Clutch Cargo - E1: The Friendly Head Hunter
4min | Animation, Action, Adventure | TV Series (1959– )
While Clutch is at an in-store signing for his new book he gets a telegraph telling him he must go to South America to find a lost friend.
Creator: Clark Haas
Stars: Richard Cotting, Hal Smith, Margaret Kerry
4min | Animation, Action, Adventure | TV Series (1959– )
While Clutch is at an in-store signing for his new book he gets a telegraph telling him he must go to South America to find a lost friend.
Creator: Clark Haas
Stars: Richard Cotting, Hal Smith, Margaret Kerry
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00:00Clutch Cargo and his pals, Spinner and Paddlefoot,
00:03in another exciting adventure, The Friendly Headhunters.
00:12What happened? Somebody murdered?
00:14Got the whole police force here.
00:16What have they given away?
00:18Damn.
00:20They're all going in the bookstore.
00:22Certainly. Clutch Cargo's in there, autographing his great new book.
00:27Sign mine, Mr. Cargo.
00:28Hey, Clutch.
00:28Mine's next.
00:29Me too, Mr. Cargo.
00:31Never thought anybody would read it, Spinner.
00:33Gosh, everybody loves your book, Clutch.
00:36Ruff!
00:37And Paddlefoot likes that part about dinosaur bones.
00:40Stand back, folks.
00:41Make room for Tom Page, Mr. Cargo's editor.
00:45Here I am. Hold everything, Clutch.
00:47What's wrong, Tom?
00:48Urgent telegram from South America.
00:50It's my old friend, Chubb Perkins.
00:52He's missing in the jungle.
00:54Uh-oh. No more autographs today.
00:56Come on, Paddlefoot.
00:58Ruff!
00:59Ruff!
01:04How'd Mr. Page's friends get all the way down in the Amazon, Clutch?
01:08Chubb Perkins and his daughter have a jungle plantation.
01:11For the wilds of the Amazon, I hear it's fabulous.
01:15Chubb Perkins lost in that great big jungle.
01:18How will we ever find him?
01:20Chubb's wandered off before.
01:22It's his daughter, Mary, that worries me.
01:24I sent her a wire. We were on our way.
01:26All passengers, please fasten seatbelts.
01:28Plane arriving at Belem.
01:34Hang on, Spinner. Here goes.
01:36Think it'll fly?
01:38Ruff!
01:39Clutch and company rent an old jungle crate
01:42and head for the deep, dark interior of the Amazon
01:45and Chubb Perkins' plantation.
01:50Ah!
01:52Hope this relic flies better than it sounds.
01:55I'd hate to fall down there.
01:58Hey, what are all those funny-looking logs down there in the river?
02:01Logs, Spinner? Logs, did you say?
02:04Yeah, logs.
02:05Ruff!
02:07Yipe!
02:08Crocodiles, Spinner.
02:10Man-eating crocodiles.
02:12Look friendly?
02:13Ah, they're crocodiles, maybe.
02:15But not to me.
02:18As Clutch and company fly deeper and deeper into the Amazon,
02:22let's go on ahead and see what's taking place at Chubb Perkins' plantation.
02:26Whiplash, I want to talk to you.
02:29I'm not doubting you, Whiplash,
02:31but are you sure there's been no word from Clutch Cargo?
02:34No, Miss Mary.
02:36I've been your daddy's plantation foreman for 25 years.
02:41I wouldn't fib to you.
02:43I know from his adventure book Clutch knows all about this Amazon country.
02:47He could find daddy.
02:49Don't look like this Clutch Cargo fellow's gonna show, Miss Mary.
02:54Well, I can't wait any longer.
02:56I'm going out looking for daddy myself.
02:58You stay here and look after things, Whiplash.
03:07She won't get a hundred yards from here,
03:10and the headhunters will get her.
03:14Oh, it's a pity I had to tear up that message for Mr. Cargo,
03:19but business is business.
03:26And now with Miss Mary out of the way,
03:28the Chubb Perkins' plantation is finally mine.
03:33All mine.
03:38Careful, Miss Mary.
03:40The jungle holds many dangers.
03:42Be sure to tune in for the next exciting episode with Clutch Cargo.
03:56Clutch Cargo and his pals Spinner and Paddlefoot
04:00in another exciting adventure, The Friendly Headhunters.
