Loopy De Loop
| Loopy De Loop | |
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Title card | |
| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Written by | Michael Maltese Warren Foster Tony Benedict Dalton Sandifer |
| Produced by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Starring | Daws Butler |
| Music by | Hoyt Curtin (musical director) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Running time | 7 minutes per short |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Loopy De Loop is an American animated theatrical series produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera after leaving MGM and opening their new studio, Hanna-Barbera Productions.[1] 48 cartoons were produced between 1959 and 1965, and released to theatres by Columbia Pictures.[2] It was one of the final theatrical cartoon series to be released by Columbia, as well as the only one to be produced by the studio.
Overview
[edit]Loopy (voiced by Daws Butler) is a gentleman wolf from Canada who speaks English with a marked Québecois accent, and always wears a characteristic tuque knit cap and scarf. A self-appointed good Samaritan, he dauntlessly fights to clear the bad name of wolves and opens every short with his trademark introduction "I am Loopy De Loop, the good wolf." Though he is always kind and helpful, his exploits usually get him beaten up or chased out of town by the very people he has helped, all for no other reason than the prejudice of being a wolf.[3] Still, he never loses faith, and considers himself "kind, considerate and charming."[4]
The character's name is a combination of plays on words:
- "Loop the loop" is a 360-degree back flip performed by airplane stunt pilots.
- Canis lupus is the Latin-based scientific name for the grey wolf species of the dog family, with the species' name of lupus being the basis for loup, the French word for wolf.
- "Loopy" is a synonym for "crazy" or "eccentric"
List of theatrical shorts
[edit]1959
[edit]| No. | Title | Written by | Animated by | Release date | PN[5] |
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| 1 | "Wolf Hounded" | Michael Maltese | Ken Muse | November 5, 1959 | 4701 |
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A nice Québecois accented wolf named Loopy De Loop who recalls the true story of Little Red Riding Hood (voiced by June Foray) in which he rescued her basket from the Three Little Pigs, but sustained multiple injuries and charmed Grandma (also voiced by June Foray). | |||||
| 2 | "Little Bo Bopped" | Michael Maltese | Ken Muse | December 3, 1959 | 4702 |
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Loopy tries to help Little Bo Peep (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) by finding her sheep lost in a large flock guarded by a sheepdog. Then it is the sheepdog that returns the lost sheep instead. | |||||
1960
[edit]| No. | Title | Written by | Animated by | Release date | PN[6][7] |
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| 3 | "Tale of a Wolf" | Warren Foster | Carlo Vinci | March 3, 1960 | 4703 |
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Loopy tries to give wolf-kind a good reputation, but his efforts get him into multiple beat ups from a watch dog (who bears a resemblance to Quick Draw McGraw's dog Snuffles and voiced by Paul Frees). | |||||
| 4 | "Life with Loopy" | Warren Foster | Lewis Marshall | April 7, 1960 | 4704 |
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Loopy tells a therapist a story of how he tried to fit in as a wolfdog pet. It worked until he confessed to his master (voiced by Don Messick) he was an actual wolf. Afterwards, the therapist realizes that Loopy is a wolf and drives him out of his office with his gun. | |||||
| 5 | "Creepy Time Pal" | Warren Foster | Carlo Vinci | May 19, 1960 | 4705 |
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Loopy goes off to save Hansel and Gretel (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl and Don Messick) from the witch's gingerbread house, despite their refusal. | |||||
| 6 | "Snoopy Loopy" | Warren Foster | Ken Muse | June 16, 1960 | 4706 |
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Loopy tries to deliver a baby gorilla (voiced by Don Messick) to the zoo, but it keeps running off and causing trouble for Loopy. | |||||
| 7 | "The Do-Good Wolf" | Warren Foster | Ken Muse | July 14, 1960 | 4707 |
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Loopy assists Snow White (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) and she moves into the house of the Seven Dwarfs who don't trust wolves. | |||||
