October 2, 1965 to September 7, 1967.[1]
Overview[edit]
The Hillbilly Bears, played on a social stereotype of the 'hillbilly', with a gun-toting, mumbling father Paw Rugg (voiced by Henry Corden) who was always 'feudin' (the 'feudin' was usually a lethargic operation, in which the protagonists fired the same bullet back and forth from the comfort of their rocking chairs) with their neighbors, the Hoppers.[2]
Paw Rugg's voice was a low mumble, splattered with a few understandable words. Particularly in the first episodes, Paw Rugg's voice was incomprehensible; his speech improved with the later segments. His wife Maw (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) was a homemaker who appeared as the more level-headed parent. Their daughter Floral (also voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) had lemon-colored fur (as opposed to the darker-colored fur of Maw, Paw and Shag); she was the Southern belle and most sophisticated member of the family. Shag (the youngest and smallest of the clan, voiced by Don Messick) was a troublemaker who looked up to his father. The voices and personas of Floral and Shag were nearly identical to Judy Jetson and Elroy from The Jetsons respectively.
List of episodes[edit]
Season 1 (1965-66)[edit]
| Nº | Ep | Title | Air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 'Detour for Sure' | October 2, 1965 | |
| A construction crew is attempting to evict Maw and Paw Rugg out of their house so they can put in a new highway; however, the Ruggs are content to stay right where they are. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 'Woodpecked' | October 9, 1965 | |
| A woodpecker is disturbing Maw's beauty rest; Paw and Shag try to get rid of it, but it outwits them at every turn. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 'Anglers Aweigh' | October 16, 1965 | |
| Maw sends Paw to catch a catfish for their dinner and Paw gets more than he bargains for when he runs into Ol' Whiskers. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 'Stranger Than Friction' | October 23, 1965 | |
| Disgusted with Paw's shooting strangers, Maw makes him swear to invite the next one to dinner: then along comes an escaped chimpanzee. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 'Goldilocks and the Four Bears' | October 30, 1965 | |
| A movie star named Goldy Looks gets a flat tire and finds the Ruggs' house while looking for help; she ends up eating their food and sleeping in their beds. She runs off when the Ruggs get home with an idea for a movie. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 'Going, Going Gone Gopher' | November 6, 1965 | |
| Paw is put in charge of guarding the garden when Maw goes to town, but he winds up having to defend it from a very hungry gopher. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 'Courtin' Disaster' | November 13, 1965 | |
| A truce is called between the Ruggs and the Hoppers so that Floral and Claude can begin dating. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 'Picnic Panicked' | November 20, 1965 | |
| At the annual Hog Waller picnic, Claude Hopper chases Floral, hoping to share her picnic basket, while Paw chases Claude. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | 'Judo Kudos' | November 27, 1965 | |
| Sumo, the Japanese fighting bear, is on his way to the circus when he falls out of the truck when it hits a bump; Sumo helps Paw learn karate so he can use it on his rival, Claude Hopper. | ||||
| 10 | 10 | 'Just Plane Around' | December 4, 1965 | |
| The experimental plane X-Ray-X lands near the Rugg house and Paw goes for an unexpected ride with Agent 00700 and his pal, who are trying to steal the plane. | ||||
| 11 | 11 | 'War Games' | December 11, 1965 | |
| The Pentagon decides to conduct war games in the Ruggs' backyard. | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 'Bricker Brats' | December 18, 1965 | |
| Shag and the Hopper boy keep getting into fights over who has the toughest dad, threatening to start the feud back up. | ||||
| 13 | 13 | 'Slap Happy Grandpappy' | December 25, 1965 | |
| Grandpa Rugg comes for a visit, much to the excitement of Floral and Shag; Grandpa wants to shoot some Hoppers, not knowing that Paw has just ended the feud with them. | ||||
| 14 | 14 | 'Pooped Pops' | January 1, 1966 | |
| It is July and time for Paw's yearly bath; when he is finished, Maw makes Paw play a Robin Hood game with Shag, even though he is very tired. | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 'Leaky Creek' | January 8, 1966 | |
| Maw sends Paw down to the creek to take a bath, even though he just took one last year and does not think he needs another one; but when he gets to the creek he finds it has gone dry due to a pesky beaver that has built a dam. | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 'My Fair Hillbilly' | January 15, 1966 | |
| Maw is tired of Paw being such a slob, so she sends him to the J.P. Snobbs School of Charm and they try to turn Paw into a gentleman. | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 'Rickety-Rockety-Raccoon' | January 22, 1966 | |
| Paw battles with Rickety Raccoon after he steals eggs from the Ruggs' hen house. | ||||
| 18 | 18 | 'Modern Inconvenience' | January 29, 1966 | |
| Maw and Paw are selected as the Hillbilly Family of the Month by Good Hillbillying Magazine and are given every modern convenience for one month. | ||||
| 19 | 19 | 'Rabbit Rumble' | February 5, 1966 | |