04:05You remember last time Miss Mary, Chubb Perkins' daughter,
04:09had left Whiplash in charge of the plantation
04:12while she started into the jungle alone searching for her father,
04:16unaware that Clutch and company were on their way to help.
04:22There's Chubb's mooring, Doc.
04:24We still have a long jungle hike ahead of us
04:26before we reach Chubb Perkins' plantation.
04:32Gee, Clutch, how are we going to get through all that thick jungle underbrush?
04:36I don't know.
04:37I'm afraid we'll have to go back to the jungle.
04:40I don't know.
04:41I don't know.
04:42I don't know.
04:43I don't know.
04:44I don't know.
04:45I don't know.
04:46I don't know.
04:47I don't know.
04:48I don't know.
04:49I don't know.
04:50We don't have enough underbrush.
04:52With this, Spinner,
04:55these jungle vines grow back and cover the path
04:58as fast as I cut them down.
05:01Stick close with me, Spinner, so we won't get separated.
05:03Clutch!
05:04Lookie!
05:05Death to trespassers.
05:07Wow!
05:08Something's wrong.
05:09Chubb Perkins would never put up a sign like that.
05:13All the more reason why we should hurry on.
05:15Maybe somebody's taken over Chubb's plantation when he disappeared.
05:19We've got to hurry.
05:20Chubb Perkins disappearing is bad enough as it is,
05:23but his daughter Mary left on the jungle plantation alone
05:26makes me shudder.
05:27What the?
05:28Woof, woof.
05:29Help, Clutch, something's got Paddlefoot.
05:31Woof, woof.
05:32A spider vine's got him.
05:34Stand back, I'll save him.
05:36Spinner.
05:37Woof.
05:38And he didn't lose his tail either.
05:41Boy, is he happy.
05:42He's thanking you, Spinner.
05:44You know our motto, all for one and one for all.
05:47Look, Clutch, there's Chubb's plantation.
05:52Looks deserted.
06:01The spider vine's got me.
06:03Trespassing, eh?
06:05Death to trespassers.
06:11Hang on, Spinner.
06:12I'm coming.
06:14Oh.
06:15Take it easy, mister.
06:17We're looking for Chubb Perkins, the owner of this plantation.
06:20Oh, yeah.
06:22Your clutch cargo.
06:24Your wire arrived.
06:26I gave it to Miss Mary.
06:28She went into the jungle searching for her father anyway.
06:30Huh.
06:31Tried to make Miss Mary wait for you, but she wouldn't.
06:35That's strange, she wouldn't wait.
06:37I was just about to organize a search party,
06:40but now that you're here.
06:41And maybe just in time.
06:43Come on, Spinner.
06:44Back to the plane to get our equipment.
06:47Miss Mary may be in big trouble.
06:49May be in big trouble.
06:51She is in big trouble.
06:53And they'll never come out either.
06:56My name's not Horatio Simpkins Whiplash.
07:02We'll make much better time in this dugout canoe, Spinner.
07:05Yeah, but isn't this river loaded with crocodiles and man-eating fish?
07:09That's right, Spinner.
07:10Crocodiles and man-eating piranhas.
07:12Jeepers, Clutch.
07:13Crocodiles.
07:14They're coming right at us.
07:17Come on, Spinner.
07:18Grab paddlefoot.
07:19Look out.
07:30Wow.
07:31That crocodile could tear their boat to pieces.
07:35Be sure to tune in for the next exciting episode with Clutch Cargo.
07:47Clutch Cargo and his pals Spinner and Paddlefoot
07:55in another exciting adventure, The Friendly Headhunter.
07:59You remember last time Clutch Cargo, Spinner and Paddlefoot were in a native boat
08:05on their way to help find Chubb and Mary Perkins.
08:08A giant crocodile had attacked their boat and was about to shake it to pieces.
08:13Hooray!
08:14He did it!
08:16Good boy, Paddlefoot.
08:17You chased him away.
08:20Hang on to him, Spinner.
08:21Remember, this river is full of those man-eating piranha fish.
08:25Yeah, and they might like dogs, too.
08:46Uh-oh.
08:47Tom-toms.
08:48Doesn't sound good.
08:49Someone's tipping off the Paranthaheres of our approach.
08:53But not a headhunter in sight.
09:09Uh-oh.
09:10Here they are.
09:11Pretend you don't see them, Spinner.