| 8 | "Here Kiddie, Kiddie" | Warren Foster | Ken Muse | September 1, 1960 | 5702 |
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Loopy is a zoo wolf and keeps getting blamed for taking a mother's baby by her and the zookeeper (voiced by Don Messick). | |||||
| 9 | "No Biz Like Shoe Biz" | Warren Foster | Carlo Vinci | September 8, 1960 | 5701 |
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In a take-off of Cinderella, Loopy plays "fairy godmother" to a young woman (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) who is not invited to a ball and wants to see the prince (voiced by Don Messick). | |||||
1961
[edit]| No. | Title | Written by | Animated by | Release date | PN[8] |
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| 10 | "Count Down Clown" | Warren Foster | Dick Lundy | January 5, 1961 | 5703 |
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Thinking he is not needed by anyone, Loopy joins a space program and participates in tests by going to the Moon. | |||||
| 11 | "Happy Go Loopy" | Warren Foster | Ed Love | March 2, 1961 | 5704 |
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Loopy goes to a masquerade party and is mistaken for a guy named "Charlie" in a wolf costume; Loopy livens the party up by doing impressions of Maurice Chevalier, Peter Lorre, Ed Sullivan and Jimmy Durante. | |||||
| 12 | "Two Faced Wolf" | Warren Foster | George Nicholas | April 6, 1961 | TBA |
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Loopy unknowingly befriends a scientist (voiced by Hal Smith) who turns into a monster on and off without Loopy knowing that the monster is really him. | |||||
| 13 | "This Is My Ducky Day" | Michael Maltese | Bill Keil | May 4, 1961 | TBA |
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After despairing about how his good deeds do not pay, Loopy raises a duck (voiced by Red Coffey). Even that does not improve matters for Loopy. | |||||
| 14 | "Fee Fie Foes" | Michael Maltese | Robert Bentley | June 9, 1961 | TBA |
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A take-off on Jack and the Beanstalk where Loopy participates in the well-known fairy tale by climbing a beanstalk by bringing back Jack (voiced by Don Messick) to his mother (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) and meets the giant. | |||||
| 15 | "Zoo Is Company" | Michael Maltese | George Nicholas | July 6, 1961 | TBA |
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Loopy helps an elephant (who sounds like Wally Gator) with a mouse problem and that mouse is Bigelow Mouse (voiced by Doug Young). | |||||
| 16 | "Child Sock-Cology" | Tony Benedict | Dick Lundy | August 10, 1961 | TBA |
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Loopy encounters a lost giant gorilla baby (voiced by Don Messick) and brings him back to the zoo. | |||||
| 17 | "Catch Meow" | Tony Benedict | George Nicholas | September 14, 1961 | TBA |
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Loopy unsuccessfully tries to negotiate a peace between a cat and a mouse (both voiced by Don Messick). But when it works, it doesn't improve matters for the duo. | |||||
| 18 | "Kooky Loopy" | Warren Foster | Jack Ozark | November 16, 1961 | TBA |
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Loopy meets The Big Bad Wolf (voiced by Arnold Stang) of the Little Red Riding Hood story and wants him to be a good wolf. | |||||
| 19 | "Loopy's Hare-do" | Warren Foster | Bob Carr | December 14, 1961 | TBA |
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Loopy volunteers to be a hunter's (voiced by Don Messick) hunting dog and at the same time protect the rabbit. By the time the hunting is well, the hunters spots a $50 wolf bounty opportunity. | |||||
1962
[edit]| No. | Title | Written by | Animated by | Release date | |
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| 20 | "Bungle Uncle" | Michael Maltese | Jack Ozark | January 18, 1962 | |
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Loopy's nephew Bon-Bon keeps taking a lamb from a swearing watchdog (voiced by Don Messick) and he thinks Loopy keeps taking the lamb. | |||||
| 21 | "Beef For and After" | Michael Maltese | Dick Lundy | March 1, 1962 | |
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Loopy's nephew Bon-Bon again takes another animal from the swearing watchdog (voiced by Don Messick), this time, a cow and blames Loopy for taking the cow (voiced by Doug Young). | |||||
| 22 | "Swash Buckled" | Michael Maltese | Jack Ozark | April 5, 1962 | |
