Hong Kong Phooey
Hong Kong Phooey
NR | 07 September 1974 (USA)
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    TheLittleSongbird

    Hong Kong Phooey is not my favourite of the Hanna Barbera shows, but I quite like it. It is interesting enough, and keeps me amused. It is just a shame though that the show only lasted as long as it did, it had potential to do even better than as it started off. True, one or two of the supporting characters are scrappily animated, bland or annoying, but Hong Kong Phooey is not without its charms.The animation isn't the best looking of the Hanna Barbera cartoons, but with some nice colours and decent backgrounds it is reasonable enough. The theme tune is also quite catchy, and I also liked the simple, fun story lines and quirky, amusing one-liners. The main characters are great. Sergeant Flint is a great character, who reacts to Henry/Hong Kong Phooey. But it is the title character who makes the show work. Brilliantly voiced by Scatman Crothers, he is hugely entertaining.Overall, interesting and worth a watch despite its limitations. 8/10 Bethany Cox

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    MartinHafer

    Ugghhh!!! The 1970s were an abysmal period for cartoons. They were terribly animated and were written to appeal only to very young kids and incredibly stupid people. And, the king of this genre at the time was Hanna-Barbera--who made a huge fortune peddling 4th-rate cartoons to kids. The networks loved it because the cartoons were so cheap to produce and with so many rotten cartoons on, the standards were pretty low. While I was a kid in the 70s, I lost interest very fast thinks to cartoons like Speed Buggy and Hong Kong Phooey. They were just mind-numbingly bad--unfunny and devoid of anything that seemed like quality! If you think a karate chopping dog could be funny, then you have NOT seen this cartoon! Watch this only at your own risk--you have been warned.

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    katiebeebooms

    Hong Kong Phooey is classic oldie humor, like Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss. I watched it when I was little, and I still think it is funny. I have yet to meet a kid who thought it was racist or acted that way because of it; in my opinion, it is a whole lot better influence than the current violent Anime shows. Not that you have to respect characters for a show to be worthwhile, but I have far more respect for Hong Kong Phooey and the gang than I do for people who post comments about drugs and lacing others' drinks with toxic substances on a site about a movie that young adults watch. No one expects cartoons to be classic dramatic works of art. Hong Kong Phooey is a light-hearted comedy that is safe for kids to watch and funny for adults, too. Lighten up and just enjoy it!

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    SonicStuart

    Hong Kong Phooey is another one of my Hanna-Barbera favorites! This series is about a mild mannered janitor Penry who works at a police station commanded by Sergent Flint. When ever there is crime around Penry jumps into a file cabinet and comes out as Hanna-Barbera's number one super guy, Hong Kong Phooey who is a martial arts superhero! This show got 16 episodes in 1 Season. This show deserved more than 1 season and 16 episodes! Plus one thing I thought was cool about this Hong Kong Phooey was his martial arts moves and how he knocks the bad guys. Plus I thought the whole way Penry changes into Hong Kong Phooey was funny when he goes into a file cabinet and then he is Hong Kong Phooey.User Rating: 7/10BOTTOM LINE: HONG KONG PHOOEY IS HANNA-BARBERA'S # 1 SUPER GUY!

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