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Peter Potamus

April 13, 2024

Peter Potamus is a purple animated hippopotamus that first appeared in the 1964–1966 animated television series The Peter Potamus Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera and first broadcast on September 16, 1964.[1]

Peter Potamus
Peter Potamus and So-So in their Magic Flying Balloon.
Also known as
  • The Peter Potamus Show
  • Peter Potamus and His Magic Flying Balloon
Genre
Created by
Written by
Directed by
Voices of
ComposerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes27
Production
Producers
  • William Hanna
  • Joseph Barbera
Running time22–26 minutes
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 16, 1964 (1964-09-16) –
October 23, 1966 (1966-10-23)

The Peter Potamus Show is divided into three segments: Peter Potamus and So-So, Breezly and Sneezly and Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey.[2] Peter Potamus was broadcast as a companion series to The Magilla Gorilla Show. Both series premiered in first-run syndication before being picked up by ABC in January 1966. Peter Potamus ran on Sunday mornings and The Magilla Gorilla Show went to Saturday mornings before moving to Sundays the following year. 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 ended in 1967, cartoons from Magilla Gorilla and Peter Potamus shows were syndicated together.

The Ideal Toy Company sponsored the television series,[3] and during the original run of the cartoon, the closing song ended with the phrase: "And there he goes Peter Potamus, our ideal". A similarly subtle sponsor reference appeared in the Magilla Gorilla theme song lyrics: "He's really ideal". Early promotional materials for the series carried the title Peter Potamus and His Magic Flying Balloon, but that title never appeared on screen. The original Peter Potamus series was broadcast on the cable TV channel Boomerang, often as part of its anthology series Boomerang Zoo.

Segments edit

Peter Potamus and So-So edit

The main segment features Peter Potamus (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Joe E. Brown; Butler uses an identical voice for Lippy the Lion) and his diminutive sidekick So-So the monkey (voiced by Don Messick).[4] Peter is big, purple, and friendly, dressed in a safari jacket and hat. Episodes generally consist of Peter and So-So exploring the world in his hot air balloon, which is capable of time travel at the spin of a dial. When faced with a precarious situation, Peter uses his Hippo Hurricane Howler to blow away his opponents.

Breezly and Sneezly edit

Main article: Breezly and Sneezly

A polar bear named Breezly Bruin (voiced by Howard Morris) and his friend Sneezly Seal (voiced by Mel Blanc) use various schemes to break into an army camp in the frozen north, while trying to stay one step ahead of the camp's leader Colonel Fuzzby (voiced by John Stephenson).

Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey edit

Main article: Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey

Three dogs named Yippee (voiced by Doug Young), Yappee (voiced by Hal Smith), and Yahooey (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Jerry Lewis) aka The Goofy Guards, work for the King (voiced by Hal Smith), a short, complaining ruler who is often on the receiving end of their antics. The trio's plumed hats and swords are reminiscent of The Three Musketeers.

