Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long

*Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long*
Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long
	Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long's title card
Genre	Comedy; Western
Created by	Hanna-Barbera
Directed by	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Voices of	Don Messick; Mel Blanc
Theme music composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No.of seasons	2
No.of episodes	23
Production
Producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Running time	7 minutes per short
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	First-Run Syndication
Release	January 14, 1964–; December 4, 1966
Related
	The Magilla Gorilla Show; The Peter Potamus Show

Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Longwas a segment ofHanna-Barbera's 1964–66 cartoonThe Magilla Gorilla Show,and later appeared onThe Peter Potamus Show.^[1]

Background

Taking place in aWild Westsetting, Ricochet Rabbit (voiced byDon Messick) worked as asheriffin the town of Hoop 'n' Holler. Ricochet wouldbounce off stationary objectsyelling "Bing-bing-bing!"^[2]His deputy and foil Droop-a-LongCoyote(voiced byMel BlancimpersonatingKen Curtis) was not as fast and was very clumsy.^[3]

In addition to his speed, which enabled him to outrunbullets,Ricochet used trick bullets against his opponents, including a bullet that would stop in mid-flight and strike the target with an impossibly oversizedmallet,and another which would draw a target on his nose and punch it.

Episode list

#	Title	Airdate	Animator
1	Atchison, Topeka & Sam Jose	January 14, 1964
2	Good Little Bad Guy	January 21, 1964	Credited Animators: Kenneth Muse, George Goepper
3	Cradle Robber	January 28, 1964	Credited Animators: Kenneth Muse, George Goepper
4	West Pest	February 4, 1964	Credited Animators: George Goepper, Kenneth Muse
5	TV Show	February 11, 1964	Credited Animators: George Goepper, Kenneth Muse
6	Annie Hoaxley	February 18, 1964	Credited Animators: Kenneth Muse, George Goepper
7	School Daze	February 25, 1964	Credited Animator: Irv Spence
8	Sheepy Wolf	March 3, 1964	Credited Animators: George Nicholas, George Goepper
9	Big Thinker	March 10, 1964	Credited Animators: Jerry Hathcock, Ed Parks, Don Patterson
10	Two Too Many	March 17, 1964	Credited Animators: George Nicholas, George Goepper
11	Bad Guys Are Good Guys	March 24, 1964
12	Itchy-Finger Gun Slinger	March 31, 1964
13	Clunko Bunko	April 7, 1964
14	Slick Quick Gun	April 14, 1964
15	Mostly Ghostly	April 21, 1964	Credited Animators: Jerry Hathcock, Kenneth Muse
16	Will O' the Whip	September 11, 1965
17	Cactus Ruckus	September 18, 1965	Credited Animators: Carlo Vinci, Hugh Fraser
18	Rapid Romance	September 25, 1965
19	El Loco, Loco, Loco, Loco Diablo	October 2, 1965
20	Big Town Show Down	October 9, 1965
21	Space Sheriff	October 16, 1965
22	Red Riding Ricochet	October 23, 1965
23	Jail Break-In	October 30, 1965

Cast

Don Messickas Ricochet Rabbit
Mel Blancas Droop-a-Long Coyote

Other appearances

An early incarnation of Ricochet Rabbit appears inTouché Turtle and Dum Dumepisode 26 "Rapid Rabbit".
Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long were seen inYogi's Ark Lark.
Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long were seen in the opening title ofYogi's Gang.
Ricochet Rabbit made some appearances inYogi's Treasure Hunt.
Ricochet Rabbit makes a portrait cameo in the "Agent Penny" episode of the "Super Secret Secret Squirrel" segment of2 Stupid Dogs.
Ricochet Rabbit appears in theHarvey Birdman, Attorney at Lawepisode "X Gets the Crest", voiced byMark Hamill.Droop-a-Long also makes a non-speaking cameo.
Ricochet Rabbit appears in theWacky Racesrebootepisode "Slow and Steady", voiced byTom Kenny.

In other languages

Italian:Tornado Kid e Sonnacchia
Français:Ricochet-Va-Vite et Lambinousse
Dutch:Sheriff Altijd Raak Hebbes

References

^Woolery, George W. (1983).Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series.Scarecrow Press. pp. 174–175.ISBN 0-8108-1557-5.Retrieved9 April2020.
^Rovin, Jeff (1991).The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals.Prentice Hall Press. p. 221.ISBN 0-13-275561-0.Retrieved8 April2020.
^Erickson, Hal (2005).Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003(2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 522–523.ISBN 978-1476665993.

External links

Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Longepisode guide on BCDB
Ricochet RabbitatDon Markstein's Toonopedia.Archivedfrom the original on January 14, 2017.

[1] Woolery, George W. (1983).Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series.Scarecrow Press. pp. 174–175.ISBN 0-8108-1557-5.Retrieved9 April2020.

[2] Rovin, Jeff (1991).The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals.Prentice Hall Press. p. 221.ISBN 0-13-275561-0.Retrieved8 April2020.

[3] Erickson, Hal (2005).Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003(2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 522–523.ISBN 978-1476665993.

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