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''Buford and the Galloping Ghost'' is an American
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and a
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of ''
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'' produced by
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that was broadcast on
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from September 9 to December 2, 1978. The half-hour series was composed of two 11-minute segments: ''The Buford Files'' and ''The Galloping Ghost''. ''The Buford Files'' and ''The Galloping Ghost'' originally aired as segments on ''
Yogi's Space Race ''Yogi's Space Race'' is a 90-minute American Saturday-morning cartoon, animated television series and the third entry in the ''Yogi Bear'' franchise. Thirteen episodes were broadcast on NBC from September 9, 1978, to December 2, 1978, and featur ...
'' from September 9, 1978, to January 27, 1979. Following the cancellation of ''Yogi's Space Race'', both segments were repackaged and spun off into a half-hour show on
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from February 3 to September 1, 1979. The show has been rebroadcast on
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and
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''The Buford Files''

Buford is a lazy
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with a mournful bark and a sharp nose for solving mysteries who lives deep in Fenokee Swamp. He teams up with the teenage Boggs twins, Cindy Mae and Woody. The trio solves confusing mysteries that baffle Sheriff Muletrain and his overeager but dimwitted deputy Goofer McGee. Buford's abilities are expanded with ears that revolve like radar dishes, and his nose responds to clues like a
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. But Buford has two weaknesses: when the moon comes out, he howls incessantly (often at the most perilous moments), and he also has a running feud with a
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-whacking
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. The series was referenced in ''
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Voice cast

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Frank Welker Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American actor who specializes in voice acting. He began his career in the 1960s, and held around 850 film, television, and video game credits as of 2020, making him one of the most prolific v ...
– Buford * Pat Parris – Cindy Mae * Dave Landsburg – Woody *
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– Sheriff Muletrain Pettigrew * Roger Peltz – Deputy Goofer McGee


''The Galloping Ghost''

Nugget Nose is a short and feisty ghost of an
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gold
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who finds adventure riding his invisible horse. He is also a guardian to Wendy and Rita, two young
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s who work at the Fuddy Dude Ranch, owned by grouchy, old Fenwick Fuddy. Whenever Fuddy threatens to fire the girls, Nugget makes himself invisible and becomes a helping friend. He is always battling Fuddy and takes delight in harassing him in odd and humorous ways. When the girls are in trouble, Wendy summons Nugget by rubbing on her special gold nugget necklace. Nugget Nose appeared in the third season of ''Jellystone!''.


Voice cast

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Frank Welker Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American actor who specializes in voice acting. He began his career in the 1960s, and held around 850 film, television, and video game credits as of 2020, making him one of the most prolific v ...
– Nugget Nose *
Marilyn Schreffler Marilyn Sue Schreffler (June 14, 1945 – January 7, 1988) was an American voice actress who provided voice-overs for several animated television series, mostly for Hanna-Barbera Productions. Biography Marilyn Schreffler was born in Wichita, ...
– Wendy * Pat Parris – Rita * Hal Peary – Fenwick Fuddy


Episodes


Production

''Buford and the Galloping Ghost'' was animated at Filman, an animation studio in
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(headed by Carlos Alfonso and Juan Pina) who did a lot of animation work for Hanna-Barbera between the early 1970s through the mid-1980s.


References


External links

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