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1. "There's no need to fear.. Underdog is here!" Who supplied the voice for this humble and lovable "Shoeshine Boy" whose love interest was "Sweet Polly Purebred"?

Answer: Wally M. Cox

Wally Maynard Cox served as the voice for the cartoon character, Underdog.
When the show's character was not busy being a dubious hero of sorts, he was simply known by his alter-ego; Shoeshine Boy.
Underdog faced off with a variety of villains, including Simon Bar Sinister and Riff Raff.

2. Based on the character information given below, see if you remember the name of this hand puppet T.V show from the late 1940's, which was later made into an animated cartoon in the early 1960's: Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent A youngster named Beany Boy. Captain Horatio Huffenpuff, also known as "Uncle Captain". Dishonest John - "D.J.", the program's villain. Mouth-Full-of-Teeth Keith, a cowardly lion.

Answer: Beany and Cecil

Beany and Cecil was first introduced as a televison broadcast of a hand puppet show, under the title "Time For Beany" in 1949 but later it became an animated cartoon.

Beany had a "beany-copter", a beanie cap which enabled him to fly around, while Cecil was his loyal friend, even though he was a green sea serpent.
Often they could be found on "Uncle Captain's" boat, the "Leakin' Lena".

"Nyah-ah-ahh!" was probably D.J.'s best known line, used primarily whenever he thought that he had bested Cecil.

One of Beany's usual lines was "Help, Cecil! Help!" and Cecil would respond with the ubiquitous, "I'm a-comin', Beany-boy!"

It was one of the first three programs shown in color on NBC TV; the other two also being animated cartoons, "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons".

3. Quick Draw McGraw was the third successful cartoon produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. What was Quick Draw's burro friend and sidekick's name?

Answer: Baba Looey

Baba Looey's name was a pun based on a song by Desi Arnaz, "Babalu", which dates back to the 1940's.

Quick Draw McGraw, a cartoon horse who was also a sheriff, was produced by Hanna-Barbera, and was their third successful cartoon, following behind "The Ruff and Reddy Show" and "Huckleberry Hound".

Daws Butler, the same man who provided the voice for Quick Draw McGraw also provided the voice of Baba Looey.

4. Terrytoons Productions brought this one to our television sets, in the early 1960's. What was the name of this enforcer of the law, whose sometimes friends -sometimes law-breaking foes, consisted of "Muskie" the muskrat, "Possible Possum", "Moley Mole", and "Vincent van Gopher"?

Answer: Deputy Dawg

The fictional character of Deputy Dawg lived in the state of Tennessee. His job was to serve as the sheriff's deputy, which often brought him into conflict with his friends. Often, however, he was able to associate with them in less than a supervisory manner.

The majority of the program's humor stemmed from the stereotypical accent of Southerners and from Deputy Dawg attempting to enforce the law, while being prone to befriend his acquaintances simultaneously, often going cat-fishing together.
Dayton Allen lent his voice to that of the character Deputy Dawg.

5. John and Kim Butler, along with their two children, Katie and Greg and the family dog "Digger", were rafting on the Amazon River when a whirlpool sucked them into its vortex. What is the title of the animated cartoon of the 1970's that told of their adventures?

Answer: Valley Of The Dinosaurs

The premise for this cartoon was that a scientist and his family were on a trip down the Amazon when their boat capsized and went through an underground cavern. They entered a valley (and a time-warp), because once there, they encountered dinosaurs, a prehistoric family and other oddities. The family of Gorok (the prehistoric man) spent a great deal of their time helping the family survive the valley, while also attempting to help them get back home.

This series aired for two years on CBS, from 1974-1976.

6. Hard to say that the following cartoon was around only in the 60's or 70's. In fact, it stuck around with a variety of different, yet similar names for nearly four decades! From 1949 until 2000, this classic Saturday morning cartoon changed names, formats, and length on a number of occasions. What cartoon show was this that often used the classic tune, "This Is It" as its opening theme song?

Answer: The Bugs Bunny Show

The Bugs Bunny Show was known by a variety of different names, depending on which network aired the 'toons, and on the length of the program in any given year. Some of the names that it was known by include The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show; The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour; and The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (an hour and a half program).

Most of the program's segments had their roots in the 1940's cartoons by Warner Brothers - "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies".

7. "Exit, stage right..." along with the exclamation, "Heaven's to Murgatroyd!" were the signature lines of which of the following Hanna/Barbera cartoon characters?

Answer: Snagglepuss

Okay, so shoot me.
Snagglepuss was actually created in 1959. This lovable pink lion was lent his voice by a man who provided many other characters with the gift of speech; Daws Butler.

Much of the cartoon centered around the living environment in which Snagglepuss (originally called Snaggletooth) lived. His cave was always in need of improvement, but seldom if ever was he able to better himself in his abode.

Usually, he was worse off than at the beginning of the episode!

8. "Oh muh darlin', Oh muh darlin," were the classic lines sung by one of the bluest dogs on television. No, he was not SAD blue, but LITERALLY blue. What was the name of this character who just loved singing "Clementine"?

Answer: Huckleberry Hound

Huckleberry Hound was yet another Hanna/Barbera production that featured the voice of Daws Butler. Huck spoke with a southern U.S. drawl, and he often used "asides" to the audience when he was explaining plots and his actions.

In 1988, an animated movie "The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound" featured our blue friend, and this was the last time that Daws Butler was able to lend his voice to the character, as he died a month after the film was released.

9. "Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales" was a popular kid's television cartoon in the 1960's. Tennessee was voiced by Don Adams (later of "Get Smart" fame), but can you tell me the name of his friend the walrus, who was voiced by Bradley Bolke?

Answer: Chumley

Chumley was notorious for being the naive one of the pair. Whenever Tennessee would get some bright idea for escaping from the zoo, for cooking up some wild scheme, or for just trying to convince Chumley to cooperate with him for whatever reason, Chumley's usual response was, "Duh... O-kay, Tennessee."

10. On which late 50's/early 60's cartoon would you have seen the following? a)Peabody's Improbable History b)Fractured Fairy Tales c)Dudley Do-Right d)Boris and Natasha

Answer: Rocky And His Friends

For its first two seasons, the cartoon program was known by "Rocky and His Friends", but for the remainder of its run, it was called "The Bullwinkle Show".

Rocket (Rocky) J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle T. (The) Moose were created by Jay Ward and Alex Anderson, with major contributions made by head-writer Bill Scott, and by writers Chris Hayward and Allan Burns.

Source: Author logcrawler

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