Huckleberry Hound

**Huckleberry Hound** (known as **Huck**) is an anthropomorphic dog with a Southern drawl, and one of the main characters of the *Yogi Bear* franchise.

## Background

Huck is a good friend of Yogi Bear, who joined the latter in several of his groups including Yogi's Gang from the series of the same name, the Yogi Yahooeys from *Laff-a-Lympics*, Yogi's Treasure Hunters from *Yogi's Treasure Hunt*, and the L.A.F. Squad from *Yo Yogi!*. His occurring gag is singing "Oh My Darling, Clementine" to himself, although he doesn't seem to notice how off-key he sounds.

### **Personality**

Huck's cheerful, kind-hearted, friendly and relaxed personality, easygoing and laid-back nature and enterprising spirit never seems to faulter, but he seems to keep his cool without ever losing his temper. He is also a gentle soul through and through and is always someone to count on.

### **Physical Appearance**

Huck is a slender anthropomorphic coonhound with blue fur, a tan muzzle, a black nose, thick black eyebrows, a black tip on his tail and black ears. He mainly wears a zig-zag straw boater hat with a polka-dotted band and a red bow tie.

In the series, *Laff-a-Lympics*, as part of the Yogi Yahooeys, he wears a red-orange T-shirt with a white "Y" on it.

As a teenager in *Yo Yogi!*, he had a tuft of hair and wore an orange hat backwards, a yellow and blue short-sleeved jacket with an orange undershirt.

## Appearances

### **Television series**

* *The Yogi Bear Show*
	+ 233. "*Yogi's Birthday Party*"
* *Yogi's Gang*
* *Laff-a-Lympics*
* *Yogi's Space Race*
* *Galaxy Goof-Ups*
* *Yogi's Treasure Hunt*
* *The New Yogi Bear Show*
	+ "*Double Trouble*" (guest cameo appearance on a newspaper)
	+ "*Bringing Up Yogi*" (dream, no lines)
* *Fender Bender 500*
* *Yo Yogi!*
* *Jellystone!*
* *The VeggieTales Show*

### **Films and specials**

* *Yogi's Ark Lark*
* *Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue*
* *Casper's First Christmas*
* *Yogi's First Christmas*
* *Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper*
* *Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose*
* *The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound*
* *A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith* (cameo appearance on a cereal bowl)

### **Publications**

* *Yogi Bear (comic strips)*
	+ August 5, 1962
* *The Flintstones (Marvel Comics)*
	+ 8. "*Cash and Carry*"
	+ 9. "*Circus Larcenous*"
* *Yogi Bear (Marvel Comics)*
	+ 9. "*Bearly Robin Hood*"

## History

In his biography shown in the episode, "*Race to the Center of the Universe*" from *Yogi's Space Race*, Huckleberry Hound was born on Memphis, Tennessee and his distinctive appearance was the inspiration for legendary legend, Melvis Presby's great ballad, "You Ain't Nothin' But a Huckleberry".

## Portrayals

* **Daws Butler** (1962-1988)
	+ *The Yogi Bear Show* ("*Yogi's Birthday Party*")
	+ *Yogi's Gang* (1973)
	+ *Laff-a-Lympics* (1977)
	+ *Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue* (1978)
	+ *Yogi's Space Race* (1978)
	+ *Galaxy Goof-Ups* (1978)
	+ *Casper's First Christmas* (1979)
	+ *Yogi's First Christmas (1980)*
	+ *Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper* (1982)
	+ *Yogi's Treasure Hunt* (1985-1988)
	+ *Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose* (1987)
	+ *The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound* (1988)

### **Other**

* Greg Burson - *Fender Bender 500* (1990)
* Greg Berg - *Yo Yogi!* (1991)
* Jim Conroy - *Jellystone!* (2021)
* Jeff Bergman - *The VeggieTales Show* (2024)

## Notes/Trivia

* In *Yogi's Treasure Hunt*, Huck and Quick Draw McGraw are often paired together on scouting missions.
* Daws Butler was the original voice actor of Huckleberry. By the time *Yo Yogi!* went into production, Butler had died, so Greg Berg played the young teenage version and Greg Burson took over for the segment series, *Fender Bender 500*.