Episodes edit

# Plot Original air date
1
  • Fee Fi Fo Fun:
  • No Place Like Nome:
  • The Volunteers:
 September 16, 1964 (1964-09-16)
2
  • Lion Around:
  • All Riot on the Northern Front:
  • Black Bart:
 September 23, 1964 (1964-09-23)
3
  • Cleo Trio:
  • Missile Fizzle:
  • Double Dragon:
 October 7, 1964 (1964-10-07)
4
  • No Rest for a Pest:
  • Mass Masquerade:
  • Outlaw in-Law:
 October 7, 1964 (1964-10-07)
5
  • Wagon Train Strain:
  • Furry Furlough:
  • Horse Shoo Fly:
 October 14, 1964 (1964-10-14)
6
  • Monotony on the Bounty:
  • Bruin Ruin:
  • Wild Child:
 October 21, 1964 (1964-10-21)
7
  • The Good Hood:
  • Freezing Fleas:
  • Witch is Which:
 October 28, 1964 (1964-10-28)
8
  • Stars on Mars:
  • Stars and Gripes:
  • Wise Quacking:
 November 4, 1964 (1964-11-04)
9
  • Kooky Spook:
  • Armoured Amour:
  • Nautical Nitwits:
 November 11, 1964 (1964-11-11)
10
  • The Island Fling:
  • As the Snow Flies:
  • Job Robbed:
 November 18, 1964 (1964-11-18)
11
  • Courtin Trouble:
  • Snow Biz:
  • Unicorn on the Cob:
 November 25, 1964 (1964-11-25)
12
  • Big Red Riding Hood:
  • Unseen Trouble:
  • Mouse Rout:
 December 2, 1964 (1964-12-02)
13
  • Hurricane Hippo:
  • Nervous in the Service:
  • Handy Dandy Lion:
 December 9, 1964 (1964-12-09)
14
  • What a Knight:
  • Birthday Bonanza:
  • Sappy Birthday:
 December 16, 1964 (1964-12-16)
15
  • Mask Task:
  • Wacky Waikiki:
  • King of the Roadhogs:
 September 11, 1965 (1965-09-11)
16
  • Pre-Hysterical Pete:
  • General Nuisance:
  • Palace Pal Picnic:
 September 18, 1965 (1965-09-18)
17
  • Trite Flite:
  • Rookie Wrecker:
  • Sleepy Time King:
 September 25, 1965 (1965-09-25)
18
  • Marriage Peter Potamus Style:
  • Noodick of the North:
  • Pie Pie Blackbird:
 October 2, 1965 (1965-10-02)
19
  • Calaboose Caboose:
  • The Fastest Bear in the North:
  • What the Hex Going On?:
 October 9, 1965 (1965-10-09)
20
  • Eager Ogre:
  • Snow Time Show Time:
  • Eviction Capers:
 October 16, 1965 (1965-10-16)
21
  • The Reform of Plankenstein:
  • Goat A Go-Go:
  • Hero Sandwiched:
 October 23, 1965 (1965-10-23)
22
  • Debt and Taxes:
  • Spy in the Ointment:
  • Throne for a Loss:
 January 2, 1966 (1966-01-02)
23
  • Wrong Time No See:
  • All Ill Wind:
  • Royal Rhubarb:
 January 9, 1966 (1966-01-09)
24
  • America or Bust:
 January 16, 1966 (1966-01-16)
25
  • Rebel Rumble:
 January 23, 1966 (1966-01-23)
26
  • Pilgrims Regress:
 January 30, 1966 (1966-01-30)
27
  • The Crossbow Incident:
 February 6, 1966 (1966-02-06)

Other appearances edit

  • Peter Potamus and So-So appeared in Yogi's Ark Lark and its spin-off series Yogi's Gang.
  • Peter Potamus guest starred in the episode "India and Israel" on Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics.
  • Peter Potamus guest starred in some episodes of Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
  • Gold Key Comics published one issue of a Peter Potamus comic book in 1965.[5]
  • Peter Potamus made a cameo appearance in The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound as a captain of a boat to Tahiti.
  • Peter Potamus appeared in the early 1990s series Yo Yogi!, where he was voiced by Greg Burson. He and So-So were shown to own a plant store at Jellystone Mall called Peter Potamus' Plant Palace. In "Tricky Dickie's Dirty Trickies", he is shown to be allergic to goldenrods. He later appeared in "Mall or Nothing" as part of the Mall-a-thon.
  • Peter Potamus and So-So were seen as animatronics in the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Chubby Cheese" during Chubby's song sequence.
  • Potamus was also a recurring character on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, where he is voiced in a Brooklyn accent by Joe Alaskey and later voiced by Chris Edgerly. In it, he is a lecherous glutton and a lazy and sleazy (but inexplicably successful) lawyer in constant pursuit of women and sandwiches. He works at the Sebben & Sebben law firm with Harvey Birdman. Peter has the trademark phrase "Did you get that thing I sent you?" Starting with the episode "Return of Birdgirl", Peter's hands were changed to hooves.
  • Peter Potamus appeared in Velma Dinkley's feverish dream in issue #10 'Velma - Warrior Queen of Monsterworld!" of Scooby Apocalypse.
  • Peter Potamus and So-So appeared in DC Comics Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special #1 as captured animals alongside other Hanna-Barbera characters.
  • Peter Potamus made a brief cameo in the Wacky Races episode "King Solomon's Races".
  • Peter Potamus and So-So also appeared in the 2021 feature film Space Jam: A New Legacy. They are seen watching the basketball game between the Tune Squad and the Goon Squad from their balloon.
  • Peter Potamus and So-So appear in the series Jellystone![6] with Peter Potamus voiced by C.H. Greenblatt and So-So voiced by George Takei.[7] Peter Potamus and So-So are portrayed as Otakus, Peter is also a martial arts specialist who considers his action figures to be his friends. Though has been shown trying to hang out with the other citizens. So-So was seen as Peter's fighting coach. Peter also works as a mail carrier by using his hot air balloon. So-So was silent until the season 2 episode "Balloon Kids". Sneezly Seal appears in season 3 of Jellystone. He is portrayed as a child in this series.
  • Peter Potamus' balloon makes a cameo in the background of "The Court" map in the platform fighting game MultiVersus.

