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Season 1
Episode 70

America or Bust

January 16, 1966

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The Peter Potamus Show - S1 - E70

Peter and So-So meet Christopher Columbus, who appoints Peter as his emissary to some hostile Indians. Peter fails with negotiations until he resorts to his hippo hurricane holler. The Indian chief capitulates and signs the peace treaty. Columbus gives Peter the title Don Peter Potamus.

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The Peter Potamus Show: Season 1 - 54 Episode s

1x20 - Freezing Fleas
October 28, 1964
A new guard dog is hired by the Colonel to keep out Breezly Bruin. After several failed attempts at entering the base, Breezly decides to use fleas to get rid of the guard dog.
1x21 - Witch Is Which
October 28, 1964
A witch comes to the castle and turns the king into a frog. Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey finds the witch to turn him back to himself. The witch does a spell and she becomes a gorgeous creature.
1x22 - Stars on Mars
November 4, 1964
Peter and So-So's balloon goes too high, gets hit by an asteroid, and lands on a strange planet. Peter gets enlisted to play the beast in a movie being made there, "The Beast from Planet Earth," but things rapidly get out of hand. The part proves too painful for Peter to bear.
1x23 - Stars And Gripes
November 4, 1964
Breezly desperately wants to enter Camp Frostbite to go to a Military Ball, but keeps being kicked out by the Colonel. A Fairy Godmother appears and transforms Breezly into a 10-star General, so he can attend the ball.
1x24 - Wise Quacking
November 4, 1964
Yippee, Yappee, Yahooey and The King go duck hunting.
1x25 - Kooky Spook
November 11, 1964
Peter and So-So can break a spell on a haunted castle if they stay there overnight. Using various tricks, the resident ghost unsuccessfully tries to scare them away. With the spell broken, the ghost leaves the castle and takes residence in Peter's balloon.
1x26 - Armoured Amour
November 11, 1964
Breezly finally decides to quit trying to get into Camp Frostbite, when a lovely female Polar bear arrives and asks him to get her a box of chocolates from within the base.
1x27 - Nautical Nitwits
November 11, 1964
Captain Kidder attacks the kingdom. Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey take to the sea to sink him.
1x28 - The Island Fling
November 18, 1964
Peter looks just like Omega, the legendary leader of a group of island natives. The chief makes Peter take a series of tests to prove he's Omega. It looks like he failed but the chief says he passed and offers to make Peter the new leader. Peter declines and runs back to the balloon.
1x29 - As The Snow Flies
November 18, 1964
It's Oka-Ooga Day, and an Eskimo named Omar Kayak is hunting Breezly, trying to capture him. Desperate, Breezly turn to the Colonel for help.
1x30 - Job Robbed
November 18, 1964
The King fires Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey and replaces them with a robotic guard.
1x31 - Courtin' Trouble
November 25, 1964
Peter lands in the midst of two feuding hillbilly families – Quagmires and Scrags. Peter unsuccessfully tries to reason separately with two of the combatants. The feud ends when Peter, dressed as Cupid, make the two fall in love and get married.
1x32 - Snow Biz
November 25, 1964
An USO show is being held at Camp Frostbite, and Breezly is trying to get in to see it too. The Colonel chases him on stage, and their entire chase scene turns out to be the main event of the show.
1x33 - Unicorn on the Cob
November 25, 1964
The King is a mighty hunter, but he still needs to bag a unicorn. With the help of Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey, he takes to the jungle. When a unicorn is spotted, they leave the King to fend for himself.
1x34 - Big Red Riding Hood
December 2, 1964
Peter helps Little Red Riding Hood by donning her red cape and delivering the goodies to Grandma's house. The wolf unsuccessfully tries various tactics to stop him. The wolf is sent off into the distance with Peter's hippo hurricane holler, which Red learns too.
1x35 - Unseen Trouble
December 2, 1964
Dr. Von Plumb needs a volunteer to test out his new invention. Breezly wanders around the base and stumbles upon the Dr.'s invention, a machine that will turn him invisible. Now invisible, Breezly decides to play a few tricks on the Colonel.
1x36 - Mouse Rout
December 2, 1964
A theiving little white mouse steals the Kings royal goodies and calls for all his royal guards to get rid of the rodent, and along come Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey.
1x37 - Hurricane Hippo
December 9, 1964
Peter and So-So land on an island and find a pirate's treasure. The pirate chases Peter and he retreats back to his balloon. Peter's hippo hurricane holler lands the pirate and his ship into a prison.
1x38 - Nervous In The Service
December 9, 1964
