Loopy De Loop

Loopy De Loop

Infobox Television
show_name = Loopy De Loop


caption = "Loopy De Loop" title card
genre = Cartoon series
director = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
voices = Daws Butler
country = USA
num_seasons = 7
story_editor = Michael Maltese
runtime = 30 min.
first_aired = November 5 1959
last_aired = June 17 1965
preceded_by = "Quick Draw McGraw"
followed_by = "Snagglepuss"
imdb_id = 0284757

"Loopy De Loop" was the only theatrical cartoon short series produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera after leaving MGM and opening their new Hanna-Barbera Studios. The series, distributed to theatres by Columbia Pictures, ran in theaters from 1959 to 1965.

Loopy was a gentleman wolf who mangled the English language in his bid to converse in a bad French accent. A self-appointed good Samaritan, he dauntlessly fought to clear the bad name of wolves, and would open every episode with his trademark introduction, “I am Loopy De Loop, the good wolf.” Though he was always kind and helpful, his exploits would normally get him chased out of town by the very people he had helped, all for no other reason than his being a wolf.

The character's name was an inspired combination of play-on-words:
*"Loop the loop" is a 360-degree back flip performed by airplane stunt pilots.
*"Lupis" is the Latin term for the wolf species of the dog family, which is the basis for "loup", the French word for wolf.
*"Loopy" is a synonym for "crazy" or "eccentric"

List of theatrical shorts

1959

* "Wolf Hounded" (November 5, 1959)
* "Little Bo Bopped" (December 3, 1959)

1960

* "Tale of a Wolf" (March 3, 1960)
* "Life with Loopy" (April 7, 1960)
* "Creepy Time Pal" (May 19, 1960)
* "Snoopy Loopy" (June 16, 1960)
* "The Do-Good Wolf" (July 14, 1960)
* "Here Kiddie, Kiddie" (September 1, 1960)
* "No Biz Like Shoe Biz" (September 8, 1960)

1961

* "Count Down Clown" (January 5, 1961)
* "Happy Go Loopy" (March 2, 1961)
* "Two Faced Wolf" (April 6, 1961)
* "This Is My Ducky Day" (May 4, 1961)
* "Fee Fie Foes" (June 9, 1961)
* "Zoo Is Company" (July 6, 1961)
* "Child Sock-Cology" (August 10, 1961)
* "Catch Meow" (September 14, 1961)
* "Kooky Loopy" (November 16, 1961)
* "Loopy's Hare-do" (December 14, 1961)

1962

* "Bungle Uncle" (January 18, 1962)
* "Beef For and After" (March 1, 1962)
* "Swash Buckled" (April 5, 1962)
* "Common Scents" (May 10, 1962)
* "Bearly Able" (June 28, 1962)
* "Slippery Slippers" (September 7, 1962)
* "Chicken Fraca-See" (October 11, 1962)
* "Rancid Ransom" (November 15, 1962)
* "Bunnies Abundant" (December 13, 1962)

1963

* "Just a Wolf at Heart" (February 14, 1963)
* "Chicken Hearted Wolf" (March 14, 1963)
* "Whatcha Watchin' " (April 18, 1963)
* "A Fallible Fable" (May 16, 1963)
* "Sheep Stealers Annoymous" (June 13, 1963)
* "Wolf in Sheep Dog's Clothing" (July 11, 1963)
* "Not In Nottingham" (September 5, 1963)
* "Drum-Sticked" (October 3, 1963)
* "Bear Up!" (November 7, 1963)
* "Crook Who Cried Wolf" (December 12, 1963)
* "Habit Rabbit" (December 31, 1963)

1964

* "Raggedy Rug" (January 2, 1964)
* "Elephantastic" (February 6, 1964)
* "Bear Hug" (March 5, 1964)
* "Trouble Bruin" (September 17, 1964)
* "Bear Knuckles" (October 15, 1964)
* "Habit Troubles" (November 19, 1964)

1965

* "Horse Shoo" (January 7, 1965)
* "Pork Chop Phooey" (March 18, 1965)
* "Crow's Fete" (April 14, 1965)
* "Big Mouse Take" (June 17, 1965)

Television

In 1969, Loopy's film shorts were gathered together into a syndicated television series, simply titled "Loopy de Loop".

Cast

* Daws Butler as Loopy De Loop
* Other voices include Don Messick, Doug Young, Mel Blanc, June Foray, Jean Vander Pyl, Hal Smith, Arnold Stang, Julie Bennett, Janet Waldo, Nancy Wible, John Stephenson, Red Coffee.

Other Appearances

* Loopy has been seen as recently as the early-'90s series "Yo Yogi!", in which he appeared as an employee in Jellystone Mall's food court called the Picnic Basket.
* Loopy De Loop made a cameo in the "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" episode "Juror in Court" where he is seen amongst the prisoners released from prison.

External links

*imdb title|id=0284757|title=Loopy de Loop (1969 TV series)
* [http://www.imdb.com/Find?select=Characters&for=Loopy%20de%20Loop List of Loopy de Loop film shorts, at the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/loopy.htm Toonopedia entry]


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