Home media edit

The episode Fe Fi Fo Fun is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Vol. 1. The episode Wagon Train Strain is available on the Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 2 set. The episode Cleo Trio is on the Hanna Barbera 25 Cartoon Collection DVD, part of The Best of Warner Bros. series.

On November 1, 2016, Warner Archive released The Peter Potamus Show- The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.[8]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946–1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 219–220. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 342. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 454. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  4. ^ Markstein, Don (2008). "Peter Potamus". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on 2015-03-09.
  5. ^ Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. pp. 203–204. ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ^ "HBO Max Scores 'Rick and Morty' Library, 'South Park' Deal & Kids Slate". 29 October 2019.
  7. ^ Hemmert, Kylie (June 24, 2021). "Jellystone!: Hanna-Barbera Characters Return in HBO Max Original Animated Series". Comingsoon.net.
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-10-19.

External links edit

  • The Peter Potamus Show at IMDb  

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Peter Potamus is a purple animated hippopotamus that first appeared in the 1964 1966 animated television series The Peter Potamus Show produced by Hanna Barbera and first broadcast on September 16 1964 1 Peter PotamusPeter Potamus and So So in their Magic Flying Balloon Also known asThe Peter Potamus ShowPeter Potamus and His Magic Flying BalloonGenreComedyAdventureCreated byWilliam Hanna Joseph BarberaWritten byTony BenedictWarren FosterDalton SandiferDirected byWilliam HannaJoseph BarberaVoices ofDaws ButlerDoug YoungHal SmithDon MessickHoward MorrisMel BlancJohn StephensonComposerHoyt CurtinCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of episodes27ProductionProducersWilliam HannaJoseph BarberaRunning time22 26 minutesProduction companyHanna Barbera ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkSyndicationABCReleaseSeptember 16 1964 1964 09 16 October 23 1966 1966 10 23 The Peter Potamus Show is divided into three segments Peter Potamus and So So Breezly and Sneezly and Yippee Yappee and Yahooey 2 Peter Potamus was broadcast as a companion series to The Magilla Gorilla Show Both series premiered in first run syndication before being picked up by ABC in January 1966 Peter Potamus ran on Sunday mornings and The Magilla Gorilla Show went to Saturday mornings before moving to Sundays the following year At that time the Breezly and Sneezly segment was swapped with Ricochet Rabbit amp Droop a Long a segment on The Magilla Gorilla Show After the ABC run ended in 1967 cartoons from Magilla Gorilla and Peter Potamus shows were syndicated together The Ideal Toy Company sponsored the television series 3 and during the original run of the cartoon the closing song ended with the phrase And there he goes Peter Potamus our ideal A similarly subtle sponsor reference appeared in the Magilla Gorilla theme song lyrics He s really ideal Early promotional materials for the series carried the title Peter Potamus and His Magic Flying Balloon but that title never appeared on screen The original Peter Potamus series was broadcast on the cable TV channel Boomerang often as part of its anthology series Boomerang Zoo Contents 1 Segments 1 1 Peter Potamus and So So 1 2 Breezly and Sneezly 1 3 Yippee Yappee and Yahooey 2 Episodes 3 Other appearances 4 Home media 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksSegments editPeter Potamus and So So edit The main segment features Peter Potamus voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Joe E Brown Butler uses an identical voice for Lippy