Snagglepuss

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Snagglepuss (sometimes called Snag for short) is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959; a pink anthropomorphic mountain lion voiced by Daws Butler.

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[edit] Character description

Snagglepuss lives in a cavern, which he constantly tries to make more habitable for himself. No matter what he does, however, he always winds up back where he started or worse off than he was before.

Butler's voice characterization is reminiscent of the more soft-spoken aspect of Bert Lahr's broad-ranging characterization for the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz.

Snagglepuss has two catchphrases. Before dashing off (whether to escape or for some other reason), he exclaims "Exit, stage left!", a phrase related to acting. He also utters the expletive "Heavens to Murgatroid!", which Bert Lahr said in the 1944 movie Meet the People. Later incarnations of Snagglepuss would modify these catchphrases, such as changing the direction of his exit, or saying "Heavens to planetoid!"

In some episodes, Snagglepuss is chased by Major Minor (voiced by Don Messick), a tiny-sized hunter, whose chases seem similar to the ones which involve Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny (due to the scripts by Michael Maltese).

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[edit] Character history

Snagglepuss first appeared in several episodes of The Quick Draw Mcgraw Show and became a regular segment on The Yogi Bear Show.

Snagglepuss has appeared in other Hanna-Barbera series such as Yogi's Treasure Hunt in 1985, Yogi's Gang in 1973, as one of the hosts of the Laff-a-Lympics in 1977, and as a teenager on Yo Yogi! in 1991.

Snagglepuss was a mixture of youth subculture stereotypes from the 1920s and 1950s. He could best be described as a Hipster; his mannerisms were consistent with how the Hipster subculture was portrayed in films of the period.

Snagglepuss made various appearances in episodes of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law.

[edit] Trivia

  • When the character of Snagglepuss was used for a series of cereal television commercials in the 1960s, actor Bert Lahr filed a lawsuit. Lahr claimed that the similarity of the Snagglepuss voice to his own might cause viewers to falsely conclude that Mr. Lahr was endorsing the product. As part of the settlement, the phrase "Snagglepuss voice by Daws Butler" was required to appear on each commercial, thus making Mr. Butler one of the few (if not the only) voice artists to receive screen credit in a TV commercial.
  • In his earliest appearances as a guest on The QuickDraw McGraw Show, Snagglepuss was called "Snaggletooth". In later episodes, Snaggletooth was referred to as Snagglepuss' cousin.
  • The Snagglepuss catchphrase "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" was used at the beginning of the song "Storm in a Teacup" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
  • Snagglepuss was only known for the phrase "put em up,put em up,put em up". This is glorified in the new Lloyd Banks song, "hands up".
  • fans of hanna barbera discuss snagg's sexuality.

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