Hoppity Hooper (1964)

Overview

Hoppity Hooper is a 1964 animated television series produced by Jay Ward, originally broadcast on ABC and co-sponsored by General Mills and Tonka Toys. The recurring characters were Hoppity Hooper, a frog, voiced by Chris Allen, "Uncle" Waldo P. Wigglesworth, a fox, voiced by Hans Conried; Fillmore, a bear wearing Civil War clothes, voiced by William Scott; and Alan Reed and the narrator, voiced by Paul Frees, and Bill Conrad Fillmore, as in the picture at right, often blew on his bugle, producing loud, sour notes. The stories revolved around the three main characters, who lived in Foggy Bogg, Wisconsin, seeking their fortune together, through different jobs or schemes, usually ending in misadventure.