This was one of the best 1970's cartoon shows, mocking the martial-arts and police drama fads of the era. The show was funnily ironic, where Penrod, an inept, bumbling janitor has a secret identity of Hong Kong Phooey...an equally inept, bumbling martial-arts hero. Fortunately, he has a striped cat named Spot who is able to solve crimes and stop villains for him.
The funniest part of the show was that Hong Kong Phooey, in all his martial-arts attacks, ends up simply screwing up, while in the shadows Spot saves the day. Hong Kong Phooey, when the villains are defeated, never understands how he succeeded, while Spot enjoys the idea that he was the real hero and nobody else figured it out.
The funniest part of the show was that Hong Kong Phooey, in all his martial-arts attacks, ends up simply screwing up, while in the shadows Spot saves the day. Hong Kong Phooey, when the villains are defeated, never understands how he succeeded, while Spot enjoys the idea that he was the real hero and nobody else figured it out.