| Maw sends Paw and Shag to hunt for a rabbit for dinner. | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 'Speckled Heckler' | February 12, 1966 | |
| Professor Beetlebottom arrives at the Rugg house looking for a rare butterfly, the Speckled Fleeby Doo, and offers a $1,000 reward if the Ruggs capture one alive. | ||||
Season 2 (1966-67)[edit]
| Nº | Ep | Title | Air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | 'Whirly Bear' | September 10, 1966 | |
| Paw goes on an unexpected ride while trying to fix the windmill. | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 'Saucy Saucers' | September 17, 1966 | |
| Paw is captured by aliens who take him back to their planet for observation. | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 'Chipper Chirper' | September 24, 1966 | |
| Paw is out hunting a meal for dinner when Maw's pet bird gets out of its cage and runs away. | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 'Gettin' Paw's Goat' | October 1, 1966 | |
| Paw battles with the neighbor's goat that is eating everything in the garden. | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 'Buzzin' Cuzzins' | October 8, 1966 | |
| Gorzo the Wild Man escapes from a truck delivering him to the circus and is mistaken for Paw's cousin Fud when he shows up at the cabin. | ||||
| 26 | 6 | 'Do the Bear' | October 15, 1966 | |
| Maw tries to wake up Paw from his between-naps rest period so he can go to the store for her; then music producers offer Paw a lifetime music contract after hearing him play the guitar in the store. | ||||
Cast[edit]
- Don Messick - Shag Rugg
- Henry Corden - Paw Rugg
- Jean Vander Pyl - Maw Rugg, Floral Rugg
- Paul Frees - Claude Hopper
Home media[edit]
GoodTimes Home Video (under their Kids Klassics label) released a VHS tape of The Hillbilly Bears in the 1980s.
The episode 'Woodpecked' is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's vol. 1.
The episode 'Picnic Panicked' is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 2.
Other appearances[edit]
Reruns of the Hillbilly Bears appeared as a segment on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour.
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The Rugg Family appeared in Yogi's Ark Lark and its spin-off series Yogi's Gang.[3]
Paw and Maw Rugg appeared in Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
The Rugg Family appeared in a Cartoon Network Shortie, 'Miss Understanding' where Maw takes them on a Jerry Springer-like show due to the fact she cannot understand Paw, although the audience assumes that she means she does not 'understand' him in the sense that she does not know who he is anymore. This results in Paw shooting on the wall with his gun the sentence 'I luv you Maw'.
On the Dexter's Laboratory episode 'Chubby Cheese', an animatronic Paw Rugg is seen playing the xylophone during Chubby's song.
The Rugg Family appears in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode 'Guitar Control' defending their home from the SWAT team and Bear. Paw Rugg's name can also be seen in Harvey's black book in 'Babysitter'. Paw can be seen using a crowbar to tear off the logo for Sebben and Sebben in 'The Death of Harvey'.
Paw and Maw Rugg had a minor cameo in the Wacky Races episode 'Grandfather Knows Dast' with Paw Rugg voiced by Billy West and Maw Rugg voiced by Jill Talley.
The Rugg Family all appeared in the HBO Max original series Jellystone! with Paw Rugg voiced by Jim Conroy, Ma Rugg voiced by Angelique Perrin, Floral Rugg voiced by Georgie Kidder, and Shag Rugg voiced by Ron Funches.[4][5] The Rugg Family runs a cafe.
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 27–29. ISBN0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. pp. 120–121. ISBN0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 99–100. ISBN978-1476665993.
- ^https://deadline.com/2019/10/hbo-max-looney-tunes-jellystone-the-fungies-tig-n-seek-kids-family-series-1202771895/
- ^https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/trailer-hanna-barbera-favorites-return-in-hbo-max-original-jellystone/
External links[edit]
- The Hillbilly Bears - Cartoon Network Department of Cartoons (Archive)
- The Hillbilly Bears at IMDb
- The Hillbilly Bears at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- The Hillbilly Bears at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
| Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Frank Tashlin, Bob Clampett, Robert McKimson, Arthur Davis |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton, David H. DePatie |
| Starring | voice of Mel Blanc |
| Music by | |
| Distributed by | Warner Home Video |
Release date | (Blu-ray) August 12, 2014 (United States) (DVD) November 4, 2014 (United States) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 is a Blu-ray and DVD release by Warner Home Video. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements. It was released on Blu-ray on August 12, 2014,[1] and was released on DVD on November 4, 2014.[2]
According to Jerry Beck on the Stu's Show from early 2013-2014, he said it will probably be the last volume of the series due to the low sales of the second volume in 2012 and no remastering budget for Warner Bros. to remaster shorts previously unreleased on DVD and Blu-ray. Only 4 cartoons are new to disc. This is the first and only volume where the Blu-ray only has two discs.[3] Included is a 12-page booklet similar to what came with Volume 2.
