Hong Kong Phooey (1974)
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Cast & Crew.
Scatman Crothers
Hong Kong Phooey
Joe E. Ross
Sergeant Flint
Kathy Gori
Rosemary
Don Messick
Spot
Jean Vander Pyl
Rosemary
Daws Butler
Big Duke
John Stephenson
Hal Smith
Ed Peck
Burly Boondock
Lennie Weinrib
Curly Boondock
Frank Welker
The Claw
Paul Winchell
Mr. Shrink
Joseph Barbera
Writer
Iwao Takamoto
Producer
William Hanna
Writer
Jack Mendelsohn
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 7, 1974
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes31
Running Time30m
Content RatingNR
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Wiki.
Hong Kong Phooey is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and originally broadcast on ABC. The original episodes aired from September 7 to December 21, 1974, and then in repeats until 1976. The show was brought back in reruns in 1978 and 1981, and was included in the USA Network's Cartoon Express block throughout the 1980s. The main character, Hong Kong Phooey, is the clownishly clumsy secret identity of Penrod "Penry" Pooch, working at a police station as a "mild-mannered" janitor under the glare of Sergeant Flint, nicknamed "Sarge".
Penry disguises himself as Hong Kong Phooey by jumping into a filing cabinet β in so doing he always gets stuck, and is freed by his striped pet cat named Spot β and once disguised, gets equipped with the "Phooeymobile" vehicle that transforms itself into a boat, a plane or a telephone booth, depending on the circumstances.In fighting crime, he relies on his copy of The Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu, a correspondence-course martial-arts instruction handbook. However, his successes are only either thanks to Spot, who provides a solution to the challenges, or the direct result of a comically unintended side effect of his efforts. The humor of the incompetence of Hong Kong Phooey is a recurring theme of each episode. The backgrounds were designed by Lorraine Andrina and Richard Khim.