| Hokey Wolf | |
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Hokey Wolf's Title Card |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Format | Cartoon series |
| Created by | Hanna-Barbera |
| Written by | Joseph Barbera Warren Foster Dan Gordon Michael Maltese Charles Shows |
| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Presented by | Huckleberry Hound |
| Starring | Hokey Wolf Ding-A-Ling Wolf |
| Voices of | Daws Butler Doug Young |
| Composer(s) | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 29 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Running time | 7 Minutes Per Short |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | First-Run Syndication |
| Picture format | Color (NTSC) |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | September 11, 1960 – December 1, 1961 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Yogi Bear (1958) |
| Related shows | The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958) |
Hokey Wolf is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon about the adventures of a con-artist wolf (voiced by Daws Butler and based on Phil Silvers' "Sgt. Bilko" character) who is always trying to cheat his way into the simple life. He is often accompanied alongside by his young, diminutive, sidekick Ding-A-Ling Wolf (voiced by Doug Young imitating Buddy Hackett), both of whom are featured as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show in their own segment.
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The initial creation of Hokey Wolf occurred when another follow-up segment was needed, because Yogi Bear's rising popularity in preceding appearances warranted a promotion to his own self-titled show.[1] As a result of the change in schedule, Hokey Wolf had made its debut in the premiere of the third season of The Huckleberry Hound Show on September 11, 1960 and became a regular appearance afterward on this segment. Hokey's theme music for his segment of the show was composed by Hoyt Curtin and used an instrumental version of the refrain from Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here.[2]
The segment follows the everyday misadventures of its main protagonist, Hokey Wolf, and his young companion, Ding-A-Ling Wolf, through their typical con-artist routines of getting what they need in their daily lives.[1] Through each episode, Hokey would usually try to fool farmers and other antagonists with food-stealing schemes and/or finding a place to stay without cost, only for most of these tricks to back-fire on him in one way or another.[1]
Both of the cartoon's feature characters were designed by animation artist and character designer Ed Benedict.[3]
Hokey Wolf is the smooth-talking title character throughout each cartoon. His main hobby in life was to outsmart and coax the clueless out of free meals or places to stay, much of which he seemed to do so with ease, despite possible consequences later on. Hokey typically wears his trademark green bow tie with white collar and a violet-colored hat. His personality would later be recycled for fellow Hanna-Barbera characters, Top Cat,and Yogi Bear who starred in a prime-time sitcom that ran from 1961 to 1962 that followed a very similar concept.
Ding-A-Ling is the younger sidekick to Hokey Wolf who always accompanies him throughout each misadventure. He is usually eager to follow in Hokey's ambitious con-artist footsteps, but often reconsiders the plans Hokey will come up with in many situations. Ding typically wears a bowler hat (sometimes red, sometimes black), a sleeveless green shirt, and a black vest.
In total, both Hokey and Ding-A-Ling Wolf have starred in 29 seven-minute cartoons throughout the third and fourth seasons (1960-1961) of The Huckleberry Hound Show.[4] Their pilot episode was Tricks And Treats, which aired on September 11, 1960. The Hokey Wolf series would come to an end with the episode Bean Pod’ners, airing on December 1, 1961. Below is a complete listing of all cartoon shorts with the main protagonist Hokey Wolf:
| № | Episode Name | First Showing |
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| 1 | "Tricks And Treats" | 11 September 1960 |
| 2 | "Hokey Dokey" | 18 September 1960 |
| 3 | "Lamb-Basted Wolf" | 25 September 1960 |
| 4 | "Which Witch Is Witch" | 2 October 1960 |
| 5 | "Pick a Chick" | 9 October 1960 |
| 6 | "Robot Plot" | 16 October 1960 |
| 7 | "Boobs In the Woods" | 23 October 1960 |
| 8 | "Castle Hassle" | 30 October 1960 |
| 9 | "Booty on the Bounty" | 6 November 1960 |
| 10 | "Hokey in the Pokey" | 13 November 1960 |
| 11 | "Who’s Zoo" | 20 November 1960 |
| 12 | "Dogged Sheep Dog" | 27 November 1960 |
| 13 | "Too Much to Bear" | 4 December 1960 |
| № | Episode Name | First Showing |
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| 14 | "Movies are Bitter than Ever" | 18 August 1961 |
| 15 | "Poached Yeggs" | 25 August 1961 |
| 16 | "Rushing Wolf Hound" | 1 September 1961 |
| 17 | "The Glass Sneaker" | 8 September 1961 |
| 18 | "Indian Giver" | 15 September 1961 |
| 19 | "Chock Full Chuck Wagon" | 22 September 1961 |
| 20 | "Bring ’Em Back a Live One" | 29 September 1961 |
| 21 | "A Star Is Bored" | 6 October 1961 |
| 22 | "West of the Pesos" | 13 October 1961 |
| 23 | "Phony-O and Juliet" | 20 October 1961 |
| 24 | "Hokey’s Missing Millions" | 27 October 1961 |
| 25 | "Loot to Boot" | 3 November 1961 |
| 26 | "Guesting Games" | 10 November 1961 |
| 27 | "Sick Sense" | 17 November 1961 |
| 28 | "Aladdin’s Lamb Chops" | 24 November 1961 |
| 29 | "Bean Pod’ners" | 1 December 1961 |
While the initial series ended in December 1961, Hokey Wolf went on to appear in four other animated Hanna-Barbera series alongside other classic characters. These were as follows:
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| Toonarific: Hokey Wolf – Screenshots from Hokey Wolf at Toonarific. | |
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