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In France, Loopy meets the four musketeers and one of them goes to rescue a princess (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) and Loopy goes with him to see him in action. | |||||
| 23 | "Common Scents" | Tony Benedict | Dick Lundy | May 10, 1962 | |
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Loopy protects a skunk (voiced by Mel Blanc, uncredited) on the verge of suicidal tendencies. The skunk stops this when he meets a girl skunk (voiced by Julie Bennett) with equal sorrows. | |||||
| 24 | "Bearly Able" | Michael Maltese | Jack Ozark | June 28, 1962 | |
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Without Goldilocks, the Three Bears leave it to Loopy to babysit their baby bear, who makes Loopy's job a difficult one. | |||||
| 25 | "Slippery Slippers" | Warren Foster | Jack Ozark | September 7, 1962 | |
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Loopy helps Prince Charming (voiced by Arnold Stang) find his beloved Cinderella (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl). After various mistakes, Loopy's search is successful. | |||||
| 26 | "Chicken Fraca-See" | Dalton Sandifer | Carlo Vinci | October 11, 1962 | |
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After a fox (voiced by Doug Young) steals a chicken egg from the swearing watchdog (voiced by Don Messick), it hatches a baby chick (also voiced by Don Messick) which follows Loopy calling him "Mama" and the watchdog keeps thinking Loopy is the chicken thief. | |||||
| 27 | "Rancid Ransom" | Dalton Sandifer | Dick Lundy | November 15, 1962 | |
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Out west, Loopy does two good deeds and a bounty hunter (voiced by Don Messick) goes after him for money. | |||||
| 28 | "Bunnies Abundant" | Dalton Sandifer | George Nicholas | December 13, 1962 | |
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Loopy protects an army of rabbits from a hungry wolf (voiced by Doug Young). | |||||
1963
[edit]| No. | Title | Written by | Animated by | Release date | |
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| 29 | "Just a Wolf at Heart" | Dalton Sandifer | Jack Ozark | February 14, 1963 | |
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Valentine's Day: Loopy is crazy in love with a cute girl wolf named "Gaga" (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) and she wants him to bring her sheep from his sheepdog friend (voiced by Don Messick). | |||||
| 30 | "Chicken Hearted Wolf" | Warren Foster | Don Patterson | March 14, 1963 | |
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Loopy tries to prove wolves can be good and tries to teach a lesson to chicken thief Sam Wolf (voiced by Doug Young) about stealing chickens from a farmer (voiced by Don Messick). | |||||
| 31 | "Watcha Watchin'?" | Dalton Sandifer | Bob Carr | April 18, 1963 | |
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The watchdog (voiced by Don Messick) (who is friends with Loopy?) is tired after staying out all night and falls asleep on watch duty and Loopy attempts to help him keep his job. | |||||
| 32 | "A Fallible Fable" | Dalton Sandifer | Jack Ozark | May 16, 1963 | |
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When the Big Bad Wolf walks out on a Little Red Riding Hood re-enactment, Loopy stands in for him unaware of how serious the other actors take the story. | |||||
| 33 | "Sheep Stealers Anonymous" | Dalton Sandifer | George Nicholas and George Goepper | June 13, 1963 | |
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Loopy helps wolves be cured of sheep-stealing and helps Sam Wolf (who was in "Chicken Hearted Wolf" with a different design and voice and is voiced by Doug Young) be cured of sheep, but he keeps taking sheep from the swearing watchdog (voiced by Don Messick). | |||||
| 34 | "Wolf in Sheep Dog's Clothing" | Tony Benedict | Bill Keil | July 11, 1963 | |
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With the watchdog sick, a farmer (voiced by Don Messick) hires Loopy to be a watchdog. Loopy poses as one and must stop another wolf from stealing sheep. | |||||
| 35 | "Not In Nottingham" | Dalton Sandifer | Jack Ozark | September 5, 1963 | |
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Robin Hood (voiced by Don Messick) sends Loopy on a mission to rescue Maid Marian from the Nottingdoing Castle, but Loopy blunders and takes out the Sheriff of Nottingham's (also voiced by Don Messick) wife. | |||||
| 36 | "Drum-Sticked" | Michael Maltese | Jack Ozark | October 3, 1963 | |
