Buford and the Galloping Ghost was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which aired on NBC from February 3 to September 1, 1979. It contained the following two 15-minute segments: The Buford Files and The Galloping Ghost.
The Buford Files and The Galloping Ghost originally aired as separate segments on Yogi's Space Race from September 9, 1978, to January 27, 1979, on NBC. After the cancellation of Yogi's Space Race, both segments were repackaged as one half-hour show.
Buford and the Galloping Ghost has been rebroadcast in reruns on USA Cartoon Express, Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
The Buford Files
Buford is a smart but sleepy bloodhound who lives deep in the murky swamp county of Fenokee. He teams up with two teenagers, Cindy Mae and her older brother Woody, and the trio solves confusing mysteries that baffle Sheriff Muletrain Pettigrew and his overeager but dimwitted deputy Goofer McGee. Buford's abilities are expanded with ears that revolve like radar dishes, and his nose responds to clues like a Geiger counter; he also howls his heart out when the moon comes out and has a running feud with a brown raccoon.
Voices
- Frank Welker - Buford
- Pat Parris - Cindy Mae
- David Landsberg - Woody
- Henry Corden - Sheriff Muletrain Pettigrew
- Roger Peltz - Deputy Goofer McGee
The Galloping Ghost
Nugget Nose is a short and feisty ghost prospector who finds adventure riding his invisible horse and is also a guardian to Wendy and Rita, two cowgirls who work at the Fuddy Dude Ranch whose owner is grouchy old Fenwick Fuddy. Nugget is always battling Fuddy and takes delight in harassing him in odd and humorous ways. Whenever the girls are in trouble, Wendy summons Nugget Nose by rubbing on her special nugget necklace.
(The show's title was loosely based on the nickname of mid-1920's University of Illinois football star Harold "Red" Grange.)
Voices
- Frank Welker - Nugget Nose
- Marilyn Schreffler - Wendy
- Pat Parris - Rita
- Hal Peary - Fenwick Fuddy
Episodes
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Swamp Hermit / Phantom of the Horse Opera" | February 3, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford go to Jeb Crowley's place only to find him missing. As they pick Jeb's trail, they find also two escaped bank robbers, the Swamp Brothers. | ||
| 2 | "The Vanishing Stallion / Too Many Crooks" | February 10, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford watch Nelly's stallion Cheetar race which somehow gets switched in the race. They follow the trail to a couple of crooks who snatched Cheetar for his value's worth. | ||
| 3 | "The Swamp Saucer / Sagebrush Sergeant" | February 17, 1979 |
| A UFO has been sighted. Woody, Cindy and Buford get in contact with an Astro-chimp. They then thwart a gang trying to steal a valuable space satellite generator. | ||
| 4 | "The Man With Orange Hair / Bad News Bear" | February 24, 1979 |
| At the Fenokee Sports Palace, a clown openly steals a pair of silver jewelled ice skates. Woody, Cindy and Buford do a thorough search exposing the announcer and the light director as the thieves. | ||
| 5 | "The Demon of Ur / Robot Roundup" | March 3, 1979 |
| Goofer fails to safeguard a demon statue of Ur which disappears from a train. Woody, Cindy and Buford's investigation reveals the thieves winched the statue out with a camouflaged crane. | ||
| 6 | "The Missing Bank / Pests in the West" | March 10, 1979 |
| Goofer delivers in an armoured car 10 million dollars to the bank, but the bank hasn't received the money. Woody, Cindy and Buford discover that some scenery and disguises were used to intercept the money. | ||
| 7 | "Scare in the Air / Rock Star Nuggie" | March 17, 1979 |
| Buford gets caught in a near plane crashing accident. Next comes an amphibious plane out of control and going missing. Sheriff Muletrain arrests the pilot, who had attempted to hijack the amphibious plane. | ||
| 8 | "Buford and the Beauty / Frontier Fortune Teller" | March 24, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford go to see a movie being filmed. The leading dog star Duchess gets stolen for ransom. Buford rescues his beloved Duchess while Woody and Cindy expose the dog napper. | ||
