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  • The Magilla Gorilla Show
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  • The show Contains the following segments: * Magilla Gorilla * Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse * Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long
  • Magilla lived in a pet shop owned by Mr. Peebles, who tried desperately to sell him. Whenever Magilla was sold, he was taken to some comic misadventure and inevitably returned to the pet shop. Magilla was most often purchased by thieves. The only customer who was truly interested in obtaining the trouble-prone ape for good was a little girl named Ogee (so named because of her catch phrase, "Oh, gee!"). Unfortunately, she could never persuade her parents to let her keep Magilla. The show's supporting segments were Punkin Puss & Mushmouse and Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long.
  • Magilla Gorilla (voiced by Allan Melvin) is a Gorilla who spent his time languishing in the front display window of a pet shop run by Melvin Peebles (voiced by Howard Morris), eating bananas and being a drain on the businessman's finances. Mr. Peebles marked down Magilla's price considerably, but Magilla was invariably only purchased for a short time, typically by some thieves who needed a gorilla to break into a bank or by an advertising agency looking for a mascot for their new product. The customers always ended up returning Magilla, forcing Mr. Peebles to refund their money. Magilla often ended each episode with his catchphrase "We'll try again next week."
  • The Magilla Gorilla Show was an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems between January 14, 1964 and December 25, 1965, and was originally sponsored in syndication by Ideal Toys from 1964 through 1965. on January 1, 1966 reruns of the series were picked up by ABC. The show also featured other segments, including Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, and Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-long. Another segment, Breezly & Sneezly, began its run as part of The Peter Potamus Show, and was switched with Riccochet Rabbit (from the The Magilla Gorilla Show) in the 1965 season.
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Starring
Runtime
  • 1320.0
Status
  • Ended
Producer
Country
  • United States
Genre
first run
  • 1963
  • 1964
Language
  • English
show name
  • The Magilla Gorilla Show
Company
Num episodes
  • 31
Format
  • Animated Series
First Aired
  • 1964
  • 1964-01-14
Distributor
  • Warner Bros.
  • Screen Gems Taft BroadcastingThe Program ExchangeTurner Program Services Warner Bros. Television Distribution
num seasons
  • 2
Last Aired
  • 1967
  • 1965-12-25
Theme music composer
  • Hoyt Curtin
Director
Network
  • Syndication
  • syndication
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  • The Magilla Gorilla Show was an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems between January 14, 1964 and December 25, 1965, and was originally sponsored in syndication by Ideal Toys from 1964 through 1965. on January 1, 1966 reruns of the series were picked up by ABC. The show also featured other segments, including Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, and Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-long. Another segment, Breezly & Sneezly, began its run as part of The Peter Potamus Show, and was switched with Riccochet Rabbit (from the The Magilla Gorilla Show) in the 1965 season. Like many of Hanna-Barbera's animal characters, Magilla Gorilla was dressed in human accessories, sporting a bow tie, shorts held up by suspenders, and an undersized derby hat.
  • The show Contains the following segments: * Magilla Gorilla * Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse * Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long
  • Magilla lived in a pet shop owned by Mr. Peebles, who tried desperately to sell him. Whenever Magilla was sold, he was taken to some comic misadventure and inevitably returned to the pet shop. Magilla was most often purchased by thieves. The only customer who was truly interested in obtaining the trouble-prone ape for good was a little girl named Ogee (so named because of her catch phrase, "Oh, gee!"). Unfortunately, she could never persuade her parents to let her keep Magilla. The show's supporting segments were Punkin Puss & Mushmouse and Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long.
  • Magilla Gorilla (voiced by Allan Melvin) is a Gorilla who spent his time languishing in the front display window of a pet shop run by Melvin Peebles (voiced by Howard Morris), eating bananas and being a drain on the businessman's finances. Mr. Peebles marked down Magilla's price considerably, but Magilla was invariably only purchased for a short time, typically by some thieves who needed a gorilla to break into a bank or by an advertising agency looking for a mascot for their new product. The customers always ended up returning Magilla, forcing Mr. Peebles to refund their money. Magilla often ended each episode with his catchphrase "We'll try again next week." The trials of Magilla mirrored the attitudes that American citizens had towards racial integration during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Some say The Magilla Gorilla Show perpetuated the idea that non-whites should be segregated, with Peebles selling Magilla to white customers who would invariably return him to the pet shop by the end of each episode.
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