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Quick Draw McGraw is the name of a fictional Cartoon Horse , created by Hanna-Barbera and the star of ''The Quick Draw McGraw Show'', Hanna-Barbera's third show produced for television after success with '' The Ruff & Reddy Show '' and '' The Huckleberry Hound Show ''. The show debuted in 1959 ; Quick Draw was voiced by voice actor Daws Butler . Quick Draw was usually depicted in his shorts (which were set in the American Old West ) as a Sheriff . Quick Draw was often accompanied by his Deputy , a Mexican Burro named Baba Looey , who spoke with a stereotypical Mexican accent, and was also voiced by Butler. Quick Draw was depicted as a satire of the , as shown by his catchphrase. Despite the stereotyping of Baba Looey, it was clear that he was way much smarter than Quick Draw, but was loyal to a fault... his realist to Quick Draw's idealist ''very'' loosely paralleling the protagonists in '' Don Quixote '', although a rather safer comparison would probably be the earlier Hanna-Barbera pairing of the whimsical Yogi and his practical sidekick Boo-Boo. Although Quick Draw was himself a horse caricature who walked on two legs like a human (as did Baba Looey), this did not stop the show's producers from depicting him riding into town on a realistic horse, or, as seen in the show's opening credits, driving a Stagecoach pulled by a whole team of realistic horses. This aspect was made light of in the 1980s made-for-television film ''The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound'', which featured Quick Draw. In a series of episodes, Quick Draw would also assume the identity of the masked Vigilante , "El Kabong" (a parody of Zorro ). As El Kabong, Quick Draw would attack his foes by swooping down on a rope and hitting them on the head with an Acoustic Guitar , producing a distinctive ''kabong'' sound and destroying the guitar in the process. On the cartoon's soundtrack, the "kabong" sound was produced by a Foley Artist striking the detuned open strings of a cheap acoustic guitar. Quick Draw McGraw's supporting characters in ''The Quick Draw McGraw Show'''s two other segments were Augie Doggie And Doggie Daddy , a father-and-son pair of dogs (the father a Jimmy Durante parody), and Snooper And Blabber , a pair of detectives who were a cat and a mouse. TRIVIA After his original show ran its course, Quick Draw occasionally showed up in other Hanna-Barbera productions, including '' Yogi's Gang '', '' Yo Yogi '' and '' Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics '' as well as cameos in an episode of '' Samurai Jack ''; and also in an episode from '' Yogi's Space Race ''. Currently, the show is aired on the Cartoon Network 's sister channel, Boomerang . Quick Draw also made an appearance on Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law where he was arrested for carrying a guitar in a satire of American Gun Politics . Quick Draw's "El Kabong" alter-ego has made an impact in the Professional Wrestling world; the name "El Kabong" was first used by then- Extreme Championship Wrestling commentator Joey Styles to describe when a popular ECW wrestler, New Jack , used an acoustic guitar as a weapon during a match. The act is also used by former World Wrestling Federation employee The Honky Tonk Man and current Total Nonstop Action Wrestling employee Jeff Jarrett . Quick Draw was also the mascot for Honey Smacks in the early 1960s. Snuffles, Quick Draw's dog, more recently made a special guest appearance on an episode of '' Johnny Bravo '' in which Johnny mistakenly follows a woman who slightly resembles his mother. In the episode, Snuffles is assigned by the police to help find Johnny - provided, of course, he is given doggy snacks along the way. ''QUICK DRAW MCGRAW'' IN OTHER LANGUAGES
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