The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series

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 funny animal characters:

The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series
Also known asThe New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series
The Wally Gator Show
Cartoon Zoo (WPIX)
GenreCartoon series
Directed byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voices ofMel Blanc
Daws Butler
Don Messick
Alan Reed
Bill Thompson
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time30 min.
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
DistributorScreen Gems
Release
Original networkSyndication
Original releaseSeptember 3, 1962 (1962-09-03) –
August 26, 1963 (1963-08-26)

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 (such as Ruff and Reddy, Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear, all of which had bridge animation between the cartoons) available at the time. 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 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
Nº Wally Gator Lippy & Hardy Touché Turtle Air date
1 "Droopy Dragon"
Animation: Dick Lundy		 "See-Saw"
Animation: Kenneth Muse		 "Whale of a Tale"
Animation: Unknown?		 September 3, 1962 (1962-09-03)
2 "Gator-Napper"
Animation: Unknown?		 "Water-Melon Felon"
Animation: William Keil		 "Zero Hero"
Animation: Kenneth Muse		 September 10, 1962 (1962-09-10)
3 "Swamp Fever"
Animation: George Goepper		 "Scare to Spare"
Animation: William Keil		 "Dilly of a Lilly"
Animation: George Nicholas		 September 17, 1962 (1962-09-17)
4 "White Tie and Frails"
Animation: Jack Ozark		 "Gulp and Saucer"
Animation: Bob Carr		 "Missing Missile"
Animation: George Nicholas		 September 24, 1962 (1962-09-24)
5 "Escape Artist"
Animation: Jack Carr		 "Map Happy"
Animation: William Keil		 "Lake Serpent"
Animation: Kenneth Muse		 October 1, 1962 (1962-10-01)
6 "California or Bust"
Animation: George Goepper		 "Smile the Wild"
Animation: William Keil		 "You Bug Me"
Animation: Ed Parks		 October 8, 1962 (1962-10-08)
7 "Frame and Fortune"
Animation: Harry Holt		 "Charge of the Fright Brigade"
Animation: Unknown?		 "Roll-A-Ghoster"
Animation: Unknown?		 October 15, 1962 (1962-10-15)
8 "Tantalizin' Turnips"
Animation: Ed Parks		 "Film Flam"
Animation: Bob Carr		 "Giant Double-Header"
Animation: George Nicholas		 October 22, 1962 (1962-10-22)
9 "Over the Fence Is Out"
Animation: Hugh Fraser		 "Gunflighter"
Animation: Ed Parks		 "Loser Take All"
Animation: Bob Carr		 October 29, 1962 (1962-10-29)
10 "Bear with Me"
Animation: Unknown		 "Hick Hikers"
Animation: Bob Carr		 "Takes Two to Tangle"
Animation: Unknown		 November 5, 1962 (1962-11-05)
11 "Outside Looking In"
Animation: Dick Lundy		 "A Thousand and One Frights"
Animation: Robert Bentley		 "Mr. Robots"
Animation: George Nicholas		 November 12, 1962 (1962-11-12)
12 "Bachelor Buttons"
Animation: Unknown		 "Double Trouble"
Animation: Ed Parks		 "Touché at Bat"
Animation: Kenneth Muse		 November 19, 1962 (1962-11-19)
13 "Which Is Which Witch"
Animation: Don Patterson		 "Laugh a Loaf"
Animation: Don Williams		 "Billy the Cad"
Animation: Jerry Hathcock		 November 26, 1962 (1962-11-26)
14 "Pen-Striped Suit"
Animation: Allen Wilzbach		 "Genie Is a Meany"
Animation: Unknown		 "Dog Daze"
Animation: Unknown		 December 3, 1962 (1962-12-03)
15 "Ship Shape Escape"
Animation: Robert Bentley		 "Banks for Everything"
