Hokey Wolf

Hokey Wolf
Hokey Wolf's Title Card
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Hanna-Barbera
Written by	Joseph Barbera Warren Foster Dan Gordon Michael Maltese Charles Shows
Directed by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Presented by	Huckleberry Hound
Starring	Hokey Wolf Ding-A-Ling Wolf
Voices of	Daws Butler Doug Young
Composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	29 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Running time	7 Minutes Per Short
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	First-Run Syndication
Release	September 11, 1960 (1960-09-11) – December 1, 1961 (1961-12-01)
Related
The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958)

Hokey Wolf is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon about the adventures of a con-artist wolf (voiced by Daws Butler with the impersonation of Phil Silvers) who is always trying to cheat his way into the simple life. He is often accompanied alongside by his young, diminutive, sidekick Ding-A-Ling Wolf (voiced by Doug Young with the impersonation of Buddy Hackett), both of whom are featured as part of the The Huckleberry Hound Show in their own segment.

History

The initial creation of Hokey Wolf occurred when another follow-up segment was needed, because Yogi Bear's rising popularity in preceding appearances warranted a promotion to his own self-titled show. As a result of the change in schedule, Hokey Wolf had made its debut in the premiere of the third season of The Huckleberry Hound Show on September 11, 1960 (1960-09-11) and became a regular appearance afterward on this segment. Hokey's theme music for his segment of the show was composed by Hoyt Curtin and used an instrumental version of the refrain from Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here.

The segment follows the everyday misadventures of its main protagonist, Hokey Wolf, and his young companion, Ding-A-Ling Wolf, through their typical con-artist routines of getting what they need in their daily lives. Through each episode, Hokey would usually try to fool farmers and other antagonists with food-stealing schemes and/or finding a place to stay without cost, only for most of these tricks to back-fire on him in one way or another.

Character Information

File:Ding-A-Ling Wolf.jpg

Ding-A-Ling Wolf, who is Hokey's sidekick.

Both of the cartoon's feature characters were designed by animation artist and character designer Ed Benedict.

Hokey Wolf

Hokey Wolf is the smooth-talking title character throughout each cartoon. His main hobby in life was to outsmart and coax the clueless out of free meals or places to stay, much of which he seemed to do so with ease, despite possible consequences later on. Hokey typically wears his trademark green bow tie with white collar and a violet-colored hat. His personality is very similar to that of fellow Hanna-Barbera character, Top Cat.

Ding-A-Ling Wolf

Main article: Ding-A-Ling Wolf

Ding-A-Ling is the younger sidekick to Hokey Wolf who always accompanies him throughout each misadventure. He is usually eager to fulfill Hokey's ambitious con-artist footsteps, but often reconsiders the plans Hokey will come up with in many situations. Ding typically wears a bowler hat (sometimes red, sometimes black), a sleeveless green shirt, and a black vest.

Original Segment on The Huckleberry Hound Show

See also: List of The Huckleberry Hound Show episodes

In total, both Hokey and Ding-A-Ling Wolf have starred in 29 seven-minute cartoons throughout the third and fourth seasons (1960-1961) of The Huckleberry Hound Show. Their pilot episode was Tricks And Treats, which aired on September 11, 1960 (1960-09-11). The Hokey Wolf series would come to an end with the episode Bean Pod’ners, airing on December 1, 1961 (1961-12-01). Below is a complete listing of all cartoon shorts with the main protagonist Hokey Wolf:

First Season: September – December 1960

No.	Episode Name	First Showing
1	Tricks And Treats	September 11, 1960 (1960-09-11)
2	Hokey Dokey	September 18, 1960 (1960-09-18)
3	Lamb-Basted Wolf	September 25, 1960 (1960-09-25)
4	Which Witch Is Witch	October 2, 1960 (1960-10-02)
5	Pick a Chick	October 9, 1960 (1960-10-09)
6	Robot Plot	October 16, 1960 (1960-10-16)
7	Boobs In the Woods	October 23, 1960 (1960-10-23)
8	Castle Hassle	October 30, 1960 (1960-10-30)
9	Booty on the Bounty	November 6, 1960 (1960-11-06)
10	Hokey in the Pokey	November 13, 1960 (1960-11-13)
11	Who’s Zoo	November 20, 1960 (1960-11-20)
12	Dogged Sheep Dog	November 27, 1960 (1960-11-27)
13	Too Much to Bear	December 4, 1960 (1960-12-04)