the Lion and his diminutive sidekick So So the monkey voiced by Don Messick 4 Peter is big purple and friendly dressed in a safari jacket and hat Episodes generally consist of Peter and So So exploring the world in his hot air balloon which is capable of time travel at the spin of a dial When faced with a precarious situation Peter uses his Hippo Hurricane Howler to blow away his opponents Breezly and Sneezly edit Main article Breezly and Sneezly A polar bear named Breezly Bruin voiced by Howard Morris and his friend Sneezly Seal voiced by Mel Blanc use various schemes to break into an army camp in the frozen north while trying to stay one step ahead of the camp s leader Colonel Fuzzby voiced by John Stephenson Yippee Yappee and Yahooey edit Main article Yippee Yappee and Yahooey Three dogs named Yippee voiced by Doug Young Yappee voiced by Hal Smith and Yahooey voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Jerry Lewis aka The Goofy Guards work for the King voiced by Hal Smith a short complaining ruler who is often on the receiving end of their antics The trio s plumed hats and swords are reminiscent of The Three Musketeers Episodes edit Plot Original air date1 Fee Fi Fo Fun No Place Like Nome The Volunteers September 16 1964 1964 09 16 2 Lion Around All Riot on the Northern Front Black Bart September 23 1964 1964 09 23 3 Cleo Trio Missile Fizzle Double Dragon October 7 1964 1964 10 07 4 No Rest for a Pest Mass Masquerade Outlaw in Law October 7 1964 1964 10 07 5 Wagon Train Strain Furry Furlough Horse Shoo Fly October 14 1964 1964 10 14 6 Monotony on the Bounty Bruin Ruin Wild Child October 21 1964 1964 10 21 7 The Good Hood Freezing Fleas Witch is Which October 28 1964 1964 10 28 8 Stars on Mars Stars and Gripes Wise Quacking November 4 1964 1964 11 04 9 Kooky Spook Armoured Amour Nautical Nitwits November 11 1964 1964 11 11 10 The Island Fling As the Snow Flies Job Robbed November 18 1964 1964 11 18 11 Courtin Trouble Snow Biz Unicorn on the Cob November 25 1964 1964 11 25 12 Big Red Riding Hood Unseen Trouble Mouse Rout December 2 1964 1964 12 02 13 Hurricane Hippo Nervous in the Service Handy Dandy Lion December 9 1964 1964 12 09 14 What a Knight Birthday Bonanza Sappy Birthday December 16 1964 1964 12 16 15 Mask Task Wacky Waikiki King of the Roadhogs September 11 1965 1965 09 11 16 Pre Hysterical Pete General Nuisance Palace Pal Picnic September 18 1965 1965 09 18 17 Trite Flite Rookie Wrecker Sleepy Time King September 25 1965 1965 09 25 18 Marriage Peter Potamus Style Noodick of the North Pie Pie Blackbird October 2 1965 1965 10 02 19 Calaboose Caboose The Fastest Bear in the North What the Hex Going On October 9 1965 1965 10 09 20 Eager Ogre Snow Time Show Time Eviction Capers October 16 1965 1965 10 16 21 The Reform of Plankenstein Goat A Go Go Hero Sandwiched October 23 1965 1965 10 23 22 Debt and Taxes Spy in the Ointment Throne for a Loss January 2 1966 1966 01 02 23 Wrong Time No See All Ill Wind Royal Rhubarb January 9 1966 1966 01 09 24 America or Bust January 16 1966 1966 01 16 25 Rebel Rumble January 23 1966 1966 01 23 26 Pilgrims Regress January 30 1966 1966 01 30 27 The Crossbow Incident February 6 1966 1966 02 06 Other appearances editPeter Potamus and So So appeared in Yogi s Ark Lark and its spin off series Yogi s Gang Peter Potamus guest starred in the episode India and Israel on Scooby s All Star Laff A Lympics Peter Potamus guest starred in some episodes of Yogi s Treasure Hunt Gold Key Comics published one issue of a Peter Potamus comic book in 1965 5 Peter Potamus made a cameo appearance in The Good the Bad and Huckleberry Hound as a captain of a boat to Tahiti Peter Potamus appeared in the early 1990s series Yo Yogi where he was voiced by Greg Burson He and So So were shown to own a plant store at Jellystone Mall called Peter Potamus Plant Palace In Tricky Dickie s Dirty Trickies he is shown to be allergic to goldenrods He