“ | Hold on thar! | „ |
~ Quick-Draw McGraw's catchphrase. |
“ | I'll do the thinning around here, and doooon't you forget it! | „ |
~ Quick-Draw McGraw contently telling Baba Looey to let him think. |
“ | EEELLLLL KKKKKKKAAAAAABBBBBBOOOOONNNNGGGG!!!! | „ |
~ Quick-Draw as El Kabong. |
Quick-Draw McGraw, or just Quick Draw, is a fictional anthropomorphic horse and the titular main protagonist of The Quick Draw McGraw Show. He speaks Western with a Western accent.
Bio[]
He is depicted as a horse wearing a red cowboy hat and a blue cowboy scarf. He was originally voiced by Daws Butler.
Personality[]
Quick Draw was usually depicted as a sheriff in a series of short films set in the Old West. Quick Draw was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro called Baba Looey (also voiced by Butler) who spoke Mexican with a Mexican accent. In the Spanish American version, Quick Draw (Tiro Loco McGraw) speaks in a very English-influenced accent, and Baba Looey (Pepe Trueno, or Pepe Luis in some episodes) speaks in a very Mexican accent, so it was clear that Quick Draw was the alien, and there was no need to adapt any feature of the story. In the Brazilian version, however, Quick Draw speaks in a drawling Portuguese which along with his hispanized name (Pepe Legal) would suggest he was either a Texan-American or Mexican cowboy.
Character Production[]
Quick Draw satirized the westerns that were popular among the American public at the time. His character was well-intentioned but somewhat dim.
Another featured character was Snuffles, the bloodhound dog who would point to his mouth and "ah-ah-ah-" when he wanted a biscuit, then hug himself, leap up in the air, and float back down after having eaten one. In several cases when Quick Draw did not have a dog biscuit to offer, or if he tried to give Snuffles the reward cash for capturing an outlaw, Snuffles would either shake his head and say, "Uh-uh," or grunt to himself and mumble "Darn cheapskate!" In his first appearance, Bow-Wow Bandit, he was trying to find Quick Draw's assistant Baba Looey, who was kidnapped by a bandit that thinks that he has a tattoo of a map on his back. He wasn't called Snuffles, Quick Draw sometimes calls him dog deputy.
Voice Actor[]
He was voiced by the late Daws Butler (whom also voiced characters such as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Wally Gator, Hokey Wolf, Snooper and Blabber Dixie, Mr. Jinks, Scooby-Dum, Reddy, Augie Doggie, Peter Potamus, Baba Looey, Lippy the Lion, Elroy Jetson, and Peter Perfect) in the Series and other Series he appeared in until he died in 1988. The late Greg Burson took over after Butler's death. he voiced by Billy West in the 2017 reboot Wacky Races and he is voiced by Jim Cummings in 2020 and Jeff Bergman in 2000.