October 1965 - September 1967,
NBC
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Paw Rugg
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Henry Corden
Maw Rugg
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Jean VanderPyl
Floral Rugg
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Jean VanderPyl
Shag Rugg
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Inspired by the TV
craze of rural sitcoms such as The Andy Griffith Show, The
Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres and others, Hanna-Barbera's
cartoon equivalent, The Hillbilly Bears, took the stereotype
of rural residents of the American South to the extreme. The
series featured the Rugg clan, a family of dirt-poor country
bears who lived in the mountains and lazed around to the sound
of the banjo. Paw Rugg, the muttering head of the family,
spent most of his time asleep, awaking only to blast someone
off his property with a shotgun. Maw Rugg smoked a pipe and
ran the house, while daughter Floral and son Shagg were
constantly wreaking havoc and avoiding responsibility.
The series originally aired as a backing segment during the
Atom Ant half of the hour-long Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show,
and later as reruns on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. |
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Season 1
Woodpecked
Goldilocks
& The Four Bears
Detour For
Sure
Stranger
Than Friction
Anglers
Aweigh
Going,
Going Gone Gopher
Courtin'
Disaster
Picnic
Panicked
Judo Kudos
Just Plane
Around
War Games
Bricker
Brats
Slap Happy
Grandpappy
Do The Bear
Pooped Pops
Leaky Creek
My Fair
Hillbilly
Rickety-Rockety-Raccoon
Modern
Inconvenience
Rabbit
Rumble
Season 2
Speckled
Heckler
Whirly Bear
Saucy
Saucers
Chipper
Chirper
Gettin'
Paws' Goat
Buzzin'
Cuzzins
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