Buford and the Galloping Ghost
| Buford and the Galloping Ghost | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Genre | Animation |
| Directed by |
Ray Patterson Carl Urbano |
| Voices of |
Frank Welker Pat Parris Dave Landsburg Marilyn Schreffler Henry Corden Hal Peary |
| Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Composer(s) | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | Art Scott |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | February 3, 1979 – September 1, 1979 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Yogi's Space Race |
Buford and the Galloping Ghost is an American Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired on NBC from February 3, 1979 to September 1, 1979 on NBC.[1] It contained the following two 15-minute segments:
- The Buford Files
- The Galloping Ghost
The Buford Files and The Galloping Ghost originally aired as separate segments on Yogi's Space Race from September 9, 1978 to January 27, 1979 on NBC. Following the cancellation of Yogi's Space Race,[1] both segments were repackaged as one half-hour show.[2]
The Buford Files
Buford is a smart but sleepy bloodhound who lives deep in the murky swamp county of Fenokee. He teams up with two teenagers, Cindy Mae and her older brother Woody, and the trio solves confusing mysteries that baffle Sheriff Muletrain Pettigrew and his overeager, but dimwitted deputy Goofer McGee. Buford's abilities are expanded with ears that revolve like radar dishes, and his nose responds to clues like a geiger counter; he also howls his heart out when the moon comes out and has a running feud with a brown raccoon.
Voices
- Frank Welker - Buford
- Pat Parris - Cindy Mae
- Dave Landsburg - Woody
- Henry Corden - Sheriff Muletrain Pettigrew
- Roger Peltz - Deputy Goofer McGee
The Galloping Ghost
Nugget Nose is a short and feisty ghost prospector who finds adventure riding his invisible horse and is also a guardian to two teenage cowgirls, Wendy and Rita, who work at the Fuddy Dude Ranch whose owner is grouchy old Fenwick Fuddy. Nugget is always battling Fuddy and takes delight in harassing him in odd and humorous ways. Whenever the girls are in trouble, Wendy summons Nugget Nose by rubbing on her special nugget necklace.
Voices
- Frank Welker - Nugget Nose
- Marilyn Schreffler - Wendy
- Pat Parris - Rita
- Hal Peary - Fenwick Fuddy
Episodes
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Swamp Hermit / Phantom of the Horse Opera" | February 3, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford go to Jeb Crowley's place only to find him missing. As they pick Jeb's trail, they find also two escaped bank robbers, the Swamp Brothers. | ||
| 2 | "The Vanishing Stallion / Too Many Crooks" | February 10, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford watch Nelly's stallion Cheetar race which somehow gets switched in the race. They follow the trail to a couple of crooks who snatched Cheetar for his value's worth. | ||
| 3 | "The Swamp Saucer / Sagebrush Sergeant" | February 17, 1979 |
| A UFO has been sighted. Woody, Cindy and Buford get in contact with an Astro-chimp. They then thwart a gang trying to steal a valuable space satellite generator. | ||
| 4 | "The Man With Orange Hair / The Bad News Bear" | February 24, 1979 |
| At the Fenokee Sports Palace, a clown openly steals a pair of silver jewelled ice skates. Woody, Cindy and Buford do a thorough search exposing the announcer and the light director as the thieves. | ||
| 5 | "The Demon of Ur / Robot Round-Up" | March 3, 1979 |
| Goofer fails to safeguard a demon statue of Ur which disappears from a train. Woody, Cindy and Buford's investigation reveals the thieves winched the statue out with a camouflaged crane. | ||
| 6 | "The Missing Bank / Pests in the West" | March 10, 1979 |
| Goofer delivers in an armoured car 10 million dollars to the bank, but the bank hasn't received the money. Woody, Cindy and Buford discover that some scenery and disguises were used to intercept the money. | ||
| 7 | "Scare in the Air / Rock Star Nuggie" | March 17, 1979 |
| Buford gets caught in a near plane crashing accident. Next comes an amphibious plane out of control and going missing. Sheriff Muletrain arrests the pilot, who had attempted to hijack the amphibious plane. | ||
| 8 | "Buford and the Beauty / Frontier Fortune Teller" | March 24, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford go to see a movie being filmed. The leading dog star Duchess gets stolen for ransom. Buford rescues his beloved Duchess while Woody and Cindy expose the dog napper. | ||
| 9 | "Peril in the Park / I Want My Mummy" | March 31, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford go to the amusement to work, but the place close to closing down. An investigation reveals that the real estate Shafter is responsible for sabotage in order to get the park sold. | ||
| 10 | "The Magic Whammy / Mr. Sunshine's Eclipse" | April 7, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford go to the Great Zambini Magic Show. Multiple mysterious robberies have been committed by the magician Zambino, who specialises in hypnotism. | ||
| 11 | "The Haunting of Swamp Manor / Klondike Kate" | April 14, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford venture in the old Grimsley Mansion. Whilst they search the mansion for clues, the ghost of Jedediah Grimsley lingers. The whole scare scene was to cover up a counterfeiting activity. | ||
| 12 | "The Case of the Missing Gator / A Ghost of a Chance" | April 21, 1979 |
| Some smugglers in the swamp are aften some stolen diamonds. Also a man has lost his pet alligator Gertrude. Once Gertrude is found, she assists in the arrest of the smugglers. | ||
| 13 | "Don't Monkey with Buford / Elmo the Great" | April 28, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford are invited to the circus by Duchess. Duchess' diamond collar gets stolen during the parade. The thief is the stilt walker who wore a chimp costume. | ||
Other Appearances
- Nugget Nose, Wendy, Rita, and Buford appeared in Yogi's Space Race.
Syndication
Buford and the Galloping Ghost has been rebroadcast in reruns on USA Cartoon Express, Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Green, Paul (2009). Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Films, Television, and Games. McFarland. p. 47. ISBN 0-786-44390-1.
- ↑ Grossman, Gary H. (1988). Saturday Morning TV. Random House Value Publishing. p. 388. ISBN 0-517-64114-3.
External links
- Buford and the Galloping Ghost at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Buford and the Galloping Ghost at the Internet Movie Database
- The Buford Files