The Peter Potamus Show

The Peter Potamus Show Peter Potamus and So-So

Peter Potamus is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The main segment featuring Peter Potamus and his diminutive sidekick So-So the monkey. Peter is big, purple, and friendly, dressed in a safari jacket and hat. Episodes generally consisted of Peter and So-So exploring the world in his hot air balloon, which was capable of time travel at the spin of a dial. When faced with a precarious situation, Peter uses his Hippo Hurricane Holler to blow away his opponents. The second segment, Breezly and Sneezly, featured a polar bear named Breezly Bruin and his friend Sneezly the Seal who used various schemes to break into an army camp in the frozen north, while trying to stay one step ahead of the camp's leader Colonel Fuzzby. The final segment, Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey, featured three dogs named Yippee, Yappee, and Yahooey who work for the King, a short, complaining ruler who is often on the receiving end of their antics.

Animation

Comedy

Kids

The Peter Potamus Show Peter Potamus and So-So

Animation

Comedy

Kids

Created By: Joseph BarberaWilliam Hanna
First Aired on: Sep 16, 1964
Popularity: 16.6883: 11 votes
Networks: (US)
Production: Hanna-Barbera Productions (US)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 73 episodes

Season 1

Peter Potamus is big, purple, and friendly, dressed in a safari jacket and hat. Episodes generally consisted of Peter and So-So exploring the world in his hot air balloon, which was capable of time travel at the spin of a dial. When faced with a precarious situation, Peter uses his Hippo Hurricane Holler to blow away his opponents.

Aired 61 years ago

73 Episodes

Episode 1Fe Fi Fo Fun7 min
Peter and So-So try to warn a disbelieving Jack and the Beanstalk about the giant who wants to get him. They knock out the giant but when they realize that Jack is trying to steal the goose that lays golden eggs, they switch sides and revive the giant. The grateful giant informs Peter that Jack stole the wrong goose.
Episode 2No Place Like Nome7 min
Breezly is trying to enter Camp Frostbite to see a show at their theater. Unfortunately, he is captured and sent to the Seattle Zoo. He gets lost on the way, though and ends up in a recruitment building, and joins the army
Episode 3The Volunteers7 min
The King hires a sergeant to teach Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey how to act like real guards.
Episode 4Lion Around7 min
Peter and So-So encounter a cowardly lion. They are captured by Romans and sent to the coliseum for a fight. Peter and the cowardly lion agree to rig the fight. Peter doesn't realize right away that a brave lion replaced the cowardly lion. He holds off the brave lion with his hippo hurricane holler and escapes to his balloon. Once airborne, he finds the cowardly lion hiding in the balloon and afraid of heights.
Episode 5All Riot On The Northern Front7 min
After Breezly is thrown out of Camp Frostbite, he wanders onto an artillery range, right when the army is having a practice lesson.