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On Thanksgiving, Loopy protects a turkey (voiced by Doug Young) from a farmer and his dog (both voiced by Don Messick) who always says "Shee" whenever the farmer doesn't notice what's going on with Loopy hiding him. | |||||
| 37 | "Bear Up!" | Michael Maltese | Jerry Hathcock and Ken Muse | November 7, 1963 | |
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Loopy is minding his own business out in the woods until he comes across The Three Bears and their baby keeps wandering off and they keep assuming Loopy is taking their baby. | |||||
| 38 | "Crook Who Cried Wolf" | Dalton Sandifer | Don Patterson | December 12, 1963 | |
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Loopy comes across a pair of crooks hiding in his cave and they mistake him for "Big Louie" thinking he's in a wolf mask. | |||||
| 39 | "Habit Rabbit" | Michael Maltese | Bill Keil and George Goepper | December 31, 1963 | |
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Loopy helps cure a rabbit named Raymond (voiced by Howard Morris) of his crazy carrot addiction which worries his wife, but not his daughter (both voiced by Janet Waldo) who keeps skipping rope. | |||||
1964
[edit]| No. | Title | Written by | Animated by | Release date | |
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| 40 | "Raggedy Rug" | Michael Maltese | Dick Lundy | January 2, 1964 | |
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A hunter named Quincy (voiced by Don Messick) promises his wife Genevieve (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl), by bringing back an animal rug for her and does it by not blasting Loopy, but his dog (also voiced by Don Messick) suspects Loopy is alive. | |||||
| 41 | "Elephantastic" | Michael Maltese | Ed Parks and Chuck Harriton | February 6, 1964 | |
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Loopy helps deliver the elephant from "Zoo Is Company"(who is green this time) to the circus from a hunter and encounters Bigelow the mouse (voiced by Doug Young) again who antagonises the elephant. | |||||
| 42 | "Bear Hug" | Michael Maltese | George Nicholas and Bill Keil | March 5, 1964 | |
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Loopy helps a bear named Braxton (voiced by Mel Blanc) who has a mad, crazy jealous streak to win over his girlfriend Emmy-Lou (voiced by Janet Waldo) who has other suitors. After some rivaling with Loopy, Braxton falls for Emmy-Lou's cousin, Jenny-Lee (also voiced by Janet Waldo). | |||||
| 43 | "Trouble Bruin" | Michael Maltese | Ken Muse and Jerry Hathcock | September 17, 1964 | |
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The second short subject to feature Loopy helping Braxton (voiced by Mel Blanc) cure his insane jealously problem of Emmy-Lou (voiced by Nancy Wible) having other suitors coming in her home. | |||||
| 44 | "Bear Knuckles" | Michael Maltese | George Nicholas and George Goepper | October 15, 1964 | |
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Braxton (voiced by Mel Blanc) wants to propose to Emmy-Lou (voiced by Janet Waldo), but his jealousy kicks in once more, and it's Loopy to the rescue again. | |||||
1965
[edit]| No. | Title | Written by | Animated by | Release date | |
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| 45 | "Horse Shoo" | Michael Maltese | Don Patterson | January 7, 1965 | |
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Twister, a rodeo horse (voiced by Doug Young) who sounds like Doggie Daddy, thinks that his rodeo owner (voiced by Hal Smith) is getting rid of him cause he's no good no more, so he runs into Loopy and he tries hiding him out from his rodeo owner. | |||||
| 46 | "Pork Chop Phooey" | Dalton Sandifer | Jack Ozark | March 18, 1965 | |
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Loopy's nephew Bon-Bon reads a story of the Three Little Pigs and goes out to find them where he tries to blow down their houses. Loopy tries to stop him, but he only makes things worse. | |||||
| 47 | "Crow's Fete" | Dalton Sandifer | Ed Aardal and Chuck Harriton | April 14, 1965 | |
| 48 | "Big Mouse Take" | Michael Maltese | Carlo Vinci and Hugh Fraser | June 17, 1965 | |
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Unable to deal with Bigelow Mouse (voiced by Doug Young), Chatterly Cat accepts Loopy's help. After a successful mouse catch, both Chatterly and Bigelow with his family move in with Loopy. | |||||
Television version
[edit]In 1969, Loopy's film shorts were gathered together into a syndicated television series, simply titled Loopy de Loop.
