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Sheriff Hoot Kloot

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"Hoot Kloot" was a series of 17 theatrical cartoon shorts produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from 1973 to 1974. They featured Sheriff Hoot Kloot -- a diminutive, short-tempered lawman -- and his loyal horse Fester who try to maintain order in a remote western town. The series was later shown on television as part of the NBC Saturday morning cartoon series "Pink Panther and Friends."

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19th January 1973 - 16th May 1974
Writer
John W. Dunn
Top Cast
Bob HoltLarry D. Mann
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Kloot's Kountry
19th January 1973

Episode 1

A shepherdess loses her sheep and Hoot thinks Crazywolf stole them, so he's off to get him. Unfortunaty, Crazywolf is a practical joker and catching him is harder that he thought. First "Hoot Kloot" cartoon.

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Apache on the Country Seat
16th June 1973

Episode 2

Hoot is ordered to bring in the Indian Jolly Red Giant for not paying his fine for overpopulating his Indian tribe. Hoot Kloot and Fester makes it to the tribe, but there is no Red Giant around.

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The Shoe Must Go On
16th June 1973

Episode 3

There was a bank robbery in Hoot's town and he is trying to get his horse Fester to come, but can't because someone stole his horse shoes.

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A Self-Winding Sidewinder
9th October 1973

Episode 4

Hoot is up for re-election and Crazywolf decides to run against him.

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Pay Your Buffalo Bill
9th October 1973

Episode 5

Crazywolf has set up a new business of selling a special tonic that gives people super strength. Hoot is set on arresting him for selling it without a license until he gets a taste of the tonic.

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Stirrups and Hiccups
15th October 1973

Episode 6

Hoot is out to catch the villiain Wild Bill Hiccups.

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Ten Miles to the Gallop
15th October 1973

Episode 7

Hoot gets a new police car in an effort to catch Crazywolf.

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Phony Express
4th January 1974

Episode 8

Hoot Kloot is returning home to Cactus Goat after being at the sheriff's convention in San Francisco. He is also bringing the mail to his town. He gave his horse Fester track shoes which makes him ten times faster than he was before.

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Giddy Up Woe
9th January 1974

Episode 9

Fester isn't quite the horse he used to be, as Kloot finds out when he tries to chase a bank robber. So, he heads to the used-horse lot for a trade in.

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Gold Struck
9th January 1974

Episode 10

Everyone chickened out delivering bags of gold to Virginia City because to get there, you have to get past the Bad Land. Hoot decides to deliver it himself to the city. Hoot managed to get past the Bad Lands to a ghost town so Hoot decides to spend the night in the hotel, where a mischievous vampire trying to get the hands on the gold.

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As The Tumbleweed Turns
8th April 1974

Episode 11

Hoot Kloot is ordered to evict Widow Watley from her house so they can build railroad tracks, but Hoot can't seem to get past her aggressive dog.

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The Badge and the Beautiful
17th April 1974

Episode 12

Hoot Kloot is ordered to evict Widow Watley from her house so they can build railroad tracks, but Hoot can't seem to get past her aggressive dog.

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Big Beef at the O.K. Corral
17th April 1974

Episode 13

Hoot Kloot is guarding the cattle from the notorious cattle rustler Billy the Kidder. Billy's strange goal? Steal the cows so he can set them free in the wild.

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By Hoot or by Crook
17th April 1974

Episode 14

While Hoot was chasing the notorious bank robber The Fox, his horse finds the Fox's costume, and for fun Hoot dressed up like the Fox. One of the delivery men, thinking Hoot was the Fox, gives him the strong box with the town's pay roll, so Hoot Kloot has to bring it back to the bank while dressed up like the Fox. The real Fox has another idea.

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Strange on the Range
17th April 1974

Episode 15

One of Hoot's prisoners, Billy the Kidder, escapes and Hoot tries to capture him, but Billy keeps pulling practical jokes on Hoot.

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Mesa Trouble
16th May 1974

Episode 16

Big Red is coming to Cactus Goat to give revenge on Hoot Kloot for sending him to the river. Hoot tried to get help from townsfolk, but everybody refuses, because they're afraid of Big Red.

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Saddle Soap Opera
16th May 1974

Episode 17

Hoot Kloot and Fester arrives at San Francisco to bring Judge Sayabe (the hanging judge) back to Cactus Goat. Unfortunately for the judge, Hoot Kloot goofs up along the way and the judge gets blown up, run over by a train, and falls down the cliff. They eventually return to the Cactus Goat, with the judge making a certain sheriff his enemy.