| 9 | "Peril in the Park / I Want My Mummy" | March 31, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford go to the amusement to work, but the place close to closing down. An investigation reveals that the real estate Shafter is responsible for sabotage in order to get the park sold. | ||
| 10 | "The Magic Whammy / Mr. Sunshine's Eclipse" | April 7, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford go to the Great Zambini Magic Show. Multiple mysterious robberies have been committed by the magician Zambino, who specialises in hypnotism. | ||
| 11 | "The Haunting of Swamp Manor / Klondike Kate" | April 14, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford venture in the old Grimsley Mansion. Whilst they search the mansion for clues, the ghost of Jedediah Grimsley lingers. The whole scare scene was to cover up a counterfeiting activity. | ||
| 12 | "The Case of the Missing Gator / A Ghost of a Chance" | April 21, 1979 |
| Some smugglers in the swamp are aften some stolen diamonds. Also a man has lost his pet alligator Gertrude. Once Gertrude is found, she assists in the arrest of the smugglers. | ||
| 13 | "Don't Monkey with Buford / Elmo the Great" | April 28, 1979 |
| Woody, Cindy and Buford are invited to the circus by Duchess. Duchess' diamond collar gets stolen during the parade. The thief is the stilt walker who wore a chimp costume. | ||
Production credits
- Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
- Producer: Art Scott
- Directors: Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano
- Creative Producer: Iwao Takamoto
- Story Editors: Ray Parker, Jim Ryan
- Story: Herb Armstrong, Len Janson, George Atkins, Mark Jones, Jack Bonestell, Glenn Leopold, Doug Booth, Ray Parker, Chuck Couch, Sam Roeca, Gary Greenfield, Jim Ryan, George Greer, Susan "Misty" Stewart
- Recording Director: Art Scott
- Voices: Robert Behr, Henry Corden, Virginia Gregg, Bob Hastings, Ralph James, Dave Landsberg, Jim MacGeorge, Don Messick, Pat Parris, Roger Peltz, Hal Peary, Ronnie Schell, Marilyn Schreffler, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Alex Tramanti, Lennie Weinrib, Frank Welker
- Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
- Title Design: Bill Perez
- Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
- Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
- Character Design: Bob Singer
- Layout Supervision: John Ahern, Warren Marshall
- Layouts: Lyle Beddes, Boyd Kirkland, Garnett Bugby, Gerrard Pointak, Todd Curtis, Debra Pugh, Cory Dangerfield, Keith Sargent, Owen Fitzgerald, Thomas Tholen, Simon Gittins, Greg Thurber, Homer Jonas, Grant Wilson
- Animation: Carlos Alfonso, Roberto Marcano, Juan Pina, Ezequiel Martin, Isabel Belio, Luis Martinez, Amaro Carretero, Pedro Mohedano, Alberto Conejo, Manuel Sanchez Molano, Julio Diez, Pepita Pardell, Valentin Domenech, Vincente Rodriguez, Manuel Garcia Galiana, Mariano Rueda, Angel Izquierdo, Jose Luis Torres
- Background Supervision: Al Gmuer
- Backgrounds: Deborah Akers, Bill Proctor, Bob Gentle, Michael Reinman, Ann Guenther, Jeff Riche, James Hickey, Craig Robertson, Paro Hozumi, Sera Segal-Alsberg, Richard Khim, Peter Van Elm, Bill Lorencz, Gloria Wood, Andy Phillipson
- Checking and Scene Planning: Cindy Smith
- Xerography: Star Wirth
- Ink and Paint Supervision: Billie Kerns
- Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Camera: Jerry Smith, George Epperson, Tom Epperson, Chuck Flekal, Ron Jackson, Larry Smith, Terry Smith, Brandy Whittington, Jerry Whittington
- Supervising Film Editor: Larry C. Cowan
- Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley
- Music Editor: Terry Moore
- Effects Editor: Mark Green
- Show Editor: Gil Iverson
- Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
- Production Manager: Jayne Barbera
- Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
- A Hanna-Barbera Production
- This Picture Made Under the Juridiction of IATSE-IA Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.
- © 1978 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.