Deputy Dawg

*Deputy Dawg*
Deputy Dawg
	Deputy Dawg
Created by	Larz Bourne
Starring	Dayton Allen
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	104
Production
Executive producer	Bill Weiss
Running time	4–6 minutes
Production company	Terrytoons
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	January 1, 1960 –; December 31, 1964

Last updated December 07, 2024

Deputy Dawg is a Terrytoons cartoon character, featured on the animated television series of the same name that aired from 1960 to 1964.^[1]

Background

The character of Deputy Dawg originated in 1959 as part of a projected series entitled Possible Possum, intended as a component of the Captain Kangaroo Show . Larz Bourne came up with the series concept and drew the first storyboards. Midway through production, the project was overhauled as a standalone series; Deputy Dawg became the star, and "Possible" was rechristened Muskie Muskrat, to avoid comparisons with Walt Kelly's comic strip character Pogo Possum.^[2] A later, less Kelly-inspired Terrytoons character would eventually take the Possible Possum name.

The Deputy Dawg Show first ran weekly from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1964. Each episode has a Deputy Dawg cartoon, followed by Sidney the Elephant. The British television debut came on BBC Television on August 31, 1963.^[3]

The cartoons are between four and six minutes long, and were packaged three at a time and shown as a half-hour program. The show was produced by CBS and was the professional animation debut of Ralph Bakshi (as animator) of adult animation fame.

The cartoons originally featured Deputy Dawg, an anthropomorphic dog, as a deputy sheriff in Florida, although as the episodes progressed, the location changed to Mississippi, and later to Tennessee. The other main characters are the "varmints" Muskie Muskrat, Ty Coon, Vincent van Gopher, and Pig Newton, as well as Dawg's boss the Sheriff and his wife Mrs. Deputy.^[4] A wilder addition to the cast was the "space varmint" Astronut, a mischievous alien visitor who was later given his own spin-off show.

Deputy Dawg was voiced by Dayton Allen, a prolific voice actor who voiced many Terrytoons characters in television and theatrical shorts in the 1950s and 1960s.^[5]

Much of the comedy in the cartoons is sight gag/action-based, with additional humor provided by comical dialects and stereotypical southern characteristics. Many storylines involve Deputy Dawg battling with peculiar locals and trying to please the Sheriff, as well as protecting his produce from Muskie and Vince.^[6] However, most of Muskie's and Vince's crimes are not taken very seriously, enabling Deputy Dawg to pal around with them when they are not causing trouble. The trio often engage in their favorite pastime, fishing for catfish.

Musical direction was by Terrytoons standby Philip A. Scheib, who at the time had recently worked on the Oscar-nominated Terrytoons shorts Sidney's Family Tree (1958) and The Juggler of Our Lady (1958). The Deputy Dawg musical accompaniment often features a distinctive bass harmonica.^[7]

Deputy Dawg later appeared in episodes of the 1987 series Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures .

Deputy Dawg also appeared in the 1999 pilot Curbside.^[8]

Home video

Children's Video issued "Terrytoons Good Guys" compilation VHS tapes in 1985 which included one Deputy Dawg cartoon per tape.

Video Treasures issued five "Deputy Dawg" VHS tapes in 1989. The tape catalogue numbers are listed below for the titles released.

Episode guide

Season 1 (1960)


No. Overall	Title	Directed by	Story by	Date	Prod. code^[9]	VHS tape number
1	The Yoke's On You	Dave Tendlar	Larz Bourne	1960	657
2	Space Varmint	Connie Rasinski			659
3	Shotgun Shambles	Dave Tendlar			660
4	Seize You Later, Alligator				663
5	Li'l Whooper				666
6	Welcome, Mischa Mouse	Martin Taras			672	TT 2606
7	Cotton-Pickin' Picnic	Connie Rasinski	Eli Bauer		673
8	Henhouse Hassle	Mannie Davis	Larz Bourne		674
9	Law and Disorder	Dave Tendlar	Bob Kuwahara		675
10	Rabid Rebel	Mannie Davis	Larz Bourne		676
11	Friend Fox	Dave Tendlar	Eli Bauer		677	TT 2603
12	Deputy Dawg's Nephew	Mannie Davis	Bob Kuwahara		683	TT 2606
13	Dog-Gone Catfish	Connie Rasinski	Larz Bourne		684	TT 2603
14	National Spoof Day	Mannie Davis	Eli Bauer		685	TT 2607
15	Aig Plant	Dave Tendlar	Larz Bourne		691
16	Creek Mud Monster	Connie Rasinski	Eli Bauer		693
17	Duped Deputy	Mannie Davis	Al Bertino & Dick Kinney		694
18	Home Cookin'	Dave Tendlar	Larz Bourne		695
19	Penguin Panic	Mannie Davis	Bob Kuwahara		697	TT 2603
20	People's Choice	Connie Rasinski	Al Bertino & Dick Kinney		698
21	Kin Folk	Dave Tendlar	Al Bertino & Dick Kinney		700
22	Lynx, th' Jinx	Mannie Davis	Larz Bourne		701	TT 2607
23	The Bird Burglar	Dave Tendlar	Kin Platt		703	TT 2603
24	Watermelon Watcher	Connie Rasinski	Larz Bourne		704	n/a
25	Dragon, My Foot	Mannie Davis	Eli Bauer		705
26	Star for a Day	Connie Rasinski	Al Bertino & Dick Kinney		706

