In a 2001 commercial for Adult Swim, he talks to Wilma Flintstone about rumors that he has heard around the office. The shorts "Spring Hits a Snag" and "Rent and a Rave" feature his love interest Lila, a female mountain lion.Īlthough the creators insist that he is heterosexual, in later years, they became more lenient as to how Snagglepuss is depicted. He beat his wife!" Some HB Productions do show Snagglepuss' attraction or affection to the opposite sex.
Creator Joseph Barbera said in a conversation with Steve Marmel, "He was modeled after Bert Lahr. Rumors and jokes about Snagglepuss' sexuality have existed since his creation in 1961.
The following is a list of shorts of Snagglepuss' segment from The Yogi Bear Show. Shorts (See: List of The Yogi Bear Show episodes) He appears in Jellystone! in where he is a local news reporter and celebrity. In Yo Yogi! (1991), Snagglepuss was voiced by Greg Burson as well.
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He was paired up with Huckleberry Hound as they drove a monster truck called the Half-Dog, Half-Cat, Half-track it resembled a portable stage. When he appeared on Fender Bender 500, Snagglepuss was voiced by Greg Burson due to Daws Butler's death. Snagglepuss also appeared in other Hanna-Barbera series, such as Yogi's Gang in 1973, Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics in 19, Yogi's Treasure Hunt in 1985. Major Minor requests provisions for a safari in the episode " Lion Tracks" from an Adventurers Club functionary named Chutney. In some episodes, Snagglepuss is chased by Major Minor (voiced by Don Messick), a tiny mustachioed hunter, whose chases seem similar to the ones which involve Elmer and Bugs Bunny. To resolve the matter, it was decided to include the on-screen message "Voice of Snagglepuss - Daws Butler" during the commercial segments. Lahr threatened legal action against Hanna-Barbera and Kellogg's. Daws Butler based the character's voice on Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, which at one point caused some confusion to the point where Mr. He first appeared in several shorts of The Quick Draw McGraw Show and became a regular segment on The Yogi Bear Show. In the episode "One Too Many", Snaggletooth appears as Snagglepuss' freeloading identical twin brother. In later episodes, Snaggletooth was referred to as Snagglepuss' cousin. In his earliest appearances in The Quick Draw McGraw Show, he was orange (and sometimes brown) instead of pink and called Snaggletooth.
No matter what he does, however, he always winds up back where he started or worse off than he was before. Snagglepuss lives in a cavern, which he constantly tries to make more habitable for himself. Finally, Snagglepuss tends to add the word "even" to the end of his statements. He's best known for his famous catchphrase, "Heavens to Murgatroyd!", along with phrases such as "Exit, stage left!" (or stage right, and sometimes even up or down), a phrase used in theatrical stage directions. He is a hot pink anthropomorphic mountain lion with a collar, two cuffs and a black tie.