Hoppity Hooper pilot

[gilgamess]

At 0:06, look under the "PER"

[cd637299]

What I don't understand is, IIRC, Part 1 did not have this background music or Gerard Baldwin's animation---it was the typical Gamma stuff. (And I don't recall Parts 3 & 4 at all.)....Was the pilot only "part 2"???

[johnnylongbone]

One of the creepiest cartoon themes ever!

[Juliaflo]

God bless the Jay Ward boilerplate.

[acholl980]

when the series began Reed's voice was replace by co-producer Bill Scott.

[bigg3469]

Alan Reed the "ORIGINAL" Fillmore Bear also used Fillmore's voice in the classic Flinstones episode "The Prowler" which he did the voice of a prowler who got "JUDO-ED" by Wilma & Betty who though that the prowler was Fred who tried to play a joke on the girls (Also voiced by Alan Reed).

[SteveCarras]

Was that Alan? He and Daws Butler [yet again reprising his :"Super Snooper, private eye cat" voice [itself borrowed from radio's "Duffy's Tavern"] for a 1961? Flintstones as a couple of gangsters who stop Fred and Barney, themselves private eyes now, who are planning to take Wilma and Betty to some concerto.

[kelly12h]

Theatre: has 2 working componets,2 different schools,writers,producers,dire­ctors and the actors-different school-but actors started to Produce,Jealousy from the Hollywood MOGALS.

[SteveCarras]

It's interestiong to hear background music underneath Jay Ward shows., a few Fractured Fairy Tales had stuff like "Ugly uckling" (plastic surgery), music from jack Shaindlin';s library, associated with Capitol Hi-Q, as well as Phil Green's catchy Comedy Circus (reconizable as "Snooper and Blabber'"s chase music, ha-ha) also winding up in Capitol Hi-Q. Jay's "Cinderella" cartoons,most notably "Conderella Returns", has some familiar music too.

[wiley207]

I know "Dudley Do-Right" heavily featured background music

[fromthesidelines]

Alan later reused his "Fillmore" voice for Hanna-Barbera, as "Dum-Dum", in the 1962-'63"Touche Turtle" series.

[blackxenos]

This is one of my personal favorites at least in my personal top 10 that I watched as a kid.

[audities]

The "Traffic Zone" episodes were quite surrealistic.

[autozonesucks]

wow ode d' clogne

[MRAm33t]

No wonder I like jazz....love that theme music.....daddy oh, swingin, yeah babyyyyyyy.......

[Hoopburger]

I like that scene when Uncle Waldo gets an idea and that flipping out to the beat of the funny sound effects!Like CRAAZZY man!

[argento1970]

I hate to sound like a nerd, but I really enjoy cartoons like this with the old film look to them. Especially the opening and closing. Thanks for sharing. It brings back memories.

[Marbles471]

Regarding the "film look" aspect, allow me to join you in happy nerdom. :)

In fact, what I hate about a lot of cartoons being made lately (disregarding whether the show itself is good or bad) is that it looks so clean and cold. That digital coloring often looks sterile to me.

[CyDaSnake]

I thought you were gonna mention that despite computers most characters in todays newer shows look even more flat\car-bored, the dreaded George of the Jungle remake and Fairly Oddparents fit this as most of the characters look like some thing a kid could arrange with cut-outs of paper and glue.

[JERRMAN2435]

This was one of my favorite cartoons as a child and I appreciate the opportunity to see it again. Many thanks for sharing. Peace & safety to you & yours!

[fromthesidelines]

The first two episodes of what became the four part "Ring-A-Ding-Spring" adventure were originally produced "on spec" in 1960 {this was the second one}, featuring a music score by Dennis Farnon. Alan Reed only voiced "Fillmore" during the first two episodes; after he became "Fred Flintstone", he had to bow out. That's why Bill Scott succeeded him. The background music disappeared as well.

[SteveCarras]

FromSide.. I'm glad you mentioend Dennis Farnon's music score here. He also did a "Aesop's Fable", "The Dog and his Shadow".

[mightyfilm]

It's so nice to hear Alan Reed do other voices than Ol' Fat Fred.

[Jinks1447]

Alan Reed was also the voice of Touche Turtle's sidekick Dum Dum the sheepdog.

[SteveCarras]

Alan Reed (pre-Fred Flinstone) as "Fillmore" but Hans Conreid, Christina Allen and Paul Frees (plus, as with other early Jay Ward episodes, some music, possibly some needledrop stock-music, featured as background music behind).

[bigg3469]

Christina(AKA Chris)Allen also starred in Hanna-Barbera's Space Kiddettes with Daws Butler, Don Messick, Janet Waldo & Paul Frees.

[RJRanke]

Chris Allen was a girl?I never knew that!

I did recognize one of the Space Kidettes' voices as the voice of Hoppity Hooper.

[heine71]

Filmore Bear speaking like the original Fred Flintstone!