Animation: Bob Carr		 "Ant and Rave"
Animation: Ed Love		 December 10, 1962 (1962-12-10)
16 "Semi Seminole"
Animation: George Goepper		 "Fiddle Faddled"
Animation: Ed Love		 "Black Is the Knight"
Animation: Ed Love		 December 17, 1962 (1962-12-17)
17 "Little Red Riding Gator"
Animation: Don Patterson		 "Kidnap Trap"
Animation: Ed Love		 "Dragon Along"
Animation: Ed Love		 December 24, 1962 (1962-12-24)
18 "Ice Cube Boob"
Animation: Carlo Vinci		 "Witch Crafty"
Animation: Unknown		 "Satellite Fright"
Animation: Ed Love		 December 31, 1962 (1962-12-31)
19 "The Forest's Prime Evil"
Animation: Unknown		 "Gas Again"
Animation: Don Patterson		 "Sheepy-Time Pal"
Animation: Hugh Fraser		 January 7, 1963 (1963-01-07)
20 "Snooper Snowzer"
Animation: Harry Holt		 "Horse and Waggin"
Animation: Ed Love		 "Hex Marks the Spot"
Animation: Ed Parks		 January 14, 1963 (1963-01-14)
21 "Unconscious Conscience"
Animation: Unknown		 "Baby Bottled"
Animation: Bob Carr		 "Catch as Cat Can"
Animation: Dick Lundy		 January 21, 1963 (1963-01-21)
22 "Gator-Baiter"
Animation: Unknown		 "Hard Luck Hardy"
Animation: Ed Love		 "Sea for Two"
Animation: Ed Love		 January 28, 1963 (1963-01-28)
23 "False Alarm"
Animation: Unknown		 "Snow Use"
Animation: John Boersema		 "High Goon"
Animation: Unknown		 February 4, 1963 (1963-02-04)
24 "Phantom Alligator"
Animation: Unknown		 "Injun Trouble"
Animation: Don Patterson		 "Grandma Outlaw"
Animation: Don Williams		 February 11, 1963 (1963-02-11)
25 "Puddle Hopper"
Animation: George Goepper		 "Mouse in the House"
Animation: Ed Love		 "Duel Control"
Animation: Don Williams		 February 18, 1963 (1963-02-18)
26 "Baby Chase"
Animation: Hugh Fraser		 "Crazy Cat Capers"
Animation: Bob Carr		 "Rapid Rabbit"
Animation: Kenneth Muse		 February 25, 1963 (1963-02-25)
27 "Gosh Zilla"
Animation: Allen Wilzbach		 "Phoney Pony"
Animation: Ed Love		 "Thumb Hero"
Animation: Ed Love		 March 4, 1963 (1963-03-04)
28 "Camera Shy Guy"
Animation: Unknown		 "Egg Experts"
Animation: Don Patterson		 "Kat-Napped"
Animation: Unknown		 March 11, 1963 (1963-03-11)
29 "Rebel Rabble"
Animation: George Goepper		 "Rabbit Romeo"
Animation: Bob Carr		 "Romeo, Touché, and Juliet"
Animation: Hugh Fraser		 March 18, 1963 (1963-03-18)
30 "No More Mower"
Animation: Harry Holt		 "Bird in the Hand"
Animation: Harry Holt		 "The Big Bite"
Animation: Don Patterson		 March 25, 1963 (1963-03-25)
31 "Knight Nut"
Animation: Unknown		 "Legion Heirs"
Animation: Unknown		 "Flying Saucer Sorcerer"
Animation: Allen Wilzbach		 April 1, 1963 (1963-04-01)
32 "Ape Scrape"
Animation: George Goepper		 "Hoots and Saddles"
Animation: Unknown		 "Aladdin's Lampoon"
Animation: Don Patterson		 April 8, 1963 (1963-04-08)
33 "Gator-Imitator"
Animation: Unknown		 "Monster Mix-Up"
Animation: William Keil		 "Haunting License"
Animation: Unknown		 April 15, 1963 (1963-04-15)
34 "Safe at Home"
Animation: Unknown		 "Bye-Bye Fly-Guy"
Animation: Harry Holt		 "The Phoney Phantom"
Animation: Ed Love		 April 22, 1963 (1963-04-22)
35 "Balloon Buffoon"
Animation: William Keil		 "Wooden Nickels"
Animation: Ed Love		 "Touché's Last Stand"
Animation: Hugh Fraser		 April 29, 1963 (1963-04-29)
36 "Rassle Dazzle"
Animation: Unknown		 "Two for the Road"
Animation: Edwin Aardal		 "Chief Beef"
Animation: Ed Love		 May 6, 1963 (1963-05-06)
37 "Sea Sick Pals"
Animation: Carlo Vinci		 "King's X"
Animation: Carlo Vinci		 "Like Wild, Man"
