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American animated television series
Wally Gator
is an American
animated television series
produced by
Hanna-Barbera Productions
that originally aired as one of the segments from the 1962?1963 block
The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series
.
[1]
The other two segments that compose the series are
Touche Turtle and Dum Dum
and
Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har
.
[2]
The segment consisted of 52 episodes over one year.
[3]
Wally Gator appears in the
HBO Max
series
Jellystone!
where he is portrayed as the town ditz and played by
Jeff Bergman
.
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Plot
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Wally Gator (voiced by
Daws Butler
impersonating
Ed Wynn
) is an anthropomorphic, happy-go-lucky
alligator
who wears a collar and a
pork pie hat
. Although his catchy theme song describes him as a "swingin' alligator of the
swamp
," his home is in the city
zoo
.
[5]
Mr. Twiddle
(voiced by
Don Messick
) is the
zookeeper
who keeps a close watch on Wally, who likes to check out what life is like in the outside world.
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Analysis
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Animation historian
Christopher P. Lehman noted that
Wally Gator
follows the formula that Hanna-Barbera established in the previous series, such as the
Yogi Bear
series. The set up in which these shows placed an animal character within a human-controlled environment and had these characters deal with the social boundaries placed and enforced by humans.
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An example being: Yogi lives in a park under the care of a park ranger; Wally lives in a zoo under the supervision of a zookeeper. The theme that drives the series is Wally's desire to escape the zoo, a derivative of the
Top Cat
series, where the titular character keeps trying to get away from life in the alley.
[7]
Lehman notes a rather depressing underlying theme: the zoo and life in captivity seem to be the proper place for Wally. No matter how much he struggles to fit in the society of the outside world, Wally remains an "
Other
" and is doomed to fail. The
status quo
follows every unsuccessful attempt at change.
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Episodes
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Cast
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Home media
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Episodes of
Wally Gator
were released on VHS many times. A DVD set release of the complete series was originally announced for 2006 from
Warner Bros.
for the
Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection
but was later canceled due to the poor condition of the masters and was delayed. In 2006, a Warner spokesperson said of the DVDs: "They were pulled because significant remastering work needed to be researched. We are exploring adding them back to the schedule next year." The first episode is available on the DVD set “Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Vol. 2”.
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The show was released on iTunes video in 2017 as part of Hanna-Barbera's 60th anniversary and was released on a made to order DVD set from
Warner Archive
on June 25, 2019.
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See also
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References
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- ^
Sennett, Ted (1989).
The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity
. Studio. p. 121.
ISBN
978-0670829781
. Retrieved
2 June
2020
.
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Perlmutter, David (2018).
The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows
. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 681.
ISBN
978-1538103739
.
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Woolery, George W. (1983).
Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series
. Scarecrow Press. pp. 129?130.
ISBN
0-8108-1557-5
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
- ^
"Trailer: Hanna-Barbera Favorites Return in HBO Max Original 'Jellystone!'
"
. 24 June 2021.
- ^
Rovin, Jeff (1991).
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals
. Prentice Hall Press. p. 281.
ISBN
0-13-275561-0
. Retrieved
8 April
2020
.
- ^
Erickson, Hal (2005).
Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003
(2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 895?896.
ISBN
978-1476665993
.
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a
b
c
Lehman (2007), p. 27
- ^
"tvshowsondvd.com"
. Archived from
the original
on 2011-05-25.
- ^
"Wally Gator: The Complete Series (MOD)"
.
WB Shop
. Retrieved
Aug 5,
2020
.
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