Peter Potamus

The Peter Potamus Show
Also known as Peter Potamus and His Magic Flying Balloon
Genre Animated television series
Written by Tony Benedict
Warren Foster
Dalton Sandifer
Voices of Daws Butler
Don Messick
Howard Morris
Mel Blanc
John Stephenson
Hal Smith
Doug Young
Country of origin USA
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 27
Production
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time 22-26 minutes
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera Productions
Broadcast
Original channel Syndication / ABC
Picture format Black-and-white / NTSC (480i)
Audio format Monaural
Original run September 16, 1964 – October 23, 1965

Peter Potamus is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and first broadcast on September 16, 1964. (Early promotional materials for the series carried the title Peter Potamus and his Magic Flying Balloon, but that title never appeared on screen.)

Contents

Premise

Peter Potamus was a syndicated series divided into three segments; one of Peter Potamus and So-So, one of Breezly and Sneezly, and one of Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey. Peter Potamus was a companion series to Magilla Gorilla, and both series premiered in first-run syndication before being picked up by ABC-TV in 1966. At that time, the Breezly and Sneezly segment was swapped with Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long, a segment on the Magilla Gorilla show. After the ABC run, cartoons from the Magilla Gorilla and Peter Potamus shows were syndicated together.

The original Peter Potamus series can occasionally be seen on the cable TV channel Boomerang, often as part of its anthology series Boomerang Zoo. During the original run of the cartoon (1964), at the end of each episode, the closing song ended with the phrase: "And there he goes Peter Potamus, our ideal" (The Ideal toy company was the sponsor of the television series. A similarly subtle sponsor reference appeared in the Magilla Gorilla theme song lyrics: "He's really ideal").

Segments

Peter Potamus

It featured Peter Potamus the hippopotamus (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Joe E. Brown) and his sidekick, So-So the monkey (voiced by Don Messick). Peter was big, purple, and friendly. Episodes generally consisted of Peter and So-So exploring the world in his time-traveling hot air balloon. When faced with a certain situation, Peter uses his Hippo Hurricane Holler technique to blow away his opponents.

Breezly and Sneezly

Main article: Breezly and Sneezly

A polar bear named Breezly Bruin (voiced by Howard Morris) and his droopy friend Sneezly the Seal (voiced by Mel Blanc) do various plans to break into the local army camp for various reasons while trying to stay one step ahead of the army camp's leader Colonel Fuzzby (voiced by John Stephenson).

Yippee, Yappee, and Yahooey

Main article: Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey

Three dogs named Yippee (voiced by Daws Butler), Yappee (voiced by Hal Smith), and Yahooey (voiced by Doug Young) work as guards for their king (voiced by Hal Smith).

Episodes

# Plot
1
  • Fee Fi Fo Fun:
  • No Place Like Nome:
  • The Volunteers:
2
  • Lion Around:
  • All Riot on the Northern Front:
  • Black Bart:
3
  • Cleo Trio:
  • Missile Fizzle:
  • Double Dragon:
4
  • No Rest for a Pest:
  • Mass Masquerade:
  • Outlaw in-Law:
5
  • Wagon Train Strain:
  • Furry Furlough:
  • Horse Shoo Fly:
6
  • Monotony on the Bounty:
  • Bruin Ruin:
  • Wild Child:
7
  • The Good Hood:
  • Freezing Fleas:
  • Witch is Which:
8
  • Stars on Mars:
  • Stars and Gripes:
  • Wise Quacking:
9
  • Kooky Spook:
  • Armoured Amour:
  • Nautical Nitwits:
10
  • The Island Fling:
  • As the Snow Flies:
  • Job Robbed:
11
  • Courtin Trouble:
  • Snow Biz:
  • Unicorn on the Cob:
12
  • Big Red Riding Hood:
  • Unseen Trouble:
  • Mouse Rout:
13
  • Hurricane Hippo:
  • Nervous in the Service:
  • Handy Dandy Lion:
14
  • What a Knight:
  • Birthday Bonanza:
  • Sappy Birthday:
15
  • Mask Task:
  • Bad Guys Are Good Guys:
  • King of the Roadhogs:
16
  • Pre-Hysterical Pete:
  • Itchy Finger Gunslinger:
  • Palace Pal Picnic:
17
  • Trite Flite:
  • Clunko Buncko:
  • Sleepy Time King:
18
  • Marriage Peter Potamus Style:
  • Slick Quick Gun:
  • Pie Pie Blackbird:
19
  • Calaboose Caboose:
  • Mostly Ghostly:
20
  • Eager Ogre:
  • Will O' the Whip:
21
  • The Reform of Plankenstein:
  • Cactus Ruckus:
22
  • Dept and Taxes:
  • Rapid Romance:
23
  • Wrong Time No See:
  • El Loco, Loco, Loco Diablo:
24
  • America or Bust:
  • Big Town Show Down:
25
  • Rebel Rumble:
  • Space Sheriff:
26
  • Pilgrims Regress:
  • Red Riding Ricochet:
27
  • The Crossbow Incident:
  • Jail Break-In:

Other appearances

DVD release

Channels in which it was transmitted

External links

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