Animation: Unknown		 May 13, 1963 (1963-05-13)
38 "Accidentally on Purpose"
Animation: Unknown		 "Amusement Park Lark"
Animation: Robert Bentley		 "Dum de Dum Dum"
Animation: Unknown		 May 20, 1963 (1963-05-20)
39 "Whistle Stopper"
Animation: Unknown		 "T for Two"
Animation: Don Williams		 "Et Tu Touché?"
Animation: Unknown		 May 27, 1963 (1963-05-27)
40 "Birthday Grievings"
Animation: Harry Holt		 "Tiny Troubles"
Animation: Ed Love		 "Dragon Feat"
Animation: Allen Wilzbach		 June 3, 1963 (1963-06-03)
41 "Medicine Avenue"
Animation: Hugh Fraser		 "Flood for a Thought"
Animation: Bob Carr		 "Red Riding Hoodlum"
Animation: Unknown		 June 10, 1963 (1963-06-10)
42 "Marshall Wally"
Animation: Allen Wilzbach		 "Hocus Focus"
Animation: Unknown		 "Dough Nuts"
Animation: Unknown		 June 17, 1963 (1963-06-17)
43 "One Round Trip"
Animation: Don Patterson		 "Shamrocked"
Animation: Ed Love		 "Save the Last Trance for Me"
Animation: Unknown		 June 24, 1963 (1963-06-24)
44 "Gopher Broke"
Animation: Hugh Fraser		 "Old Fuddy Duds"
Animation: Bob Carr		 "Waterloo for Two"
Animation: Hugh Fraser		 July 1, 1963 (1963-07-01)
45 "Gladiator Gator"
Animation: Unknown		 "Chow You Feelings"
Animation: Carlo Vinci		 "Robin Hoodlum"
Animation: Unknown		 July 8, 1963 (1963-07-08)
46 "Bubble Trouble"
Animation: Unknown		 "Easy Doesn't It"
Animation: Bob Carr		 "The Shoe Must Go On"
Animation: Don Williams		 July 15, 1963 (1963-07-15)
47 "Ice Charades"
Animation: Unknown		 "Drop Me a Lion"
Animation: Ed Love		 "Quack Hero"
Animation: Unknown		 July 22, 1963 (1963-07-22)
48 "Creature Feature"
Animation: Unknown		 "Map Sap"
Animation: Harry Holt		 "Aliblabber and the Forty Thieves"
Animation: Unknown		 July 29, 1963 (1963-07-29)
49 "Squatter's Rights"
Animation: John Boersema		 "Shark Shock"
Animation: John Boersema		 "Out of This Whirl"
Animation: John Boersema		 August 5, 1963 (1963-08-05)
50 "The Big Drip"
Animation: Ed Parks		 "No Spooking Allowed"
Animation: Unknown		 "Hero on the Half Shell"
Animation: Unknown		 August 12, 1963 (1963-08-12)
51 "Gourmet Gator"
Animation: Hugh Fraser		 "Me-My-Mine"
Animation: Unknown		 "Tenderfoot Turtle"
Animation: Unknown		 August 19, 1963 (1963-08-19)
52 "Carpet Bragger"
Animation: Hugh Fraser		 "Together Mess"
Animation: Ed Love		 "Peace and Riot"
Animation: Unknown		 August 26, 1963 (1963-08-26)

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 November 2020, Warner Archive has yet to announce a release for the series.

See also

References
  1. Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 121. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 895–896. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 867. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  4. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 501. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  5. Yowp (2012-04-25). "Mr. Barbera, When's My Birthday?". Yowp. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  6. "Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960's - Volume 2 DVD Review - IGN". IGN. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  7. "Wally Gator: The Complete Series (MOD)". WB Shop. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  8. "Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series (MOD)". WB Shop. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
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