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.
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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.
1.Fe Fi Fo Fun
16-09-19647 minPeter 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...
2.No Place Like Nome
16-09-19647 minBreezly 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...
3.The Volunteers
16-09-19647 minThe King hires a sergeant to teach Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey how to act like real guards.
4.Lion Around
23-09-19647 minPeter 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 reali...
5.All Riot On The Northern Front
23-09-19647 minAfter Breezly is thrown out of Camp Frostbite, he wanders onto an artillery range, right when the army is having a practice lesson.
6.Black Bart
23-09-19647 minYippee, Yappee and Yahooey get fired by the King for overuse of his money on things like sword polish. But they get their jobs back when they unwittingly keep him away from the not...
7.Cleo Trio
30-09-19647 minPeter and So-So land in Egypt and meet Julius Caesar, who is despondent about losing the favor of Cleopatra. They go to Cleopatra's barge to speak for Caesar. Cleopatra forgives Ca...
8.Missile Fizzle
30-09-19647 minAt the Colonel's request, Breezly agrees to be Camp Frostbite's mascot for the day, only to be featured in an article in Stripe Magazine. Soon the Colonel learns that it's not easy...
9.Double Dragon
30-09-19647 minYippee, Yappee and Yahooey disguise themselves as a dragon so The King could pretend to battle one, but the real one shows up.
10.No Rest for a Pest
07-10-19647 minPeter and So-So land in a medieval-age town to get food. They can't get food without money so they get a job removing a pest for the king. The pest is a very difficult to eradicate...
11.Mass Masquerade
07-10-19647 minBreezly enters Camp Frostbite during an inspection by Senator Snoop. The senator sees him, but believes he is a soldier, wearing a new standard uniform. Soon, he orders each soldie...
12.Outlaw In-Law
07-10-19647 minThe King's nephew visits and the bumbling guards teach him how to be one.
13.Wagon Train Strain
14-10-19647 minPeter and So-So land in the middle of an old Western wagon train that is being attacked by Indians. The cowboys force Peter to fight the Indian chief's son in a winner-take-all bat...
14.Furry Furlough
14-10-19647 minThe Colonel is trying to relax around the base, waiting for his furlough to be approved, but keeps having trouble thanks to Breezly Bruin.
15.Horse Shoo Fly
14-10-19647 minYippee, Yappee and Yahooey have to save the King from a magical gift- a flying horse.
16.Monotony on the Bounty
21-10-19647 minWhen Peter falls out of the time-traveling balloon, he flops onto Captain Bligh's pirate ship--who looks like Charles Laughton. Timing is everything. The crew has just jumped ship-...
17.Bruin Ruin
21-10-19647 minA top-secret rocket launch is about to take place at Camp Frostbite. Breezly wanders around the base, and hides inside the rocket. The Colonel finds him, but they accidentally laun...
18.Wild Child
21-10-19647 minThe King and Queen step out for the night and The King lets Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey babysit their unruly son.
19.The Good Hood
28-10-19647 minPeter and So-So want to join Robin Hood and his merry men but fail the series of tests. Their last chance is to rescue Lady Marion from the sheriff. They bring the sheriff, disguis...
20.Freezing Fleas
28-10-19647 minA new guard dog is hired by the Colonel to keep out Breezly Bruin. After several failed attempts at entering the base, Breezly decides to use fleas to get rid of the guard dog.
21.Witch Is Which
28-10-19647 minA witch comes to the castle and turns the king into a frog. Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey finds the witch to turn him back to himself. The witch does a spell and she becomes a gorgeou...
22.Stars on Mars
04-11-19647 minPeter and So-So's balloon goes too high, gets hit by an asteroid, and lands on a strange planet. Peter gets enlisted to play the beast in a movie being made there, "The Beast from...
23.Stars And Gripes
04-11-19647 minBreezly desperately wants to enter Camp Frostbite to go to a Military Ball, but keeps being kicked out by the Colonel. A Fairy Godmother appears and transforms Breezly into a 10-st...
24.Wise Quacking
04-11-19647 minYippee, Yappee, Yahooey and The King go duck hunting.
25.Kooky Spook
11-11-19647 minPeter and So-So can break a spell on a haunted castle if they stay there overnight. Using various tricks, the resident ghost unsuccessfully tries to scare them away. With the spell...
26.Armoured Amour
11-11-19647 minBreezly finally decides to quit trying to get into Camp Frostbite, when a lovely female Polar bear arrives and asks him to get her a box of chocolates from within the base.
