Underplayed Gems

The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959)

The Quick Draw McGraw Show poster
Directed by
Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United States
Length
3 seasons, 35 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is an animated series from the late 1950s with three cartoon segments per episode. One segment follows a dimwitted horse sheriff and his sidekick. Another shows a father-son dog duo, and the third features a cat and mouse detective team.

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What happens

The Quick Draw McGraw Show is an American animated cartoon television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and their third television series overall after The Ruff and Reddy Show and The Huckleberry Hound Show. Voice actor Daws Butler performed the show's title character, Quick Draw McGraw. The show debuted in syndication on September 28, 1959, ending its run on October 20, 1961, and was sponsored by Kellogg's. The series featured three cartoons per episode, with Quick Draw and his sidekick Baba Looey appearing in the first segment, father and son dog duo Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy in the second, and cat and mouse detectives Snooper and Blabber in the third. There were also "bumpers," mini-cartoons between the main cartoons that featured Quick Draw and other main characters on the show. Michael Maltese wrote the stories of all the episodes. Screen Gems, the television division at the time of Columbia Pictures, originally syndicated the series. It ran on Saturday mornings on CBS for three seasons, 1963-66. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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