Cast
[edit]- Daws Butler as Loopy De Loop
- Other voices include Julie Bennett, Mel Blanc, Red Coffey, June Foray, Paul Frees, Don Messick, Howard Morris, Hal Smith, Arnold Stang, Jean Vander Pyl, Janet Waldo, Nancy Wible, and Doug Young.
Other appearances
[edit]- A brief scene from "Two Faced Wolf" appears in The Monkees' film Head.[9]
- Loopy appeared in the 1991 NBC series Yo Yogi!, voiced by Greg Burson. He appears as an employee and owner of The Picnic Basket at Jellystone Mall's food court.
- Loopy appeared in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Juror in Court". He escapes from the prison along with many Harvey's clients, when his cases are sent to the review. It is unknown why he was there because he never appeared in the show before and was not a client of Harvey. Loopy also appears in a recap of the previous episode in "The Death of Harvey".
- A genderbend version of Loopy appears in the Max show Jellystone![10] voiced by Ulka Simone Mohanty in a French accent.[11] In contrast to the classic version's optimistic outlook, Loopy here is equipped with a more cynical and deadpan personality. She works with Jabberjaw in Magilla Gorilla's haberdashery.
Home media
[edit]On September 9, 2014, Warner Home Video (via Warner Archive) released Loopy De Loop: The Complete Collection on DVD in Region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection.[12]
On February 24, 2026, Warner Archive released the complete series on Blu-ray.[13]
In other languages
[edit]- Italian: Lupo de Lupis
- Brazilian Portuguese: Loopy Le Beau
- Portuguese: similar to English
- Spanish: Loopy de Loop, el lobo bueno
- Finnish: Hurmaava Hukka
- Serbian: Лупи Добрић, добри вук (Lupi Dobrić, dobri vuk)
Notes
[edit]- ↑ The rights to the individual characters are presently owned by Warner Bros.
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Cartoon Scrapbook". Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Loopy De Loop Profile
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ↑ Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. p. 158. ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ↑ Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. pp. 72-73. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ↑ "The Vault". www2.boxoffice.com. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
- ↑ "The Vault". www2.boxoffice.com. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
- ↑ "The Vault". www2.boxoffice.com. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
- ↑ "The Vault". www2.boxoffice.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ↑ The HEAD page, from The Monkees Film & TV Vault
- ↑ "Jellystone! I Official Trailer I HBO Max Family". YouTube. June 24, 2021. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- ↑ Hemmert, Kylie (June 24, 2021). "Jellystone!: Hanna-Barbera Characters Return in HBO Max Original Animated Series". Comingsoon.net.
- ↑ 'The Complete Collection' of the Theatrical-Shorts-turned-TV-Show! Archived 2014-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=37748
External links
[edit]- Loopy De Loop at IMDb
- Loopy De Loop at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived[link removed] from the original on November 16, 2015.
- The Cartoon Scrapbook – Loopy De Loop
- The Big Cartoon Database[link removed] – Loopy De Loop
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