09:14The Paranthaheres never kill anyone until they're sure what we're up to.
09:17Then we're up to our necks in headhunters' headquarters.
09:20Now they've vanished as quickly as they appeared.
09:23Hey, the tom-toms have stopped, too.
09:26When the living jungle grows silent, it means trouble ahead.
09:29Uh-oh, Clutch.
09:30Look.
09:31Hey.
09:32We're surrounded.
09:33Hold on here.
09:34Something's haywire.
09:35You never see a gator, jag, and anteater play buddy-buddy.
09:41Swampy!
09:42Swampy!
09:44What are you doing, Clutch?
09:46That didn't scare them.
09:47Only one man in the world could make those animals pals.
09:50Gee, Clutch, you yelled so loud you shook that big bird's nest.
09:54Bird's nest?
09:55Wait till you see.
09:57Clutch boy!
09:59Swampy, you fuzzy old goat.
10:01I was sure you were around here.
10:03You're the only one that'd have a bunch of animals like that for pals.
10:07Sure they're pals.
10:09Do they bite?
10:10Can't.
10:11Ain't a tooth among them.
10:14But watch out.
10:15They might gum you.
10:16Say hello to our guests.
10:18This is Battered, Beaten, and Busted.
10:22Gosh, Swampy.
10:23Must be nice having all these pals protecting you.
10:26I protect them.
10:28They're older than their juniper root.
10:30You can see he's got lots of friends, too.
10:34What gets me, Swampy?
10:35How come you're so far from your old home?
10:38That swamp's ruined.
10:41Some explorer's stumbling through every couple of years.
10:43Ain't no privacy left.
10:45What brings you back to the Amazon, Clutch?
10:47You remember old Chubb Burkins?
10:49Sure do.
10:51Why, he's just up the river having the time of his life.
10:54He's not lost?
10:56Pesky piranhas, no.
10:58He's just fishing.
11:00We've got to contact him.
11:02His daughter Mary got herself lost searching for him.
11:04Come on, you critters.
11:07Shhh.
11:09Gotta sort of move careful.
11:19Uh-oh, an arrow.
11:21It must be the headhunters.
11:23Be sure to tune in for the next exciting episode with Clutch Cargo.
11:37Clutch Cargo and his pals, Spinner and Paddlefoot,
11:41in another exciting adventure,
11:43The Friendly Headhunters.
11:51Shhh.
11:53Gotta move sort of careful.
11:55Old Chubb's gone kind of made.
11:58See what I mean?
12:01Enough of your practical jokes, Chubb.
12:03Pop yourself out for a swamp talk.
12:05Swampy?
12:07You always wear an arrow in your hat?
12:09Very funny.
12:11And Clutch Cargo,
12:13what brings you back to the wild and woolly Amazon?
12:16We thought you were lost, Mr. Chubb.
12:18Heck no.
12:20I've been having the time of my life.
12:22I've been having the time of my life.
12:24I've been having the time of my life.
12:26I've been having the time of my life.
12:28I've been having the time of my life.
12:31I don't want to startle you, Chubb,
12:33but your daughter Mary has vanished searching for you.
12:35Oh, no.
12:37Oh, why?
12:39Why did I play hooky from the ranch, yo?
12:41This is serious.
12:43Maybe you don't realize it,
12:45but if them headhunters get her, she's a goner.
12:47Whiplash.
12:49Whiplash talked me into playing hooky.
12:51What do you mean, Mr. Chubb?
12:53Mary thought she could run everything herself,
12:55so Whiplash suggested I let her try.
12:57So that's it.
13:00Let's go to the headhunter country
13:02so we can get control of the ranch, yo.
13:04Fine, Mary.
13:06Find her.
13:08My little girl.
13:10Bing.
13:18Uh-oh.
13:20Jungle wireless.
13:22What are they after?
13:26Ain't one of my drummin' friends.
13:29He's playing his ditties too hard
13:31instead of his dumbs.
13:33What do they say?
13:35What do they say, Swampy?
13:39It's about your daughter.
13:41The headhunters got her.
13:44Whiplash.
13:52Haven't a minute to lose.
13:54I've got to move upriver.
13:56I can't go with you.
13:59Well, take it easy, Chubb.
14:01We'd better get going.
14:03I sent the rest of the animals home.
14:05Busted, my old tiger buddy will stay and look after you.
