SNAGGLEPUSS

'Snagglepuss' is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959; a pink anthropomorphic mountain lion voiced by Daws Butler.

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Summary

Character

Snagglepuss in popular culture

Snagglepuss in other languages

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Summary

Snagglepuss first appeared in several episodes of ''The Quick Draw McGraw Show'' and became a regular segment on ''The Yogi Bear Show''. In his earliest appearances he was orange instead of pink and called Snaggletooth. In later episodes, Snaggletooth was referred to as Snagglepuss' cousin. He also appeared in other Hanna-Barbera series such as ''Yogi's Treasure Hunt'' in 1985, ''Yogi's Gang'' in 1973, as one of the hosts of the ''Laff-a-Lympics'' in 1977, and as a teenager on ''Yo Yogi!'' in 1991.
Snagglepuss lives in a cavern, which he constantly tries to make more habitable for himself. No matter what he does, however, he always winds up back where he started or worse off than he was before.
In some episodes, Snagglepuss is chased by Major Minor (voiced by Don Messick), a tiny-sized hunter, whose chases seem similar to the ones which involve Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny (due to the scripts by Michael Maltese).

Character

Butler's voice characterization is reminiscent of the more soft-spoken aspect of Bert Lahr's broad-ranging characterization for the Cowardly Lion in ''The Wizard of Oz''.
Snagglepuss has two catchphrases. Before dashing off (whether to escape or for some other reason), he exclaims "Exit, stage left!" (Or stage right, and sometimes even up or down), a phrase related to acting. He also utters the expletive "Heavens to Murgatroyd!", which Bert Lahr said in the 1944 movie ''Meet the People''. Snagglepuss also adds the grammatical suffix "..even" to seemingly every phrase. Later incarnations of Snagglepuss would modify these catchphrases, such as changing the direction of his exit, or saying "Heavens to planetoids!"
When the character of Snagglepuss was used for a series of cereal television commercials in the 1960s, Lahr filed a lawsuit, claiming that the similarity of the Snagglepuss voice to his own might cause viewers to falsely conclude that Lahr was endorsing the product. As part of the settlement the disclaimer "Snagglepuss voice by Daws Butler" was required to appear on each commercial, thus making Butler possibly the only voice artist to receive a screen credit in a TV commercial.

Snagglepuss in popular culture

★ Snagglepuss appeared together with Elmer Fudd on the ''Drawn Together'' episode ''"Gay Bash"'' voiced by Chris Edgerly.

★ Snagglepuss has made various appearances in episodes of ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law''.

★ Snagglepuss is a track on John Zorn's ''Naked City''.

★ The Snagglepuss catchphrase "Heavens to Murgatroid!" was used at the beginning of the song "Storm in a Teacup" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

★ An album by British garage rock band Thee Headcoats is entitled ''Heavens To Murgatroyd Even! It's Thee Headcoats!''

★ On ''The Simpsons'', Ralph Wiggum claims to see Snagglepuss "going to the bathroom" outside of a classroom.

★ Snagglepuss is often mentioned and impersonated on Whose Line is it Anyway?

Snagglepuss in other languages

★ Brazilian Portuguese: ''Leão da Montanha''

★ French: ''Alcibiade''

★ Hungarian: ''Nyegleó''

★ Italian: ''Svicolone''

★ Spanish: ''El León Melquíades''

★ Croatian: ''Krezubica''

External links

★ Toonpedia: Snagglepuss

★ Big Cartoon DataBase: Snagglepuss

★ Wingnut Toons: List of episodes

★ Cartoon-O-Rama: Snagglepuss

★ TV Acres: Snagglepuss