Season 2 (1961–1962)


No. Overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Story by	Date	Prod. code^[9]	VHS tape number
27	1	Th' Two Inch Inchworm	Connie Rasinski	Larz Bourne	1961	731
28	2	Nobody's Ghost	Dave Tendlar			732
29	3	Honey Tree	Art Bartsch			733
30	4	Where There's Smoke	Bob Kuwahara			734
31	5	Oil Tycoons	Tom Golden			735
32	6	Rebel Trouble	Dave Tendlar			736
33	7	Big Chief No Treaty	Bob Kuwahara			737
34	8	Beaver Battle	Dave Tendlar			738
35	9	Ship Aha Ha	Bob Kuwahara			739
36	10	The Fragrant Vagrant	Tom Golden			740	TT 2604
37	11	Noise Annoys	Connie Rasinski			741
38	12	Tennessee Walkin' Horse	Bob Kuwahara			742
39	13	Peanut Pilferer	Bill Tytla			743
40	14	Mr. Moose	Bob Kuwahara			744
41	15	National Lazy Day	Bob Kuwahara			745
42	16	Little Red Fool House	Dave Tendlar		1962	746
43	17	Astronut	Connie Rasinski			747
44	18	Echo Park	Dave Tendlar			748
45	19	Physical Fatness	Bob Kuwahara			749	TT 2604
46	20	Corn Cribber	Dave Tendlar			750
47	21	Herman the Hermit	Connie Rasinski			751
48	22	Heat Wave	Dave Tendlar			752
49	23	Long Island Duckling	Connie Rasinski			753
50	24	Tents Moments	Bill Tytla			754
51	25	Dangnabit, Rabbit	Dave Tendlar			755
52	26	Tourist Tirade	Dave Tendlar			756

Season 3 (1963-1964)


No. Overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Story by	Animator	Date	Prod. code^[9]	VHS tape number
53	1	Orbit a Little Bit	Bob Kuwahara	Larz Bourne	Cosmo Anzilotti	1963	768
54	2	Dry Spell	Dave Tendlar		Dave Tendlar		769
55	3	Terrific Traffic	Bob Kuwahara		Cosmo Anzilotti		772
56	4	Safe an' Insane 4th			Ralph Bakshi		773
57	5	Lowman Lawman			Ralph Bakshi		775
58	6	Open Wide	Dave Tendlar		Dave Tendlar		786
59	7	The Catfish Poachin' Pelican	Bob Kuwahara		Mannie Davis		787
60	8	The Milkweed from Space	Dave Tendlar		Dave Tendlar		788
61	9	Bad Luck Day	Bob Kuwahara		Cosmo Anzilotti		789
62	10	Royal Southern Dismounted Police			Cosmo Anzilotti		790
63	11	Stuck Duck			Ralph Bakshi		792
64	12	Go-Go Gorilla	Dave Tendlar		Dave Tendlar		793	TT 2604
65	13	Grandpa Law	Bob Kuwahara		Mannie Davis		794
66	14	The Champion Whopper Teller	Art Bartsch		Art Bartsch		795
67	15	Daddy Frog Legs	Bob Kuwahara		Cosmo Anzilotti		796
68	16	Science Friction	Bob Kuwahara		Ralph Bakshi		797
69	17	On the Lam with the Ham	Connie Rasinski		Connie Rasinski		798	TT 2604
70	18	Just Ghost T' Show You	Dave Tendlar		Dave Tendlar		799
71	19	Mama Magnolia's Pecan Pies	Bob Kuwahara		Mannie Davis		800	TT 2604
72	20	Lawman to the Rescue			Cosmo Anzilotti		801
73	21	Peach Pluckin' Kangaroo			Ralph Bakshi		802
74	22	The Neverglades			Cosmo Anzilotti		803
75	23	Feud for Thought		Kin Platt	Mannie Davis	1964	804
76	24	The Poster Caper		Larz Bourne	Mannie Davis		805
77	25	Diamonds in the Rough	Ralph Bakshi		Ralph Bakshi		806
78	26	Double Barreled Boom-Boom	Art Bartsch		Art Davis		807
79	27	Spare That Tree	Cosmo Anzilotti	Kin Platt	Cosmo Anzilotti		808
80	28	The Pig Rustler	Bob Kuwahara	Larz Bourne	Bard Wiggenhorn		809
81	29	Chicken Bull		Larz Bourne	Bard Wiggenhorn		810
82	30	Hex Marks the Spot		Kin Platt	Cosmo Anzilotti		811
83	31	Something to Crow About	Cosmo Anzilotti	Larz Bourne	Cosmo Anzilotti		812
84	32	Catfish Crisis	Art Bartsch	Larz Bourne	Alan Zaslove		813
85	33	Show Biz Whiz	Ralph Bakshi	Jack Mercer	Ralph Bakshi		814
86	34	Save Ol' Piney	Ralph Bakshi	Larz Bourne	Ralph Bakshi		815
87	35	Pinch Hittin' for a Pigeon	Art Bartsch		Alan Zaslove		816	TT 2604
88	36	Mountain Melvin Meets Hairy Harry	Bob Kuwahara		Mannie Davis		817
89	37	Protestin' Pilot	Bob Kuwahara		Bard Wiggenhorn		818
90	38	Mule-itary Maneuvers	Art Bartsch	Jack Mercer	John Gentilella		819
91	39	Millionaire Deputy	Connie Rasinski	Kin Platt	Connie Rasinski		820
92	40	All Tuckered Out	Bob Kuwahara	Larz Bourne	Mannie Davis		821
93	41	Th' Hungry Astronut	Dave Tendlar		Dave Tendlar		822
94	42	Museum of th' South	Bob Kuwahara		Bard Wiggenhorn		823
95	43	Scare Cure	Bob Kuwahara		Ralph Bakshi		824
96	44	The Great Grain Robbery	Connie Rasinski		Connie Rasinski		825
97	45	Corn Pone Limited	Art Bartsch		John Gentilella		826
98	46	Space Invitation	Bob Kuwahara		Cosmo Anzilotti		827
99	47	You're Fired and I'm Tired	Bob Kuwahara		Mannie Davis		828
100	48	The Pink Flamingo	Art Bartsch		Mannie Davis		829
101	49	Imperfect Crime	Art Bartsch	Bernie Kahn	John Gentilella		830
102	50	Obnoxious Obie	Bob Kuwahara	Larz Bourne	Ralph Bakshi		831
103	51	Elusive Louie	Bob Kuwahara		Cosmo Anzilotti		832
104	52	The Governor's Guide	Art Bartsch		John Gentilella		833

Credits

Direction: Art Bartsch, Bob Kuwahara, Connie Rasinski, Dave Tendlar, Mannie Davis, Ralph Bakshi
Story supervisor: Tom Morrison
Stories: Larz Bourne, Eli Bauer, Bob Kuwahara, Al Bertino, Dick Kinney
Animation: Cosmo Anzilotti, Ralph Bakshi, Doug Crane, Mannie Davis, Eddie Donnelly, Dick Hall, John Gentilella, Larry Silverman
Design and layout supervisor: Art Bartsch
Design and layout: Martin Strudler, John Zago
Backgrounds: Bill Focht, Bill Hilliker
Music: Phil Scheib
Voices: Dayton Allen
Photography: George Davis, Ted Moskowitz, Joseph Rasinski
Editing: George McAvoy, Jack MacConnell
Production manager: Frank Schudde
Executive producer: Bill Weiss

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References

↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 151–152. ISBN 978-1538103739.
↑ The Secret Origin of Deputy Dawg
↑ Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A–Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 100–101. ISBN 1903111277.
↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television . Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 123. ISBN 978-0823083152 . Retrieved 19 March 2020.
↑ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981 . Scarecrow Press. pp. 79-80. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5 . Retrieved 14 March 2020.
↑ Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals . Prentice Hall Press. pp. 65-66. ISBN 0-13-275561-0 . Retrieved 8 April 2020.
↑ "Philip A. Scheib". IMDb .
↑ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Curbside (Nickelodeon)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).^{[ dead link ‍]}
1 2 3 Brubaker, Charles (2021-05-17). "A Deputy Dawg Follow-Up". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 2021-05-17.

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[1] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 151–152. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[2] The Secret Origin of Deputy Dawg

[3] Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A–Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 100–101. ISBN 1903111277.

[Daytime-4] Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television . Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 123. ISBN 978-0823083152 . Retrieved 19 March 2020.

[Woolery-5] Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981 . Scarecrow Press. pp. 79-80. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5 . Retrieved 14 March 2020.

[6] Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals . Prentice Hall Press. pp. 65-66. ISBN 0-13-275561-0 . Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[7] "Philip A. Scheib". IMDb .

[8] DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Curbside (Nickelodeon)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).^{[ dead link ‍]}

[production-9] 1 2 3 Brubaker, Charles (2021-05-17). "A Deputy Dawg Follow-Up". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 2021-05-17.

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