Disc 1[edit]
| # | Title | Characters | Year | Director | Series | DVD release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt | Bugs | 1941 | Friz Freleng | MM | Academy Awards Animation Collection |
| 2 | A Corny Concerto | Bugs, (Daffy), Elmer, Porky | 1943 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
| 3 | Falling Hare | Bugs | 1943 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v3 |
| 4 | Little Red Riding Rabbit | Bugs | 1944 | Friz Freleng | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
| 5 | Hair-Raising Hare | Bugs, Gossamer | 1946 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
| 6 | Acrobatty Bunny | Bugs | 1946 | Robert McKimson | LT | Golden Collection v3 |
| 7 | The Big Snooze | Bugs, Elmer | 1946 | Bob Clampett | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
| 8 | A Hare Grows in Manhattan | Bugs | 1947 | Friz Freleng | MM | Golden Collection v3 |
| 9 | Easter Yeggs | Bugs, Elmer | 1947 | Robert McKimson | LT | Golden Collection v3 |
| 10 | Slick Hare | Bugs, Elmer | 1947 | Friz Freleng | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
| 11 | Gorilla My Dreams | Bugs | 1948 | Robert McKimson | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
| 12 | High Diving Hare | Bugs, Sam | 1949 | Friz Freleng | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
| 13 | Hillbilly Hare | Bugs | 1950 | Robert McKimson | MM | Golden Collection v3 |
| 14 | Bunny Hugged | Bugs, The Crusher | 1951 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
| 15 | Operation: Rabbit | Bugs, Wile E. | 1952 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v4 |
| 16 | Bully for Bugs | Bugs | 1953 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
| 17 | Bugs and Thugs | Bugs, Rocky and Mugsy | 1954 | Friz Freleng | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
| 18 | Knighty Knight Bugs | Bugs, Sam | 1958 | Friz Freleng | LT | Golden Collection v4 |
| 19 | Honey's Money[n 1] | Sam | 1962 | Friz Freleng | MM | N/A |
| 20 | The Hep Cat | Willoughby | 1942 | Bob Clampett | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
| 21 | Pigs in a Polka | 1943 | Friz Freleng | MM | Golden Collection v3 | |
| 22 | A Ham in a Role | Goofy Gophers | 1949 | Robert McKimson | LT | Golden Collection v6 |
| 23 | Dog Gone South | Charlie Dog, Colonel Shuffle | 1950 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v6 |
| 24 | A Bear for Punishment | The Three Bears | 1951 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
| 25 | Steal Wool | Ralph and Sam | 1957 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v3 |
Special features[edit]
- Audio Commentaries
- Michael Barrier on Bully for Bugs, Slick Hare, A Corny Concerto, A Bear for Punishment, Hillbilly Hare
- Greg Ford on High Diving Hare
- Michael Barrier and Greg Ford on Hair-Raising Hare
- Bill Melendez on The Big Snooze
- Jerry Beck on Gorilla My Dreams
- Jerry Beck and June Foray on Honey's Money
- John Kricfalusi and Bill Melendez on Falling Hare
- Daniel Goldmark on Pigs in a Polka
- Paul Dini on Operation: Rabbit
- Music and effects track on Operation: Rabbit, Bunny Hugged, Hillbilly Hare, A Bear for Punishment
- Behind the Tunes:
- 'Bugs Bunny: Ain't He a Stinker?' (The Essential Bugs Bunny)
- 'The Art of the Gag' (Golden Collection Volume 4)
- 'Drawn to Life: The Art of Robert McKimson' (Golden Collection Volume 5)
- 'Wild Lines: The Art of Voice Acting' (Golden Collection Volume 4)
- Documentaries:
- 'That's All Folks! Tales From Termite Terrace' (New)
- 'Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of Looney Tunes' (Golden Collection Volume 1)
- 'Drawn For Glory: Animation's Triumph at the Oscars' (Academy Award Collection)
- Storyboard reel for Hair-Raising Hare.
