| Buford and the Galloping Ghost | |
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| Genre | Mystery Comedy |
| Directed by | |
| Voices of | |
| Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 (26 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | |
| Producer | Art Scott |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 9 (1978-09-09) – December 2, 1978 (1978-12-02) |
| Related | |
| Yogi's Space Race | |
Buford and the Galloping Ghost is an Americananimated television series and aspin-off ofYogi's Space Race produced byHanna-Barbera Productions that was broadcast onNBC from September 9 to December 2, 1978.[1] The half-hour series was composed of two 11-minute segments:The Buford Files andThe Galloping Ghost.[2]
The Buford Files andThe Galloping Ghost originally aired as segments onYogi's Space Race from September 9, 1978, to January 27, 1979.[3] Following the cancellation ofYogi's Space Race, both segments were repackaged and spun off into a half-hour show onNBC from February 3 to September 1, 1979. The show has been rebroadcast onUSA Cartoon Express,Cartoon Network andBoomerang.[4]
Buford (voiced byFrank Welker) is a lazybloodhound with a mournful bark and a sharp nose for solving mysteries who lives deep in Fenokee Swamp. He teams up with the teenage Boggs twins,Cindy Mae (voiced byPat Parris) andWoody (voiced byDave Landsburg). The trio solves confusing mysteries that baffleSheriff Muletrain (voiced byHenry Corden) and his overeager but dimwitted deputyGoofer McGee (voiced by Roger Peltz). Buford's abilities are expanded with ears that revolve like radar dishes, and his nose responds to clues like aGeiger counter.
But Buford has two weaknesses: when the moon comes out, he howls incessantly (often at the most perilous moments), and he also has a running feud with akarate-whackingraccoon.[5]
Nugget Nose (voiced byFrank Welker) is a short and feisty ghost of anOld West goldprospector who finds adventure riding his invisible horse. He is also a guardian toWendy (voiced byMarilyn Schreffler) andRita (voiced byPat Parris), two youngcowgirls who work at the Fuddy Dude Ranch, owned by grouchy, oldFenwick Fuddy (voiced byHal Peary).
Whenever Fuddy threatens to fire the girls, Nugget makes himself invisible and becomes a helping friend. He is always battling Fuddy and takes delight in harassing him in odd and humorous ways. When the girls are in trouble, Wendy summons Nugget by rubbing on her special gold nugget necklace.[6]
Each episode featured one 11-minute segment ofThe Buford Files andThe Galloping Ghost
| No. | Titles | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "The Swamp Hermit / Phantom of the Horse Opera" | September 9, 1978 (1978-09-09) | |
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| 2 | "The Vanishing Stallion / Too Many Crooks" | September 16, 1978 (1978-09-16) | |
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| 3 | "The Swamp Saucer / Sagebrush Sergeant" | September 23, 1978 (1978-09-23) | |
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| 4 | "The Man with Orange Hair / Bad News Bear" | September 30, 1978 (1978-09-30) | |
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| 5 | "The Demon of Ur / Robot Round-Up" | October 7, 1978 (1978-10-07) | |
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| 6 | "The Missing Bank / Pests in the West" | October 14, 1978 (1978-10-14) | |
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| 7 | "Scare in the Air / Rock Star Nuggie" | October 21, 1978 (1978-10-21) | |
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| 8 | "Buford and the Beauty / Frontier Fortune Teller" | October 28, 1978 (1978-10-28) | |
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| 9 | "Peril in the Park / I Want My Mummy" | November 4, 1978 (1978-11-04) | |
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| 10 | "The Magic Whammy / Mr. Sunshine's Eclipse" | November 11, 1978 (1978-11-11) | |
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| 11 | "The Haunting of Swamp Manor / Klondike Kate" | November 18, 1978 (1978-11-18) | |
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| 12 | "The Case of the Missing Gator / A Ghost of a Chance" | November 25, 1978 (1978-11-25) | |
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| 13 | "Don't Monkey with Buford / Elmo the Great" | December 2, 1978 (1978-12-02) | |
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Buford and the Galloping Ghost was animated at Filman, an animation studio inMadrid, Spain (headed by Carlos Alfonso and Juan Pina) who did a lot of animation work for Hanna-Barbera between the early 1970s through the mid-1980s.