The Huckleberry Hound Show - Vol. 1 (1958)

I had to get this, but...

This disc set is the latest in a line of acquisitions of some of my childhood favorites, a journey that has included Looney Tunes, Fractured Flickers, and Freddy the Pig. While I have not regretted any of these purchases, this one is definitely the least consequential.

Watching Looney Tunes as an adult is a guilt-free experience because those cartoons (most of them, anyway) were always intended to appeal to all ages. Same with Fractured Flickers: I love it as much now as I did then, and I remain grounded in adulthood as I watch it. The humor in the Freddy books is surprisingly edgy and makes me feel as if I'm watching an old screwball comedy.

Huckleberry Hound, by contrast, is aimed squarely at children and completely lacking in subtlety. It is pure fantasy that inhabits its own universe and makes hardly any references to the real world. Watching it makes me feel like a kid and reminds me of how ignorant I was about the world then, which isn't someplace I really want to go.

The primary appeal, and the reason I wanted these discs, is hearing all the old pieces of stock music that were used over and over nonstop. That music is great. Next comes Daws Butler's and Don Messick's voice work: Huck, Yogi, and Jinks are all intrinsically funny characters and just listening to them talk is enough to make me crack a smile. Also, Messick's voice lends humor to the narration. But the writing contributes very little to any of this.

As others have noted, some of the cartoons are repeated, but this should not be a problem once you realize that the repeats follow a regular pattern. Each of the 12 episodes from 10 through 21 repeats one of the 12 cartoons from the first four episodes, in the order Huck, Yogi, and Jinks. So when you get to episode 10, you can skip the Huck cartoon, then the Yogi cartoon, and so on through episode 21. October 4, 2008

very unhappy purchaser

this iteam has repeated, episodas throughout the contents of this dvd set. also the openning credits theme songs, and closing credits theme songs, on every episoda is also missing, as well as, the interduction to other cast cartoons that is suppose to be line up on each show.The Huckleberry Hound, Vol. 1 - Disc 1 April 16, 2008

Hello, Hanna Barbera? Fans are waiting for Volumes 2 and 3.....

Wonderful shows, beautiful quality. Someone did a bang-up job of piecing together the old lead-ins and commercials from whatever video source material was available, good or bad. The feature on Daws Butler is a lot of fun.
Many of my favorite Huckleberry Hound/Pixie & Dixie/Yogi Bear cartoons were in seasons 2 and 3. So I thought, "If Volume 1 (Season 1) is THIS great, then I want to order Volumes 2 and 3!"
But......there ARE NO Volumes 2 or 3 on DVD. Rats. Volume 1 came out WAY BACK in 2005. And since then, NO DVDS of seasons 2 or 3. A story all too commonplace in the DVD marketplace. The baby boomers who love these shows are healthy enough and rich enough AT THE PRESENT TIME to make it a worthwhile endeavor. I sure hope someone in the industry is reading this. February 22, 2008

The Huckleberry Hound Show - Vol. 1

My children love this video. The charactors are all so special with their personalities and voices. The sound effects throughout each and every episode keeps their eyes glued to the screen. My children especially like the Pixie & Dixie cartoons where that mean old nasty cat Jinx chases them and they barely escape by the skin of their teeth. August 13, 2007

JonesK43

If you loved the cartoons of days-gone-by you will love this series of animation done by Hanna-Barbera. May 13, 2007

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