later appeared in Mall or Nothing as part of the Mall a thon Peter Potamus and So So were seen as animatronics in the Dexter s Laboratory episode Chubby Cheese during Chubby s song sequence Potamus was also a recurring character on Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law where he is voiced in a Brooklyn accent by Joe Alaskey and later voiced by Chris Edgerly In it he is a lecherous glutton and a lazy and sleazy but inexplicably successful lawyer in constant pursuit of women and sandwiches He works at the Sebben amp Sebben law firm with Harvey Birdman Peter has the trademark phrase Did you get that thing I sent you Starting with the episode Return of Birdgirl Peter s hands were changed to hooves Peter Potamus appeared in Velma Dinkley s feverish dream in issue 10 Velma Warrior Queen of Monsterworld of Scooby Apocalypse Peter Potamus and So So appeared in DC Comics Deathstroke Yogi Bear Special 1 as captured animals alongside other Hanna Barbera characters Peter Potamus made a brief cameo in the Wacky Races episode King Solomon s Races Peter Potamus and So So also appeared in the 2021 feature film Space Jam A New Legacy They are seen watching the basketball game between the Tune Squad and the Goon Squad from their balloon Peter Potamus and So So appear in the series Jellystone 6 with Peter Potamus voiced by C H Greenblatt and So So voiced by George Takei 7 Peter Potamus and So So are portrayed as Otakus Peter is also a martial arts specialist who considers his action figures to be his friends Though has been shown trying to hang out with the other citizens So So was seen as Peter s fighting coach Peter also works as a mail carrier by using his hot air balloon So So was silent until the season 2 episode Balloon Kids Sneezly Seal appears in season 3 of Jellystone He is portrayed as a child in this series Peter Potamus balloon makes a cameo in the background of The Court map in the platform fighting game MultiVersus Home media editThe episode Fe Fi Fo Fun is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Vol 1 The episode Wagon Train Strain is available on the Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960 s Vol 2 set The episode Cleo Trio is on the Hanna Barbera 25 Cartoon Collection DVD part of The Best of Warner Bros series On November 1 2016 Warner Archive released The Peter Potamus Show The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna Barbera Classics Collection This is a Manufacture on Demand MOD release available exclusively through Warner s online store and Amazon com 8 See also editList of works produced by Hanna Barbera Productions List of Hanna Barbera charactersReferences edit Woolery George W 1983 Children s Television The First Thirty Five Years 1946 1981 Part 1 Animated Cartoon Series Scarecrow Press pp 219 220 ISBN 0 8108 1557 5 Retrieved 14 March 2020 Hyatt Wesley 1997 The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television Watson Guptill Publications p 342 ISBN 978 0823083152 Retrieved 19 March 2020 Perlmutter David 2018 The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows Rowman amp Littlefield p 454 ISBN 978 1538103739 Markstein Don 2008 Peter Potamus Don Markstein s Toonopedia Archived from the original on 2015 03 09 Rovin Jeff 1991 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals Prentice Hall Press pp 203 204 ISBN 0 13 275561 0 Retrieved 8 April 2020 HBO Max Scores Rick and Morty Library South Park Deal amp Kids Slate 29 October 2019 Hemmert Kylie June 24 2021 Jellystone Hanna Barbera Characters Return in HBO Max Original Animated Series Comingsoon net The Complete Series Formally Announced by the Warner Archive Archived from the original on 2016 10 19 External links editThe Peter Potamus Show at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Potamus amp oldid 1214536462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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