Winsome Witch
Encyclopedia
Winsome Witch is a television series produced by Hanna Barbera Studios
. It aired alongside Secret Squirrel
and Squiddly Diddly
on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
.
whose character is also called "Winnie") is a friendly, yet somewhat inept, witch. Winnie's catch phrase when casting a spell was "Ippity - Pippity - Pow!" (when the magic spell conjures, the Jet Screamer entrance cue from The Jetsons
, is heard). She often flies around on a broom that happens to be magically alive.
Other voices include Dick Beals
, Mel Blanc
, Henry Corden
, Allan Melvin
, John Stephenson
, and Janet Waldo
. She is shown to have a cat named Lucky (voiced by Don Messick
) as her driving partner where she drives a cauldren-modeled monster truck called the Sonic Broom which also has on it a talking skeleton named Axel (voiced by Neil Ross
).
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
. It aired alongside Secret Squirrel
Secret Squirrel
Secret Squirrel is a cartoon created by Hanna-Barbera. Secret Squirrel was one of two co-stars of The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, which debuted in 1965. He was given his own show in 1966, but was reunited with Atom Ant for one more season in 1967...
and Squiddly Diddly
Squiddly Diddly
Squiddly Diddly is an anthropomorphic animated squid created by Hanna-Barbera, who was featured in his own cartoon segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show beginning in 1965.-Fictional character biography:...
on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show was an hour-long Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1965 to 1967 for NBC.-Production:...
.
Plot
Winsome W. Witch (voiced by Jean Vander PylJean Vander Pyl
Jean Vander Pyl was an American actress on radio, television and movies. Although her career spanned many decades, she is best remembered as the voice of Wilma Flintstone from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon The Flintstones...
whose character is also called "Winnie") is a friendly, yet somewhat inept, witch. Winnie's catch phrase when casting a spell was "Ippity - Pippity - Pow!" (when the magic spell conjures, the Jet Screamer entrance cue from The Jetsons
The Jetsons
The Jetsons is a animated American sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing in prime-time from 1962–1963 and again from 1985–1987...
, is heard). She often flies around on a broom that happens to be magically alive.
Season one
# | Title | Summary |
---|---|---|
1 | Have Broom Will Travel | |
2 | Prince of a Pup | |
3 | Operation Broom Switch | |
4 | The Hansel and Gretel Case | |
5 | The Little Big League | Winnie helps out a little league team when one of their players is sick. |
6 | Schoolteacher Winnie | |
7 | Good Red Riding Hood | |
8 | Winnie's Baby | Winnie discovers a baby on her door step. She adopts the kid and names it Spooky. |
9 | How Now Cinderella | Winnie tells some kids of how she met Cinderella on her way to the ball. |
10 | Have Broom Will Zoom | |
11 | Winnie the Sheriff | Winnie arrives in an all male western town, where all the men like her. But when the desperados come, she's appointed sheriff. At the end, she conjures up a stagecoach, full of females to settle in their town. |
12 | Welcome Wagging | |
13 | Shoo Spy | The Pentagon's Chief of Secret Operations calls in Winnie Witch to deal with International Super-Spy Dr. Zero. |
14 | Hollywood or Busted | Winnie wins a trip to Hollywood, after coming up with the winning slogan for a bar soap company. At Hollywood, she gets to be in a horror movie with Roger Glamoore (who's disguised as a monster). After shooting, a Hollywood tour bus passes by & Winnie notices the stewardess from the plane ride. She sets her up a date with Roger (out of costume). |
15 | Wolfcraft Vs. Witchcraft | After being recurringly being stopped by Winsome Witch who is protecting the Three Little Pigs, the Big Bad Wolf tries to fight magic with magic. |
16 | Tallyho the Hunter | Winnie Witch transforms into different animals in order to stop a hunter. |
17 | Witch Hitch | |
18 | Ugly Duckling Trouble | |
19 | Witch Witch is Witch | Winnie baby sits twin brothers. When she falls asleep, the boys play with her wand turning the house into a castle and them as monkeys. When they forget the magic words, Winnie's broom wakes her up & she set things back to normal. |
Season two
# | Title | Summary |
---|---|---|
20 | Good Little Scout | Tom Thumb wants to be a Boy Scout, but is very small to join. Winnie helps gain confidence for the little fellow. |
21 | Potluck | |
22 | Pussycat Man | In order to stop the two-headed villain called Thinker who is committing a crime wave in Metropolis City, Winnie helps out her favorite superhero Pussycat Man after he's sidelined. |
23 | Sheriff Winnie | In a thunderstorm, Winnie & her broom arrive in a western town. The Mayor appoints her sheriff, in which she has to capture a bad guy. After the bad guy fails (with Winnie using her magic to discourage him), the bad guy goes straight & wants to court Winnie Witch! |
24 | Wee Winnie Witch | Winnie's visiting niece bewitches anything she pleases, and her aunt does her best to keep her and her magic in line. |
25 | Sea-Dogged | |
26 | Wild Wild Witch |
Voices
- Jean Vander PylJean Vander PylJean Vander Pyl was an American actress on radio, television and movies. Although her career spanned many decades, she is best remembered as the voice of Wilma Flintstone from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon The Flintstones...
- Winsome Witch
Other voices include Dick Beals
Dick Beals
Richard "Dick" Beals is an American voice actor. He has performed many voices in his career, which spans from the early 1950s into the 21st century...
, Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
, Henry Corden
Henry Corden
Henry Corden was a Canadian-born American actor and voice artist best-known for taking over the role of Fred Flintstone after Alan Reed died in 1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was on the 1977 syndicated weekday series Fred Flintstone and Friends for which he provided voice-overs on...
, Allan Melvin
Allan Melvin
Allan Melvin was an American character actor who appeared in several television shows, including the roles of Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show; Alice's boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch; and Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's...
, John Stephenson
John Stephenson (actor)
John Stephenson is an American actor and voice actor. He has also been credited as John Stevenson...
, and Janet Waldo
Janet Waldo
Janet Waldo is an American actress and voice artist with a career encompassing radio, television, animation and live-action films. She is best known in animation for voicing Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop and Josie McCoy in Josie and the Pussycats...
Other appearances
Winsome Witch appeared in the Fender Bender 500 segment of Wake, Rattle, and RollWake, Rattle, and Roll
Wake, Rattle, and Roll is a live-action/animated television show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Four Point Entertainment that premiered in the fall of 1990. The show's title was inspired by the song "Shake, Rattle and Roll"...
. She is shown to have a cat named Lucky (voiced by Don Messick
Don Messick
Donald Earl "Don" Messick was an American voice actor best known for his work for Hanna-Barbera. Perhaps his most well-known voice creations include Scooby-Doo, Papa Smurf, and Dr. Benton Quest....
) as her driving partner where she drives a cauldren-modeled monster truck called the Sonic Broom which also has on it a talking skeleton named Axel (voiced by Neil Ross
Neil Ross
Theodoric Neilson "Neil" Ross is an English voice actor and announcer, born in London, England and now resident and working in Los Angeles, in the United States. He has provided voices for in many American cartoons, particularly those based on Hasbro products and Marvel Comics, and numerous...
).
External links
- Winsome Witch at the Big Cartoon DataBaseBig Cartoon DataBaseThe Big Cartoon DataBase is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated feature films, animated television shows and cartoon shorts....