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Encyclopedia > Hoppity Hooper

Hoppity Hooper was an animated television series produced by Jay Ward in 1964, originally broadcast on ABC and later syndicated under the name "Uncle Waldo." Animation is the illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... J. Troplong Jay Ward (September 20, 1920–October 12, 1989) was a creator and producer of animated television cartoons. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...


The recurring characters were Hoppity Hooper, a frog, voiced by Chris Allen; "Uncle" Waldo P. Wigglesworth, a fox, voiced by Hans Conried; Fillmore, a bear, voiced by Bill Scott; and the narrator, Paul Frees. Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - Full list of families Frog is the common name for amphibians in the order Anura. ... A fox is a member of any of 27 species of small omnivorous canids. ... Hans Conried in 1974 television appearance Hans Georg Conried, Jr. ... Genera Ailuropoda Ursus Tremarctos Arctodus (extinct) A bear is a large mammal of the order Carnivora, family Ursidae. ... Bill Scott (August 2, 1920 - November 29, 1985), born William John Scott in Philadelphia, died in Tujunga, California, was a voice actor, writer and producer for animated cartoons, primarily associated with Jay Ward. ... Paul Frees (June 22, 1920 - November 2, 1986) was a voice actor born in Chicago. ...


Fillmore and Waldo bore a distinct resemblance to Calvin and the Colonel, another bear-and-fox team who had a series a few years earlier. An animated series from the early 1960s about a shrewd fox and a dumb bear. ...


Each story consisted of four short cartoons, one aired at the beginning and end of two series episodes. Interspersed were recycled second features from the earlier series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (the latter not produced by Ward but animated by the same company, Gamma Productions), like Peabody's Improbable History, Fractured Fairy Tales, Mr. Know-It-All, and The World of Commander McBragg. Bullwinkle (left) and Rocky (right), the stars of Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show. ... Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales was a popular, semi-educational animated cartoon show that originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1966. ... Sherman (left) and Mr. ...


One of the best-remembered stories is "The Traffic Zone," a parody of The Twilight Zone in which the characters were transformed into vegetables. The Twilight Zone original opening. ...


Another episode featured this exchange:

  • British gent: "My name is Baddeley-Bent with a hyphen."
  • Hoppity: "Gee, that's too bad."

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Toon Tracker's Hoppity Hooper Page (404 words)
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.
Hoppity Hooper was created by Jay Ward and written by Chris Jenkyns and Bill Scott.
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.
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