Disc 2[edit]
| # | Title | Characters | Year | Director | Series | DVD release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porky Pig's Feat | Daffy, Porky | 1943 | Frank Tashlin | LT | Golden Collection v3 |
| 2 | Scrap Happy Daffy | Daffy | 1943 | Frank Tashlin | LT | Golden Collection v5 |
| 3 | Plane Daffy | Daffy | 1944 | Frank Tashlin | LT | Golden Collection v4 |
| 4 | The Stupid Cupid | Daffy, Elmer | 1944 | Frank Tashlin | LT | Golden Collection v4 |
| 5 | Draftee Daffy | Daffy | 1945 | Bob Clampett | LT | Golden Collection v3 |
| 6 | Nasty Quacks | Daffy | 1945 | Frank Tashlin | MM | Super Stars' Daffy Duck |
| 7 | The Stupor Salesman | Daffy | 1948 | Arthur Davis | LT | Golden Collection v5 |
| 8 | Wholly Smoke | Porky | 1938 | Frank Tashlin | LT | Golden Collection v5 |
| 9 | Swooner Crooner | Porky | 1944 | Frank Tashlin | LT | Golden Collection v3 |
| 10 | Life with Feathers[n 1] | Sylvester | 1945 | Friz Freleng | MM | N/A |
| 11 | Canary Row | Tweety, Sylvester, Granny | 1950 | Friz Freleng | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
| 12 | Tree for Two[n 1] | Sylvester, Spike and Chester | 1952 | Friz Freleng | MM | N/A |
| 13 | Sandy Claws | Tweety, Sylvester, Granny | 1955 | Friz Freleng | LT | Academy Awards Animation Collection |
| 14 | Dog Pounded | Tweety, Sylvester, Pepé (cameo) | 1954 | Friz Freleng | LT | Super Stars' Pepe Le Pew |
| 15 | Satan's Waitin' | Tweety, Sylvester | 1954 | Friz Freleng | LT | Golden Collection v6 |
| 16 | Birds Anonymous | Tweety, Sylvester, Clarence Cat | 1957 | Friz Freleng | MM | Golden Collection v3 |
| 17 | Mouse and Garden | Sylvester | 1960 | Friz Freleng | LT | Golden Collection v4 |
| 18 | The Pied Piper of Guadalupe | Speedy, Sylvester | 1961 | Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt | LT | Golden Collection v4 |
| 19 | A Gruesome Twosome | Tweety | 1945 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v3 |
| 20 | Guided Muscle | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | 1955 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
| 21 | Beep Prepared | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | 1961 | Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | MM | Splendor in the Grass |
| 22 | Walky Talky Hawky | Barnyard, Foghorn, Henery | 1946 | Robert McKimson | MM | Golden Collection v3 |
| 23 | Rhapsody in Rivets | 1941 | Friz Freleng | MM | Academy Awards Animation Collection | |
| 24 | High Note | 1960 | Chuck Jones | LT | Academy Awards Animation Collection | |
| 25 | Nelly's Folly | 1961 | Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Maurice Noble | MM | Academy Awards Animation Collection |
Special features[edit]
- Audio Commentaries
- Jerry Beck on Canary Row and Walky Talky Hawky
- Joe Dante on Porky Pig's Feat
- Eddie Fitzgerald and John Kricfalusi on Draftee Daffy
- Daniel Goldmark on Swooner Crooner and Wholly Smoke
- Jerry Beck and Art Leonardi on Birds Anonymous
- John Kricfalusi on A Gruesome Twosome
- Milton Gray on A Gruesome Twosome
- Greg Ford on Plane Daffy and Scrap Happy Daffy
- Eddie Fitzgerald on The Stupid Cupid
- Michael Barrier on Walky Talky Hawky
- Music-Only Tracks on Guided Muscle, Birds Anonymous, Satan's Waitin', and Nelly's Folly
- Behind the Tunes:
- 'Daffy Duck: Ridicule is the Burden of Genius' (The Essential Daffy Duck)
- 'Unsung Maestros: A Directors Tribute' (Golden Collection Volume 5)
- 'Tish Tash: The Animated World of Frank Tashlin' (Golden Collection Volume 3)
- 'Strictly For the Birds: Tweety & Sylvester's Award-Winning Team-up' (Golden Collection Volume 3)
- Documentaries:
- 'Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices' (Golden Collection Volume 6)
- 'The Boys From Termite Terrace' (Golden Collection Volume 1)
- Frank Tashlin's Storybooks:
- 'Little Chic's Wonderful Mother' (Golden Collection Volume 4)
- 'Tony and Clarence' (Golden Collection Volume 4)
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See also[edit]
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- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
Notes[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/bluray-news-looney-tunes-platinum-collection-volume-3
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2014-07-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^http://www.dohtem.com/bugs/news/2012.htm
- ^'Looney Tunes DVD News - 2014 Archive'. www.dohtem.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.