Pow Wow the Indian Boy
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The Adventures of Pow Wow the Indian Boy is an animated cartoon that played on the Captain Kangaroo show during the 1950's. The cartoon featured a pre-adolescent Pow Wow, the tribe's medicine man, and an Indian girl who was a friend of Pow Wow's. The cartoons were often centered on Pow Wow's discovery of an animal, hurt or otherwise, and his attempts to protect the forest and wildlife from various threats. When Pow Wow needed help in these missions, he would seek counsel from the wise medicine man.
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[edit] Song Lyrics
The cartoon began with its theme song, the lyrics to which were:
- Pow Wow, the Indian boy,
- Loved all the animals and the woods;
- Pow Wow, the Indian boy,
- Loved all the animals and the woods;
- Pow Wow was a friend
- Of all the animals in the woods;
- If there was any trouble,
- He would help them if he could;
- If Pow Wow couldn't help them,
- He would go to the Medicine Man,
- And he would tell them stories
- Of just how it all began,
- All began, all began. . . .
[edit] Production, Animation, Scriptwriting, and Music Credits
The series was produced by Tempe-Toons and presented by Leo and Walter Minskoff. Its executive producer was Leon Marcus, and it was directed by Sam Singer. Tom Baron was in charge of the series' animation, and Ben Hardaway was its writer. The cartoon's music was produced by Monty Kelly.
[edit] Broadcast History
Pow Wow first aired on January 30, 1949. In 1956, it was broadcast on the popular children's show, Captain Kangaroo and was syndicated by Screen Gems.
[edit] More Pow Wow
More images and a summary of the Pow Wow cartoon series appear at the Toon Tracker web site cited in the "External Links" section, below.