27.Nautical Nitwits
11-11-19647 minCaptain Kidder attacks the kingdom. Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey take to the sea to sink him.
28.The Island Fling
18-11-19647 minPeter looks just like Omega, the legendary leader of a group of island natives. The chief makes Peter take a series of tests to prove he's Omega. It looks like he failed but the ch...
29.As The Snow Flies
18-11-19647 minIt's Oka-Ooga Day, and an Eskimo named Omar Kayak is hunting Breezly, trying to capture him. Desperate, Breezly turn to the Colonel for help.
30.Job Robbed
18-11-19647 minThe King fires Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey and replaces them with a robotic guard.
31.Courtin' Trouble
25-11-19647 minPeter lands in the midst of two feuding hillbilly families – Quagmires and Scrags. Peter unsuccessfully tries to reason separately with two of the combatants. The feud ends when Pe...
32.Snow Biz
25-11-19647 minAn USO show is being held at Camp Frostbite, and Breezly is trying to get in to see it too. The Colonel chases him on stage, and their entire chase scene turns out to be the main e...
33.Unicorn on the Cob
25-11-19647 minThe King is a mighty hunter, but he still needs to bag a unicorn. With the help of Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey, he takes to the jungle. When a unicorn is spotted, they leave the Kin...
34.Big Red Riding Hood
02-12-19647 minPeter helps Little Red Riding Hood by donning her red cape and delivering the goodies to Grandma's house. The wolf unsuccessfully tries various tactics to stop him. The wolf is sen...
35.Unseen Trouble
02-12-19647 minDr. Von Plumb needs a volunteer to test out his new invention. Breezly wanders around the base and stumbles upon the Dr.'s invention, a machine that will turn him invisible. Now in...
36.Mouse Rout
02-12-19647 minA theiving little white mouse steals the Kings royal goodies and calls for all his royal guards to get rid of the rodent, and along come Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey.
37.Hurricane Hippo
09-12-19647 minPeter and So-So land on an island and find a pirate's treasure. The pirate chases Peter and he retreats back to his balloon. Peter's hippo hurricane holler lands the pirate and his...
38.Nervous In The Service
09-12-19647 minAfter the Colonel gets hit on the head thanks to Breezly, his personality changes radically, now believing Breezly is his friend, and welcoming into the Camp. Soon, however, he is...
39.Handy Dandy Lion
09-12-19647 minThe King and Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey try to find a lion for The Queen's new lion rug.
40.What a Knight
16-12-19647 minPeter and So-So land in an old English town. Peter pulls a sword from a stone and the king proclaims him the defender of the people. When Peter is tasked with battling an ogre he t...
41.Birthday Bonanza
16-12-19647 minIt's the Colonel's birthday, and Breezly is planning a surprise party, alongside some of the Camp Frostbite soldiers. The Colonel, not knowing any of this, doesn't waste any opport...
42.Sappy Birthday
16-12-19647 minThe King feels sad and Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey plans him a happy birthday. A villain tries to kill The King on his big day.
43.Mask Task
11-09-19657 minPeter tries out a new time-space machine and ends up in old west Arizona. Peter jumps out of the balloon and lands on and disables the village's avenger, Senor El Zingo. Peter take...
44.Wacky Waikiki
11-09-19657 minThe Colonel gets a two weeks leave for Hawaii. Breezly and Sneezly accidentally get locked into his trunk, and follow him to the island. There, they try to help him enjoy his vacat...
45.King of the Roadhogs
11-09-19657 minYippee, Yappee and Yahooey makes a car for The King to ride in. They test it out, and the car runs out of control.
46.Pre-Hysterical Pete
18-09-19657 minSo-So spins the time-space machine and sends the balloon to prehistoric times. Peter removes a thorn from a dinosaur's foot. Now they can't rid themselves of the grateful dinosaur...
47.General Nuisance
18-09-19657 minBreezly dresses up a General to enter the base and see the end of a movie. The Colonel mistakes him for General Snooper, who was supposed to come that day for a surprise inspection...
48.Palace Pal Panic
18-09-19657 minYippee, Yappee and Yahooey build a robot butler for the king. The butler, however, gets out of control, and things get crazy fast.
49.Trite Flite
25-09-19657 minPeter and So-So escape an attacking fish using the time-space machine. They end up under fire by World War I ace, Baron von Rip-em-up. The troops on the ground think Peter was sent...
50.Rookie Wrecker
25-09-19657 minThe Colonel asks Breezly and Sneezly to replace two of his soldiers who went AWOL during an inspection by General Grump.