14:07Hurry.
14:09Find her.
14:11And be careful.
14:13I'll be all right until you return.
14:15Gosh, I sure hate to leave them behind.
14:17Hey, what's that noise?
14:19Sounds like a waterfall.
14:21The Amazon.
14:23We've reached the river, men.
14:25But look, a sheer drop.
14:28Never give up, spinner boy.
14:30Where there's a will, there's several ways.
14:32One good one will do it.
14:36This vine, for instance.
14:38Will that skinny little vine hold all of us?
14:40It better.
14:42Lots of cocks.
14:44Plenty of strength here.
14:46The natives make bridges out of them.
14:48Here goes.
14:50Follow me hand over hand.
14:52We haven't a minute to lose.
14:54You go ahead of me, spinner.
14:57Easy does it.
15:05Those crocodiles look hungry.
15:07And my hands are tired already.
15:09Just keep moving, lad.
15:11Oh, my gosh.
15:13Paddlefoot's falling.
15:15Paddlefoot.
15:19Poor Paddlefoot.
15:21How can they ever save him from the crocodiles?
15:23Be sure to tune in for the next
15:26exciting episode with Clutch Cargo.
15:36Clutch Cargo
15:38and his pals, Spinner
15:40and Paddlefoot,
15:42in another exciting adventure,
15:44The Friendly Headhunters.
15:50You remember last time
15:52Clutch and company had found Chubb Perkins
15:55but not married.
15:57Fearing the headhunters had captured her,
15:59the search party was forced to cross
16:01the treacherous river by a small jungle vine.
16:03When suddenly, without warning...
16:09I got him.
16:11Saved by a dog's tail.
16:13Hang on. We're almost there.
16:15Clutch, look.
16:17Something's moving on the other bank.
16:19Headhunters.
16:22You think you got trouble?
16:24Look behind.
16:26Whiplash.
16:28Now I've got you where I want you.
16:32Hang on tight.
16:34We're in for it.
16:36Whiplash behind us,
16:38headhunters in front of us,
16:40and crocs below us.
16:42Timber!
16:45Look.
16:53Hurry. Climb up, Clutch.
16:55That's pretty close to the water line.
17:01Well, you're pulling us up.
17:03At least the crocs will get us.
17:05Step into our bushes.
17:07We were expecting you.
17:09Oh, you speak English.
17:11Righto. Oxford, 34.
17:14Thank you, headhunter.
17:16Thanks for saving us.
17:18Very decent thing to do under the circumstances.
17:20You can help us.
17:22We're looking for a blonde young lady, perhaps.
17:24She's with us.
17:26Gee, you don't seem like headhunters to me.
17:28Yes.
17:30We're hunting heads right now.
17:32Cabbage heads.
17:34And say, that young lady
17:36showed us how to make a new dish.
17:38Guamki.
17:40Guamki?
17:42Delicious, don't you know?
17:44Mmm. Yum, yum.
17:46Guamki.
17:50We must hurry along.
17:52That whiplash fellow will be trying to catch up with us.
17:56And you have such modern transportation.
17:58Oh, yes.
18:00These jungle trails are impossible without it.
18:04Here we are.
18:06Ain't that Chubbs' daughter over there?
18:08Yes, it's Mary Perkins.
18:11Mr. Cargo!
18:13Yes, Mary, we found your dad.
18:15He's okay.
18:17Oh, thank goodness.
18:19Mr. Cargo, these people have been so helpful.
18:21And Miss Mary taught us how to make Guamki.
18:23But where is Daddy?
18:25He's not with you.
18:27Look!
18:29Oh, Daddy, I'm so glad to see you're all right.
18:33Now, now, my dear.
18:35Everything is fine.
18:37We can thank Fletch Cargo
18:40for finding us both.
18:42And we mustn't forget my faithful friend, Busted,
18:44the tiger.
18:46But what about Whiplash?
18:48Yes, he was the cause of all this.
18:50What about Whiplash?
18:52Oh, yum, yum.
18:54Guamki.
18:56Gosh, Clutch, look.
18:58They're all smiling.
19:00They are friendly headhunters, aren't they?
19:10And so ends the story of Clutch Cargo
19:12and the friendly headhunters.
19:14Be sure to tune in
19:16for the next exciting adventure
19:18with Clutch Cargo and Company
19:20and the Arctic Prisoner.