Today, I've got a puzzle to share with you all. Well, several puzzles, actually. Here is a set of four Huckleberry Hound puzzles, released by the Milton Bradley company in 1960. As you can see from the piece count and age rating, this was aimed at especially young audiences. The box art for the puzzles can be seen below.
Now, onto the puzzles themselves. The first one I'm discussing is pretty interesting, as the concept sketch is available online. This comes from the Cartoon Network website of the early 2000s, which I feel like I've mentioned way more than I ever thought I would. It depicts a game of golf with Huckleberry, Yogie, Mr. Jinks, Pixie, and Dixie. I cannot say for certain, but I'm pretty sure it was Dick Bickenbach who did the designs for these, as well as the art featured in previous posts focused on Huckleberry Hound merch. The characters certainly look like how he drew them in his model sheets.
The other three puzzles, unfortunately, do not appear to have their concept counterparts available online, or at the very least, the CN website didn't host them. These feature the characters mentioned above in other activities, such as a pool party. Boo Boo also seems to join in on the fun in these ones. The second one in this set, which features Huckleberry Hound by himself, strikes me as the oddest of the bunch. It's him spinning a yo-yo, which isn't weird at all, but it's the fact he doesn't have his hat on. I can't explain why, but it makes him almost look not at all the character. Crazy what kind of difference a hat can make!
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