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
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Art Scott
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	February 3, 1979 (1979-02-03) – September 1, 1979 (1979-09-01)
Chronology
Related shows	Yogi's Space Race

Buford and the Galloping Ghost is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series and a spin-off of Yogi's Space Race produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from February 3, 1979 to September 1, 1979. ^[1]

Overview

Buford and the Galloping Ghost is composed of two unrelated animated segments: The Buford Files and The Galloping Ghost.

The Buford Files features a lazy, super sleuthing bloodhound named Buford (voiced by Frank Welker) with a mournful bark and a sharp nose for solving mysteries who lives deep in Fenokee swampland. He teams up with two teenagers – Cindy Mae (voiced by Pat Parris) and her older brother Woodie (voiced by Dave Landsburg) – and the trio solves confusing mysteries that baffle Sheriff Muletrain Pettigrew (voiced by Henry Corden) and his overeager, but dimwitted deputy Goofer McGee (voiced by Roger Peltz). Buford's abilities are expanded with ears that revolve like radar dishes, and his nose responds to clues like a Geiger counter. But Buford has two weaknesses: when the moon comes out, he howls his heart out, often at the most perilous moment, and he also has a running feud with a karate-wacking raccoon.

The Galloping Ghost is Nugget Nose (voiced by Frank Welker), a short and feisty ghost prospector who finds adventure riding his invisible horse. He is also a guardian to two teenage cowgirls – Wendy (voiced by Marilyn Schreffler) and Rita (voiced by Pat Parris) – who work at the Fuddy Dude Ranch owned by grouchy, old Fenwick Fuddy (voiced by Hal Peary). Whenever Fuddy threatens to fire the girls, Nugget makes himself invisible and becomes a helping friend. He is always battling Fuddy and takes delight in harassing him in odd and humorous ways. When the girls are in trouble, Wendy summons Nugget by rubbing on her special gold nugget necklace.

Broadcast history

Buford and the Galloping Ghost was originally broadcast in these following formats on NBC:

• The Buford Files / The Galloping Ghost (as part of Yogi's Space Race: September 9, 1978 – January 27, 1979, NBC Saturday)
• Buford and the Galloping Ghost (February 3, 1979 – September 1, 1979, NBC Saturday) (rerun)

The Buford Files and The Galloping Ghost originally aired as segments on Yogi's Space Race from September 9, 1978 to January 27, 1979. Buford, Nugget Nose, Wendy and Rita also participated in intergalactic racing competitions with Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Jabberjaw and several new characters on the half-hour "Yogi's Space Race" segment. While Nugget Nose, Wendy and Rita raced together as a trio, Buford's partner is Jabberjaw whose race ship contains a track on which Buford runs to increase speed.

When Yogi's Space Race was cancelled, repeat episodes of The Buford Files and The Galloping Ghost were repackaged and spun off in their own half-hour series beginning February 3, 1979. The show has been rebroadcast on USA Cartoon Express, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. ^[2]

Voices

• Frank Welker – Buford and Nugget Nose
• Pat Parris – Cindy Mae and Rita
• Dave Landsburg – Woodie
• Henry Corden – Sheriff Muletrain Pettigrew
• Roger Peltz – Deputy Goofer McGee
• Marilyn Schreffler – Wendy
• Hal Peary – Fenwick Fuddy

Episodes

Footnotes

External links

• Buford and the Galloping Ghost at the Internet Movie Database
• Buford and the Galloping Ghost at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Buford and the Galloping Ghost at Toonarific.com
• The Buford Files