Second Season: August – December 1961

No.	Episode Name	First Showing
14	Movies are Bitter than Ever	August 18, 1961 (1961-08-18)
15	Poached Yeggs	August 25, 1961 (1961-08-25)
16	Rushing Wolf Hound	September 1, 1961 (1961-09-01)
17	The Glass Sneaker	September 8, 1961 (1961-09-08)
18	Indian Giver	September 15, 1961 (1961-09-15)
19	Chock Full Chuck Wagon	September 22, 1961 (1961-09-22)
20	Bring ’Em Back a Live One	September 29, 1961 (1961-09-29)
21	A Star Is Bored	October 6, 1961 (1961-10-06)
22	West of the Pesos	October 13, 1961 (1961-10-13)
23	Phony-O and Juliet	October 20, 1961 (1961-10-20)
24	Hokey’s Missing Millions	October 27, 1961 (1961-10-27)
25	Loot to Boot	November 3, 1961 (1961-11-03)
26	Guesting Games	November 10, 1961 (1961-11-10)
27	Sick Sense	November 17, 1961 (1961-11-17)
28	Aladdin’s Lamb Chops	November 24, 1961 (1961-11-24)
29	Bean Pod’ners	December 1, 1961 (1961-12-01)

Further appearances (1962-2007)

Hanna-Barbera series

While the initial series ended in December 1961, Hokey Wolf went on to appear in four other animated Hanna-Barbera series alongside other classic characters. These were as follows:

• Yogi's Gang (1973-1975) – Hokey was a member of the crew.
• Laff-A-Lympics (1977-1979) – Hokey Wolf played as a team member of The Yogi Yahooeys.
• Yogi’s Treasure Hunt (1985) – Hokey was a regular guest star in several episodes.
• Yo Yogi! (1991-1992) – Hokey Wolf (voiced by Matt Hurwitz) co-starred as the mayor of Jellystone Town. His younger companion, Ding-A-Ling, also made a brief non-speaking cameo as Hokey's sidekick in the episode "Super Duper Snag".

Hanna-Barbera films

• In the last episode of The Yogi Bear Show (1962), Hokey Wolf, along with his sidekick Ding-A-Ling, were among the guests who showed up to wish their friend Yogi Bear a happy birthday.
• In the 1972 television movie Yogi's Ark Lark, both Hokey Wolf and Ding-A-Ling appeared together as part of the gang. The film was part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie and also the pilot for Yogi's Gang.
• In the 1982 television special Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper, Hokey Wolf co-starred as a member of the group that visited Yogi in Jellystone Park.
• In the 1988 feature length television film The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound, Hokey Wolf co-starred in and played the mayor of a western town named Two-Bit.

Other appearances

Like many other Hanna-Barbera characters, both Hokey Wolf and Ding-A-Ling have each appeared in the Adult Swim series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2000-2007):

• Hokey made non-speaking cameo appearances in the episodes Peanut Puberty, Evolutionary War, Juror in Court, and The Death of Harvey.
• Ding-A-Ling Wolf (voiced by Neil Ross) appeared as a plaintiff in the episode SPF, and briefly reprised this role in The Death of Harvey. He’s also seen in a brief flashback in the episode Identity Theft.

Hokey Wolf in Other Languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Joca & Dingue-Lingue
• French: Garoup le Loup
• Italian: Ugo Lupo
• Japanese: Hokeyのオオカミ (Hokey urufu)
• Spanish: El Lobo Hokey
• Hungarian: Lompos Lajos
• Serbian: Vuk Vučko

See also

• Ding-A-Ling Wolf
• The Huckleberry Hound Show
  • List of The Huckleberry Hound Show episodes
• List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera
• List of Hanna-Barbera characters

References

• Don Markstein’s Toonopedia: Hokey Wolf
• The Cartoon Scrapbook: Hokey Wolf

External links

External image
Toonarific: Hokey Wolf – Screenshots from Hokey Wolf at Toonarific.

• The Cartoon Scrapbook – Profile on Hokey Wolf
• Don Markstein’s Toonopedia – Hokey Wolf at Toonopedia
• The Big Cartoon Database – A complete detailed listing of each Hokey Wolf episode.
• Toonarific – Toonarific profile on Hokey Wolf.
• Wing Nut Toons – Basic information about Hokey Wolf.