51.Sleepy Time King
25-09-19657 minThe three goofy guards have a hard time with The King's son trying to make noise while The King takes a nap.
52.Marriage Peter Potamus Style
02-10-19657 minPeter gets out of a bad storm using the time-space machine and ends up in Verona, Italy. He falls out of the balloon and disables Romeo. Romeo enlists Peter's help to go get Juliet...
53.Noodnick Of The North
02-10-19657 minBreezly becomes the target of a five year-old Eskimo boy's first hunting party.
54.Pie, Pie, Blackbird
02-10-19657 minThe King sends Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey out to get 24 blackbirds to make a pie for the Queen, but they have trouble getting even one as the blackbird leads them on a merry chase.
55.Calaboose Caboose
09-10-19657 minThe time-space machine takes Peter and So-So to the old West. Peter lands in a train and is sworn in as a marshal before the real marshal jumps off the train. Peter battles Jessie...
56.The Fastest Bear In The North
09-10-19657 minWhen the Colonel's dog gets sick right before a dog sleigh race between Camp Frostbite and their rivals, Fort Coldspot, the Colonel asks Breezly to stand in for his do
57.What The Hex is Going On?
09-10-19657 minThe King is turned into a kangaroo by a wizard. Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey are to the rescue when The King runs loose outside as the kangaroo.
58.Eager Ogre
16-10-19657 minMerlin, the magician, is enlisted by King Arthur to find someone to battle an ogre. The time-space machine takes Peter and So-So to Merlin at that time. Peter reluctantly fights th...
59.Snow Time Show Time
16-10-19657 minThe famous comedian Bob Hooper is having a performance at Camp Frostbite. Both Breezly and Sneezly try to enter the camp and convince Bob Hooper they can be stars too.
60.Eviction Capers
16-10-19657 minA seal escapes a traveling sideshow that passes by the King’s palace, so when the King jumps into the royal pool, he lands on the seal, so the King’s guards must remove it.
61.The Reform of Plankenstein
23-10-19657 minCaught in the middle of a hillbilly feud, Peter and So-So escape using the time-space machine. It takes them to a village being attacked by a monster made by mad scientist Plankens...
62.Goat A-Go-Go
23-10-19657 minCamp Frostbite gets a new mascot: Socko, a goat who is trained to keep Breezly Bruin out of the base. Socko does just that, always butting Breezly with his horns, and would do just...
63.Hero Sandwiched
23-10-19657 minYippee, Yappee and Yahooey guard the King when he becomes a superhero through wizard magic.
64.Debt And Taxes
02-01-19667 minPeter is forced by villagers to get their tax money back from a tyrant. It looks like he will fail until he resorts to using his hippo hurricane holler, which blows the money back...
65.Spy In The Ointment
02-01-19667 minWhen a new top-secret invention is shipped out to Camp Frostbite, two spies, Boris and Morris infiltrate the Camp wearing Breezly and Sneezly disguises to steal it.
66.Throne For A Loss
02-01-19667 minThe King leaves to go on a camping trip. Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey follow him to make sure that he doesn't get hurt. They make a mess trying to do it.
67.Wrong Time No See
09-01-19667 minUsing the time-space machine, Peter and So-So escape from attacking island natives, a caveman, a WWI flying ace, and a British man-of-war ship before finally landing in the old Wes...
68.An Ill Wind
09-01-19667 minBreezly decides to take Sneezly to the Camp Frostbite infirmary to cure him of his allergies. When the Colonel walks in on them, they disguise themselves as a doctor and a nurse, a...
69.Royal Rhubarb
09-01-19667 minThe king of the neighboring kingdom invades because it always rains in his kingdom. He comes with a giant mechanical knight who bashes Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey. But they win in t...
70.America or Bust
16-01-19667 minPeter and So-So meet Christopher Columbus, who appoints Peter as his emissary to some hostile Indians. Peter fails with negotiations until he resorts to his hippo hurricane holler....
71.Rebel Rumble
23-01-19667 minPeter and So-So land in America during the time of the Revolution. Peter and So-So spread the word that the redcoats are coming from their balloon. They are shot down by British so...
72.Pilgrims Regress
30-01-19667 minPeter and So-So end up in Colonial America, where they meet Miles Standoffish. He wants to marry Priscilla, but she refuses to become his wife unless he can prove he's a good provi...
73.The Crossbow Incident
06-02-19667 minPeter and So-So evade a missile using the time-space machine and end up meeting William Tell. Because William fails to remove his hat in front of the king, he is given the punishme...
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