The Peter Potamus Show poster

The Peter Potamus Show (1964)

Animation · Family

Peter Potamus is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The main segment featuring Peter Potamus and his diminutive sidekick So-So the monkey. Peter is big, purple, and friendly, dressed in a safari jacket and hat. Episodes generally consisted of Peter and So-So exploring the world in his hot air balloon, which was capable of time travel at the spin of a dial. When faced with a precarious situation, Peter uses his Hippo Hurricane Holler to blow away his opponents. The second segment, Breezly and Sneezly, featured a polar bear named Breezly Bruin and his friend Sneezly the Seal who used various schemes to break into an army camp in the frozen north, while trying to stay one step ahead of the camp's leader Colonel Fuzzby. The final segment, Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey, featured three dogs named Yippee, Yappee, and Yahooey who work for the King, a short, complaining ruler who is often on the receiving end of their antics.

IMDb rating
6.2 (314 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1964)

6.42 avg 5 episodes 7.3 → 6.0 12 min avg

Ep 1: 7.3 · 16 votesEp 2: 6.4 · 13 votesEp 7: 6.6 · 10 votesEp 8: 5.8 · 12 votesEp 9: 6.0 · 11 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Fe Fi Fo Fun/No Place Like Nome/The Volunteers7.316
2Lion Around/All Riot on the Northern Front/Black Bart6.413
7The Good Hood/Freezing Fleas/Witch Is Which6.610
8Stars on Mars/Stars and Gripes/Wise Quacking5.812
9Kooky Spook/Armoured Amour/Nautical Nitwits6.011