Snagglepuss

Overview

Snagglepuss

series	The Quick Draw McGraw Show and The Yogi Bear Show
creator	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
first	“Lamb Chopped” (The Quick Draw McGraw Show, 1959)
voice	Daws Butler (1959–1988) Frank Milano (Songs of Yogi Bear and his Pals LP (1961))‡R1R‡‡R2R‡ Greg Burson (1989–2002) Billy West (commercials, Wacky Races) Earl Kress (Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Sound FX (1994))‡R3R‡ Jeff Bergman (Cartoon Network commercials, 1999–present) J. P. Karliak (2023–present) Scott Innes (2003, 2012)‡R4R‡‡R5R‡ Stephen Stanton (MetLife commercial) Victor Yerrid (Robot Chicken) Chris Edgerly (Drawn Together) Tom Kenny (Evil Con Carne, Wacky Races) Dana Snyder (Jellystone!)‡R6R‡
gender	Male
alias	Snaggletooth
species	Puma

Snagglepuss is a cartoon character who debuted in prototype form on The Quick Draw McGraw Show in 1959 and was established as a studio regular by 1961.[7][8] A light pink anthropomorphic puma sporting an upturned collar, shirt cuffs, and bow tie, Snagglepuss enjoys the finer things in life and shows a particular affinity for the theatre. His stories routinely break the fourth wall as the character addresses the audience in self-narration, soliloquy, and asides. As originally voiced by Daws Butler, Snagglepuss seeks quasi-Shakespearean turns of phrase. Some of his campy verbal mannerisms became catchphrases: "Heavens to Murgatroyd!", "Exit, stage right!", and using emphatic "even" at the end of sentences.[9]

History

A pink puma known as "Snaggletooth", featuring the eventual character's general manner and

Other appearances

Hanna-Barbera

Snagglepuss appeared in Yogi's Ark Lark (1972) and Yogi's Gang (1973). In Yogi's Gang, he is often referred to as a tiger and not a mountain lion.
Snagglepuss acted as a co-host with Mildew Wolf from the Cattanooga Cats segment "It's the Wolf" on Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and Scooby's All-Stars (1977–79).
Snagglepuss made a special guest appearance at a celebrity roast honoring Fred Flintstone in the television special Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (1978).
Snagglepuss also appeared in the animated holiday specials Casper's First Christmas (1979), Yogi's First Christmas (1980) and Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper (1982).
Snagglepuss was a regular in Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
Snagglepuss appeared in four television films which were part of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 series:
Yogi's Great Escape (1987)
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (1987)
The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (1988)
Snagglepuss appeared in A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (1989).
In the "Fender Bender 500" segment of Wake, Rattle, and Roll, Snagglepuss was paired up with Huckleberry Hound as they drove a monster truck called the Half-Dog, Half-Cat, Half-track; it resembled a portable stage, which was perfectly appropriate for both Huck and Snag.
Snagglepuss was featured as a teenager in Yo Yogi!, again voiced by Greg Burson.
Snagglepuss was seen in a Cartoon Network Rap in 1995.
Snagglepuss made a non-speaking cameo in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Peanut Puberty".
Snagglepuss stars in an eight-page DC Comics' story within Suicide Squad/Banana Splits Annual #1 by writer Mark Russell and artist Mike Feehan. The eight-page story was then followed by a six-issue comic miniseries Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles (also by Mark Russell) with the first issue released on January 3, 2018.[16] The comic depicts Snagglepuss as a gay playwright living in 1950s New York City whose career features parallels to that of Tennessee Williams and is also given a male human lover named Pablo with whom he is in a closeted relationship. The comics also features Huckleberry Hound and Quick Draw McGraw as supporting characters who are also in a gay relationship that were initially supportive of Snagglepuss only for their own lives to fall to ruin due to a McCarthyist purge which ends up putting Huckleberry in jail.[17] The comic later won a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Comic Book.[18]
Snagglepuss appears in the Wacky Races episode "Much Ado About Wacky".
Snagglepuss appears in Jellystone!, voiced by Dana Snyder. He appears as one of the many residents in the cartoon town of Jellystone where he works for the entertainment industry.[19] He is also gay, according to Melody Iza.[20]
As of 2022, a new Snagglepuss animated series was in development, to be voiced by Jim Parsons.[21][22] There has been no new information since then.

Non-Hanna-Barbera

In The Simpsons episode "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" (April 28, 1994), Miss Hoover reminds Ralph Wiggum that he once reported seeing Snagglepuss outside in the hallway. Ralph responds, "he was going to the bathroom". In the other episode "Lady Bouvier's Lover" (May 12, 1994), Comic Book Guy shows Bart a cel of Snagglepuss as an example of a cel that is actually worth something, as opposed to the cel of Scratchy's arm that Bart was trying to sell to him.
Snagglepuss appeared in the Robot Chicken episode "Ban on the Fun", voiced by Victor Yerrid. In the "Laff-A-Munich" skit, he is seen on a television set, telling the audience about the disappearance of the Yogi Yahooeys.
In the adult animated sitcom Drawn Together, Snagglepuss is featured in the episode "Gay Bash", but his face is blurred, referencing how strangers are blurred on reality programs. He was voiced by Chris Edgerly.
Snagglepuss made a brief cameo in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode "Irwin Gets a Clue", being hit by Hoss Delgado's truck.
Snagglepuss made two cameos in a MetLife commercial in 2012, titled "Everyone". In a behind the scenes video, Snagglepuss (voiced by Stephen Stanton) acts and rehearses in front of the director of the ad, only for the director to tell him he does not have any speaking roles in the ad, and in response, Snagglepuss storms out of the trailer.

Snagglepuss

History

Character description

List of episodes

Other appearances

Hanna-Barbera

Non-Hanna-Barbera

See also

External links

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