Misterjaw
Title card
First appearance	Flying Fool (1976)
Portrayed by	Arte Johnson
In-universe information
Species	Great White Shark
Gender	Male

Misterjaw is a 34-episode animated television series, produced atDePatie-Freleng Enterprises in 1976 forThe Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show television series onNBC.^[1] Reruns continued on theThink Pink Panther Show on NBC from September 11, 1977 through September 3, 1978.

Misterjaw (voiced byArte Johnson) was a blue-coloredgreat white shark (who wore a purple vest with white collar, a blackbow tie and blacktop hat) who liked to leap out of the water and shout "HEEGotcha!" or "Gotcha!" at unsuspecting folks who would run off in terror. He spoke with a German accent and was known to mispronounce words, such as "knucklehead" pronounced as "ka-nucklehead". He also had a sidekick, a green-scaled, brownbowler hatted Brooklyn-accentedcatfish named Catfish (voiced byArnold Stang) who usually referred to Misterjaw as "Boss" or "Chief"; Misterjaw usually called Catfish either "pal-ly", "fella" or "sonny" when in a good mood, or names like "dumbkoff", "ka-nucklehead" or "macaroni brain" when irritated.^[2] At times, Misterjaw would mistakenly address his sidekick as "Dogfish", only to correct himself a split second later by saying "I mean, Catfish".

The primary goal of Misterjaw and Catfish was to catch HarryHalibut (voiced byBob Ogle). In several instances, the duo were pursued by Fearless Freddy the Shark Hunter (voiced byPaul Winchell) in "Merry Sharkman, Merry Sharkman" and "To Catch a Halibut".

All entries were directed byRobert McKimson (who died suddenly after production was completed) with co-direction from Sid Marcus and produced byDavid H. DePatie andFriz Freleng. The music and score for the series were composed by Doug Goodwin. A brief version of the John WilliamsJaws theme was used with the variation of the two-note theme. None of the shorts contained any credit information; only the series title, episode title, 1976 copyright and end titles were shown. All episodes include alaugh track.

All episodes were directed by Robert McKimson and Sid Marcus.

1. "Flying Fool"
2. "Shopping Spree"
3. "To Catch a Halibut"
4. "Beach Resort"
5. "Monster of the Deep"
6. "Showbiz Shark"
7. "Aladdin's Lump"
8. "Little Red Riding Halibut" (a parody ofLittle Red Riding Hood)
9. "The Codfather" (a takeoff ofThe Godfather and the earlierDePatie–Freleng Enterprises cartoon seriesThe Dogfather)
10. "Davey Jones' Locker"
11. "Flying Saucer"
12. "The Shape of Things"
13. "Caught in the Act"
14. "Merry Sharkman, Merry Sharkman" (a takeoff ofMary Hartman, Mary Hartman)
15. "Sea Chase"
16. "Aloha, Hah, Hah!"
17. "Never Shake Hands with a Piranha"
18. "Stand-In Room Only"
19. "The Fishy Time Machine"
20. "Transistorized Shark"
21. "The $6.95 Bionic Shark" (a takeoff ofThe Six Million Dollar Man)
22. "Moulin Rogues"
23. "Holiday in Venice"
24. "Shark and the Beanstalk" (a parody ofJack and the Beanstalk)
25. "The Aquanuts"
26. "Cannery Caper"
27. "Fish Anonymous"
28. "Maguiness Book of Records" (a takeoff of theGuinness Book of World Records)
29. "Cool Shark"
30. "Deep Sea Rodeo"
31. "Mama"
32. "Easy Come Easy Go"
33. "No Man's Halibut"
34. "Sweat Hog Shark" (a reference toWelcome Back, Kotter)

Episodes 2, 3, 5, 13, 21, 22, and 26 were pulled from NBC's 1977-1978 reruns of the show.^{[citation needed]}

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• Misterjaw is the fifth and final cartoon series to appear in theMGM Television distribution package.
• Misterjaw was one of two cartoon sharks created as a cash-in on theJaws craze (the other being theHanna-Barbera-createdJabberjaw).
• As of July 2005,Misterjaw has regularly been seen onCartoon Network'sBoomerang in theUnited States (along withThe Pink Panther Show and other DePatie-Freleng cartoons). As of 2006, all theMisterjaw episodes have been aired. Three of the cartoons shown on Boomerang have been edited (some scenes fromBeach Resort,Monster of the Deep, and the ending ofHoliday in Venice were removed).
• The show was also known asMr. Jaws and Catfish.
• In the entryLittle Red Riding Halibut, Misterjaw quips "Verrry interesting..." after looking in a picnic basket that Harry Halibut left behind which was booby-trapped with mousetraps. This catchphrase was first uttered by Arte Johnson (who voiced Misterjaw) onRowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
• Misterjaw was featured on South African television in the 1980s as a morning cartoon called "Grootbek en Katvis" and was dubbed into Afrikaans.

Misterjaw Cartoon Festival Featuring Monster of the Deep was released for VHS on 1987 as part of the "Viddy-Oh for Kids". It contains the first five episodes of the series.

The complete series was digitally remastered, issued on its own two-disc Blu-Ray/DVD collection (the first 17 shorts on disc 1 and the last 17 shorts on disc 2) byKino Lorber (under license fromMGM).^[3] It was released on April 24, 2018.^[4]

• Misterjaw atDon Markstein's Toonopedia.Archived from the original on March 8, 2016.
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• 1970s American animated comedy television series
• 1970s American children's comedy television series
• 1976 American animated television series debuts
• 1977 American television series endings
• American children's animated comedy television series
• Television series by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
• Television series by United Artists Television
• The Pink Panther Show
• Animated characters introduced in 1976
• Children's television series about talking animals
• Animated television series about sharks

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