A Hooper Production in association with Jay Ward Productions and Producers Associates
for Television. Seen September 26, 1964 through September 2, 1967 on ABC-TV. Retitled Uncle
Waldo in 1965 for syndication. Also seen from September 26, 1965 through December 19,
1965 as part of Cartoon Fun, a thirteen episode Sunday afternoon series on ABC.
Hoppity, Fillmore, and Professor Waldo.
Hoppity Hooper featured the escapades of a naive, lovable frog, Hoppity, and
his cronies, Professor Waldo Wigglesworth, a shrewd and cunning fox, and Fillmore, a
good-natured, dim-witted, bugle-blowing bear. The trio, hailing from the fictitious town
of Foggy Bog, Wisconsin, traveled around the country in a medicine-show wagon, exploring
Waldo's various get-rich quick schemes.
Our trio in the traveling medicine-show wagon.
Each week the series presented two episodes of a Hoppity four-part cliff-hanger, along
with repeat episodes from other Jay Ward (Rocky and his Friends, Bullwinkle) and Total TV (Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo) series. The
repeated episodes included Ward's Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody's Improbable History
and Mr. Know-It-All, and Total TV's Commander McBragg.
Hoppity Hooper was created by Jay Ward and written by Chris Jenkyns and Bill Scott.
Ward and Scott were also the co-producers. The directors of the series included Bill
Hurtz, Pete Burness, and Lew Keller. Hoppity followed the same format as earlier Jay Ward
series, such as Crusader Rabbit.
The sharp satire and good natured puns offset the crude drawing and limited
animation. The pilot for the series was produced in 1960, being funded by Ward
employees who purchased stock in Hooper Productions. The original voice of
Fillmore was Alan Reed, who did the first two episodes before leaving to work on
Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones as the voice of Fred. When the Hoppity Hooper
show was sold to General mills and ABC-TV in late 1963, Bill Scott took over for
Reed as the voice of Fillmore. Joining Bill Scott on the series were the
original voices from the pilot: Chris Allen as the voice of Hoppity, and Hans Conreid (Uncle Tanoose on Danny Thomas' Make
Room for Daddy series) as Professor Waldo Wigglesworth.
Sherman and Peabody.
Our hapless heroes.
EPISODES
1-4
Ring-A-Ding Spring
5-8
Rock 'N' Roll Star
9-12
Diamond Mine
13-16
Costra Nostra
17-20
Giant of Hootin' Holler
21-24
Detective Agency
25-28
Olympic Star
29-32
Ghost
33-36
Masked Martin
37-40
Jumping Frog Contest
41-44
Traffic Zone
45-48
Wottabango Corn Elixer
49-52
Frog Prince of Monomania
53-56
Colonel Clabber - Limberger Cheese Statue
57-60
The Giant Cork
61-64
Ferkle to Hawaii
65-68
Halloween
69-72
Christmas
73-76
Horse Race Follies
77-80
Jack and the Beanstalk
81-84
Granny's Gang
85-86
Golf Tournament
87-88
Hopeless Diamond
89-92
The Dragon of Eubetcha
93-96
Rare Butterfly Hunt
97-100
Oil's Well at Oasis Gardens
101-104
Wonder Water
Watch Hoppity Hooper on "Tonka Toys Cartoon Fun"
See the Hoppity Hooper pilot, with Alan Reed as the voice of Fillmore.
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