After the Colonel gets hit on the head thanks to Breezly, his personality changes radically, now believing Breezly is his friend, and welcoming into the Camp. Soon, however, he is hit on the head again, and he returns to normal.
1x39 - Handy Dandy Lion
December 9, 1964
The King and Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey try to find a lion for The Queen's new lion rug.
1x40 - What a Knight
December 16, 1964
Peter and So-So land in an old English town. Peter pulls a sword from a stone and the king proclaims him the defender of the people. When Peter is tasked with battling an ogre he tries to slink back to his balloon instead but the balloon is already airborne. So-So knocks out the ogre from the balloon but Peter gets the credit. Peter then must fight a fierce black knight, who Peter, using his hippo hurricane holler, discovers is just a shrimp on stilts.
1x41 - Birthday Bonanza
December 16, 1964
It's the Colonel's birthday, and Breezly is planning a surprise party, alongside some of the Camp Frostbite soldiers. The Colonel, not knowing any of this, doesn't waste any opportunity to kick Breezly out of the base.
1x42 - Sappy Birthday
December 16, 1964
The King feels sad and Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey plans him a happy birthday. A villain tries to kill The King on his big day.
1x43 - Mask Task
September 11, 1965
Peter tries out a new time-space machine and ends up in old west Arizona. Peter jumps out of the balloon and lands on and disables the village's avenger, Senor El Zingo. Peter takes the place of the avenger to face the villain Don Jose el Tic-tac-taco. The villain is done in by Peter's hippo hurricane holler. Peter sends El Zingo, with nothing to do now, to Don Jose as well.
1x44 - Wacky Waikiki
September 11, 1965
The Colonel gets a two weeks leave for Hawaii. Breezly and Sneezly accidentally get locked into his trunk, and follow him to the island. There, they try to help him enjoy his vacation, but all of their plans backfire.
1x45 - King of the Roadhogs
September 11, 1965
Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey makes a car for The King to ride in. They test it out, and the car runs out of control.
1x46 - Pre-Hysterical Pete
September 18, 1965
So-So spins the time-space machine and sends the balloon to prehistoric times. Peter removes a thorn from a dinosaur's foot. Now they can't rid themselves of the grateful dinosaur but are elated when the dinosaur saves Peter from an attacking caveman. The dinosaur, imitating Peter's hippo hurricane holler, accidentally sucks the balloon inside his belly. Peter and So-So, on the balloon still inside the dinosaur, float off.
1x47 - General Nuisance
September 18, 1965
Breezly dresses up a General to enter the base and see the end of a movie. The Colonel mistakes him for General Snooper, who was supposed to come that day for a surprise inspection.
1x48 - Palace Pal Panic
September 18, 1965
Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey build a robot butler for the king. The butler, however, gets out of control, and things get crazy fast.
1x49 - Trite Flite
September 25, 1965
Peter and So-So escape an attacking fish using the time-space machine. They end up under fire by World War I ace, Baron von Rip-em-up. The troops on the ground think Peter was sent by headquarters to fight the Baron. The two dogfight in biplanes. The Baron's apparent advantage in the battle is lost when Peter uses his hippo hurricane holler.
1x50 - Rookie Wrecker
September 25, 1965
The Colonel asks Breezly and Sneezly to replace two of his soldiers who went AWOL during an inspection by General Grump.
1x51 - Sleepy Time King
September 25, 1965
The three goofy guards have a hard time with The King's son trying to make noise while The King takes a nap.
1x52 - Marriage Peter Potamus Style
October 2, 1965
Peter gets out of a bad storm using the time-space machine and ends up in Verona, Italy. He falls out of the balloon and disables Romeo. Romeo enlists Peter's help to go get Juliet but Juliet's father is trying to prevent it. Juliet's father is sent away with Peter's hippo hurricane holler. Romeo and Juliet are married and go off on their honeymoon together using Peter's balloon.
1x53 - Noodnick Of The North
October 2, 1965
Breezly becomes the target of a five year-old Eskimo boy's first hunting party.
1x54 - Pie, Pie, Blackbird
October 2, 1965
The King sends Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey out to get 24 blackbirds to make a pie for the Queen, but they have trouble getting even one as the blackbird leads them on a merry chase.
1x55 - Calaboose Caboose
October 9, 1965
The time-space machine takes Peter and So-So to the old West. Peter lands in a train and is sworn in as a marshal before the real marshal jumps off the train. Peter battles Jessie Jimmy, who is trying to rob the train. Jessie is finally defeated with Peter's hippo hurricane holler, which blows Jessie right to the State Prison.
1x56 - The Fastest Bear In The North
October 9, 1965
When the Colonel's dog gets sick right before a dog sleigh race between Camp Frostbite and their rivals, Fort Coldspot, the Colonel asks Breezly to stand in for his do
