The Peter Potamus Show

Overview

Peter Potamus is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The main segment featuring Peter Potamus and his diminutive sidekick So-So the monkey. Peter is big, purple, and friendly, dressed in a safari jacket and hat. Episodes generally consisted of Peter and So-So exploring the world in his hot air balloon, which was capable of time travel at the spin of a dial. When faced with a precarious situation, Peter uses his Hippo Hurricane Holler to blow away his opponents. The second segment, Breezly and Sneezly, featured a polar bear named Breezly Bruin and his friend Sneezly the Seal who used various schemes to break into an army camp in the frozen north, while trying to stay one step ahead of the camp's leader Colonel Fuzzby. The final segment, Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey, featured three dogs named Yippee, Yappee, and Yahooey who work for the King, a short, complaining ruler who is often on the receiving end of their antics.

Series details

First air date

1964

Last air date

1966

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

73

Episode runtime

7 min

Genres

Animation, Comedy, Kids

Original language

EN

Origin country

US

Networks

Syndication

Created by

William Hanna, Joseph Barbera

Production

Hanna-Barbera Cartoons

Cast

Don Messick

So-So

Hal Smith

Yappee / The King

Mel Blanc

Sneezly Seal

John Stephenson

Colonel Fuzzby

Howard Morris

Breezly Bruin / Blackbird (voice)

Doug Young

The Nasty Knight (voice) / Yippee