The Magilla Gorilla Show (1964)
Magilla Gorilla is a fictional gorilla and the star of The Magilla Gorilla Show by Hanna-Barbera that aired from 1964 to 1967.
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The Magilla Gorilla Show
1964 / TV-GSeasons & Episode
Mr. Peebles buys a love bird for the store and Magilla is left in charge while he goes to look for a mate for it. It doesn’t take long for Peep-Peep to find a way out of the shop. Magilla takes it upon himself to catch the bird and bring him back to the pet shop.
Ricochet and Droop-a-Long try to catch "The Whip" before he can cause trouble in town. After the Whip robs the bank and does his best to get away before the sheriff and his deputy can catch him, Ricochet and Droop-a-Long fail a few times before they decide to use a whistle to catch the Whip and cart him off to jail.
Tired of feeling unloved by, Magilla joins the circus. As Magilla stars as the circus’ main attraction, he begins to miss his life at the pet store, especially after having to perform several dangerous acts. Magilla returns home, ultimately making Mr. Peebles and the neighborhood children every happy.
Ricochet tells Droop-a-Long's nephew Tag-a-Long about the legend of how he met up with a Giant on top of a mesa after the bank was stolen. Ricochet then tells how he was able to catch the Giant and how he was turned into the mountain. Tag-a-Long asks if the story really happened, Ricochet admits he stretched the truth a bit.
Mushmouse moves to California for a cushy-mouse job. At first he thinks that playing “cat and mouse” will be fun, but the fancy cat abuses him in modern ways, he begins missing his feuding days. Punkin’ Puss also missing Mushmouse goes and bring him home, and happily returns with his friend.
Magilla runs away from the pet store and goes to "Camp Kitchy Gooney" with a group of junior rangers.
After Ogee tells a friend that the Purple Mask will be coming to her house to meet her, he doesn’t believe her and asks if he can go over to meet him. However, she gets a letter from the super hero canceling his visit. At seeing how heartbroken Ogee is as a result, Magilla decides to dress up as the Purple Mask to help Ogee out of her predicament.
When a zoo gorilla named "Matilda Gorilla" is lonely the zoo keepers bring Magilla to the zoo to keep her company.
Ogee borrows Magilla and brings him to school for a "Pet Contest" where he competes in with a dog named "Horatio".
Magilla goes to a beach party and takes up surfing.
Mr. Peebles sends Magilla to the store to buy bananas, where he decides to ride the children's airplane ride in front of the store. However Magilla plugs the airplane ride into "high-voltage" and the little plane takes off.
After Phoebe the pet goldfish gets sick Mr. Peebles sends Magilla to take Phoebe to "Oceanland" for a checkup. While the fish is getting a checkup, Magilla is causing mayhem throughout Oceanland.
When Mr. Peebles sends Magilla to get a package. Magilla returns with a rare South American “Geek” bird, and is put in charge of keeping an eye on it. The bird is able to make itself disappear out of situations, Magilla gets into trouble with people around town when he tries to save the bird.
Ricochet decides to bring in Slap Jack Rabbit to impress Bunny Hugs. They arrive at the hideout Bunny tries to stop his “violent” ways and Ricochet’s attempts to make Bunny understand. He goes back to his office to think of a way to get the bad guy, and learns that Slap and Bunny just got married.
Mushmouse takes his mind off his problems by watching The Mouse from S.O.M.P. and sees a commercial to buy his own S.O.M.P. kit, to fight Punkin’ Puss. However, the plan backfires when Punkin’ Puss orders a S.O.M.C. outfit himself. After fighting with their new tools, the duo decides to stop and watch the show together.
Magilla decides to enter a local rodeo to win prize money. He begins reading on being a cowboy and breaks all the records. When he brings home the money to Mr. Peebles, he orders a large amount of bananas, unaware that he put the pet store in the poor house again.
The town is looking to have a meeting regarding the horse El Loco, Loco, Loco, Loco Diablo. Ricochet promises to go after El Loco, Loco, Loco, Loco Diablo to stop him. When it looks like they finally caught the horse, the townspeople are less than thrilled at hearing the news, since the sheriff caught El Loco, Loco, Loco, Loco Diablo’s colt instead of his mean father.
Mushmouse decides to cover Punkin’ Puss with flour and make him think he died. Punkin’ Puss soon believes that he passed away as a result of his feuding. Mushmouse sends him a note and Punkin’ Puss realizes Mushmouse is behind his new look and decides to make the mouse pay.
Magilla goes to see if he could help a man with his car, and accidentally starts it. It doesn’t take long to get into trouble joyriding around town. After Mr. Peebles straightens things out, Magilla promises to stay out of trouble. But when Ogee drives by in a little toy car, Magilla’s promise soon goes out the window.
Ricochet and Droop-a-Long get a call from a big city police chief, asking for help in catching a guy who has a pair of gorillas as his bodyguards. After stopping the creep to give him a traffic ticket, Ricochet and Droop-a-Long fight with his bodyguards and they are able to fight the bad guys into jail.
Punkin’ Puss uses rocket power to get a leg up on Mushmouse. When he crashes, Punkin’ Puss is sent to the feudal mountains where Mushmouse is king. After hearing the charges, Mushmouse sentences him to fight “Meanie Mouse”. After being chased around, Punkin’ Puss wakes and realizes he never left.
A hover car marketing team comes up with the slogan of “it’s so simple a gorilla could use it.” They rent Magilla for the day at first it seems to be a success, but Magilla pushes the wrong button, chaos ensues. The man who invented the car decided to invent unbreakable gorilla cages.
Mushmouse gets a visit from a lawyer letting him know that he was left an inheritance. Punkin’ Puss does his best to become Mushmouse’s best friend so he can get a share. Punkin’ Puss is shocked to find out that it is cheese. Punkin’ Puss decides to resume their feud in retaliation.
Magilla decides to runaway to forget how he was treated in the pet store. While walking down the street, he gets shanghaied into the Foreign Legion. After run-ins with the commander, Magilla is given a mission to catch an Arabian Sheik. Happy at the good job Magilla did, the commander lets him go home.
Upon arriving at his office, Little Red tells the sheriff and Droop-a-Long about a wolf stealing the goodies for grandmother. The wolf realizes that he won’t get the basket on the journey, and decides to get it at Grandma’s house. Ricochet and Droop-a-Long arrest him, the wolf realizes that it isn’t always a bad thing.
Mushmouse decides to read the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and gets the idea for a potion that will turn him into an alter ego. This works for a while, but when Punkin’ Puss discovers what he’s doing, he decides to try the rest of the potion and soon discovers that his worst side wants to fight everyone in sight.
Mr. Peebles and Magilla decide to become super heroes. However, things don’t turn out the way the crime-fighting duo plan when they start beating up on innocent people they think are bad guys. As a result, they decide to head back to the store and hide from the people the made mad.
Rocky Gulch gets caught trying to rustle a herd of cattle. Ricochet wins their shootout, Droop-a-Long tells him that Dead Brush Dan refuses to leave now that his jail term is up. Following attempts to set Dan free, Ricochet and Droop-a-Long find a reason to arrest Dan after he decides to blow the place up.
Punkin’ Puss begins the day feuding, Mushmouse says his horoscope said it's his lucky day. Not believing, Punkin’ Puss chases him around the woods and starts having bad luck. At days end, Mushmouse reads his horoscope for the next day and discovers his luck will turn sour and that Punkin’ Puss will have a great day.
Magilla Gorilla is a fictional gorilla and the star of The Magilla Gorilla Show by Hanna-Barbera that aired from 1964 to 1967.
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