1x57 - What The Hex is Going On?
October 9, 1965
The King is turned into a kangaroo by a wizard. Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey are to the rescue when The King runs loose outside as the kangaroo.
1x58 - Eager Ogre
October 16, 1965
Merlin, the magician, is enlisted by King Arthur to find someone to battle an ogre. The time-space machine takes Peter and So-So to Merlin at that time. Peter reluctantly fights the fire-breathing ogre and defeats him using his hippo hurricane holler.
1x59 - Snow Time Show Time
October 16, 1965
The famous comedian Bob Hooper is having a performance at Camp Frostbite. Both Breezly and Sneezly try to enter the camp and convince Bob Hooper they can be stars too.
1x60 - Eviction Capers
October 16, 1965
A seal escapes a traveling sideshow that passes by the King’s palace, so when the King jumps into the royal pool, he lands on the seal, so the King’s guards must remove it.
1x61 - The Reform of Plankenstein
October 23, 1965
Caught in the middle of a hillbilly feud, Peter and So-So escape using the time-space machine. It takes them to a village being attacked by a monster made by mad scientist Plankenstein. Peter defeats the monster with his hippo hurricane holler. Plankenstein uses the monster parts to build a merry-go-round for the villagers.
1x62 - Goat A-Go-Go
October 23, 1965
Camp Frostbite gets a new mascot: Socko, a goat who is trained to keep Breezly Bruin out of the base. Socko does just that, always butting Breezly with his horns, and would do just about anything as long a he is rewarded with a rutabaga.
1x63 - Hero Sandwiched
October 23, 1965
Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey guard the King when he becomes a superhero through wizard magic.
1x64 - Debt And Taxes
January 2, 1966
Peter is forced by villagers to get their tax money back from a tyrant. It looks like he will fail until he resorts to using his hippo hurricane holler, which blows the money back to the villagers. The tyrant then announces higher taxes because of the depletion of his treasury and now the villagers are mad at Peter, who escapes in the balloon.
1x65 - Spy In The Ointment
January 2, 1966
When a new top-secret invention is shipped out to Camp Frostbite, two spies, Boris and Morris infiltrate the Camp wearing Breezly and Sneezly disguises to steal it.
1x66 - Throne For A Loss
January 2, 1966
The King leaves to go on a camping trip. Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey follow him to make sure that he doesn't get hurt. They make a mess trying to do it.
1x67 - Wrong Time No See
January 9, 1966
Using the time-space machine, Peter and So-So escape from attacking island natives, a caveman, a WWI flying ace, and a British man-of-war ship before finally landing in the old West. Peter looks just like a bandit on a wanted poster. He's arrested by the sheriff but escapes using his hippo hurricane holler.
1x68 - An Ill Wind
January 9, 1966
Breezly decides to take Sneezly to the Camp Frostbite infirmary to cure him of his allergies. When the Colonel walks in on them, they disguise themselves as a doctor and a nurse, and try to cure the Colonel.
1x69 - Royal Rhubarb
January 9, 1966
The king of the neighboring kingdom invades because it always rains in his kingdom. He comes with a giant mechanical knight who bashes Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey. But they win in the end.
1x70 - America or Bust
January 16, 1966
Peter and So-So meet Christopher Columbus, who appoints Peter as his emissary to some hostile Indians. Peter fails with negotiations until he resorts to his hippo hurricane holler. The Indian chief capitulates and signs the peace treaty. Columbus gives Peter the title Don Peter Potamus.
1x71 - Rebel Rumble
January 23, 1966
Peter and So-So land in America during the time of the Revolution. Peter and So-So spread the word that the redcoats are coming from their balloon. They are shot down by British soldiers. They escape pursuit donning British uniforms but then are chased back to their balloon by American troops.
1x72 - Pilgrims Regress
January 30, 1966
Peter and So-So end up in Colonial America, where they meet Miles Standoffish. He wants to marry Priscilla, but she refuses to become his wife unless he can prove he's a good provider. Peter helps him by using the Hippo Hurricane Holler to round up wild game. Priscilla agrees to marry Miles, but in the end, it turns out all she wanted was for him to do all the housework while she nagged him to death.
1x73 - The Crossbow Incident
February 6, 1966
Peter and So-So evade a missile using the time-space machine and end up meeting William Tell. Because William fails to remove his hat in front of the king, he is given the punishment to shoot an apple off his son's head. Since it was Peter's fault, William makes Peter take his place and shoot an apple off So-So's head. Peter misses and is pursued by both the king and William. His hippo hurricane holler causes an avalanche, which enables them to escape

