The Huckleberry Hound Show

Original Air Date: 1958-1962

Network: NBC

The Huckleberry Hound Show is notable for several reasons. First is the fact that it introduced more than one animated character who would stand the test of time -- not only the distinctively voiced title character, but also the even more popular Yogi Bear and Boo Boo, who starred in their own animated segments of this series before getting a spin-off of their own. O.K., the other segments of Huckleberry Hound(starring mice Pixie and Dixie and Hokey Wolf) didn't have quite as big an afterlife, but this was still quite an impressive stable of characters to launch with, and audiences quickly responded to Huckleberry Hound himself, a blue dog who had quite the fondness for singing "Oh My Darling, Clementine." Huckleberry Hound was also the second series from Hanna-Barbera, and the one that made them a true success, paving the way for many other series that would follow, including The Flintstones andScooby-Doo. The Huckleberry Hound Show would go on to make television history as the first animated series to win an Emmy.