The Peter Potamus Show: All seasons

S1: Season 1
73 Episode s

1x20 - Freezing Fleas

1x21 - Witch Is Which

1x22 - Stars on Mars

1x23 - Stars And Gripes

1x24 - Wise Quacking

1x25 - Kooky Spook

1x26 - Armoured Amour

1x27 - Nautical Nitwits

1x28 - The Island Fling

1x29 - As The Snow Flies

1x30 - Job Robbed

1x31 - Courtin' Trouble

1x32 - Snow Biz

1x33 - Unicorn on the Cob

1x34 - Big Red Riding Hood

1x35 - Unseen Trouble

1x36 - Mouse Rout

1x37 - Hurricane Hippo

1x38 - Nervous In The Service

1x39 - Handy Dandy Lion

1x40 - What a Knight

1x41 - Birthday Bonanza

1x42 - Sappy Birthday

1x43 - Mask Task

1x44 - Wacky Waikiki

1x45 - King of the Roadhogs

1x46 - Pre-Hysterical Pete

1x47 - General Nuisance

1x48 - Palace Pal Panic

1x49 - Trite Flite

1x50 - Rookie Wrecker

1x51 - Sleepy Time King

1x52 - Marriage Peter Potamus Style

1x53 - Noodnick Of The North

1x54 - Pie, Pie, Blackbird

1x55 - Calaboose Caboose

1x56 - The Fastest Bear In The North

1x57 - What The Hex is Going On?

1x58 - Eager Ogre

1x59 - Snow Time Show Time

1x60 - Eviction Capers

1x61 - The Reform of Plankenstein

1x62 - Goat A-Go-Go

1x63 - Hero Sandwiched

1x64 - Debt And Taxes

1x65 - Spy In The Ointment

1x66 - Throne For A Loss

1x67 - Wrong Time No See

1x68 - An Ill Wind

1x69 - Royal Rhubarb

1x70 - America or Bust

1x71 - Rebel Rumble

1x72 - Pilgrims Regress

1x73 - The Crossbow Incident

S1: Season 1