Hoze Houndz

Hoze Houndz
Created by	Gerald Tripp
Voices of	Rick Jones Michael O'Reilly Lianne Picard-Poirier Anne Lishman Thelma Farmer
Composer	Edmund Egan
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	78 (156 segments)
Production
Executive producer	Sheldon Wiseman
Producer	Mark Edwards
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Amberwood Entertainment Alliance Atlantis
Original release
Network	Family Channel
Release	October 4, 1999 (1999-10-04) – July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)

Hoze Houndz is a Canadian animated series which premiered October 4, 1999 on Family Channel. ^[1] It features six dalmatian dogs (Hozer, Squirt, Steamer, Fontaine, Crystal and Brooke) who work as firefighters in the fictional town of Bonehead Hollow.

Produced by Amberwood Entertainment, ^[2] with production, pre-sales and licensing by Alliance Atlantis, ^[3] each of the 78 half-hour episodes produced consisted of two 11 minute stories with interstitials.

The 2002 episodes "Hockey Night in Bonehead Hollow" and "Phantom in the Arena" featured Ron MacLean and Don Cherry voicing commentators at hockey games, parodying their own real-life roles with Hockey Night in Canada . ^[4]

Cast

• Rick Jones as Hozer, Squirt
• Michael O'Reilly as Steamer
• David L. McCallum as Melvin McKie, Duncan McDrool
• Norm Berketa as Klock (season 1)
• Kevin Tysick as Murry, Smirk, Klock (season 2), Additional Voices
• Lianne Picard-Poirier as Crystal, Brooke
• Kristen C. Smith as Mole Person, Reporter, The Torch
• Anne Lishman as Fontaine (season 1)
• Thelma Farmer as Fontaine (season 2)
• Timothy Mooney as Bob
• Dean Hagopian as Additional Voices
• Tori Hammond as Peggy
• Dean Hawes as Additional Voices
• John Koensgen as Additional Voices
• Terrence Scammell as Additional Voices
• Kate Hurman as Additional Voices
• Brady Moffatt as Additional Voices
• Michael O'Reilly as Additional Voices
• Debbie Murphy as Additional Voices
• Paul Rainville as Additional Voices
• Ross Wilson as Additional Voices
• Peter Dillon as Additional Voices
• John Stocker as Additional Voices
• Genevieve Spicer as Additional Voices
• Jerri Southcott as Additional Voices
• Dave Brown as Additional Voices

Credits

• Sheldon Wiseman - Executive Producer ^[4]
• Neil Hunter - Creative Producer, Director, Story Editor
• Stacey Eberschlag - Director ^[5]
• Chris Butler - Storyboard Supervisor
• Dave Brown - Layout Supervisor
• Mike Stevens - Posing Supervisor
• Derek Bond - Design Supervisor
• Peter R. Brown - Overseas Animation Supervisor
• Edmund Egan - Music
• Michael O'Hara - Layout Artist

Broadcast

In addition to running on Family Channel in Canada, the show was also broadcast in Spain. ^[6]

See also

• Dog City
• Road Rovers
• Basket Fever

References

1. Malleck, Bonnie (September 2, 1999). "Specialty channels add variety". The Record . Kitchener, Ontario. p. D14. ProQuest   275697542.
2. Atherton, Tony (January 13, 1998). "Ottawa animation studios see action : New names, new investors". Ottawa Citizen . p. C8. ProQuest   240175076.
3. Clark, Andrew. "Cool, cute and Canadian: The best new kids' shows are all made in Canada". Maclean's . Toronto. Gale   A55874594.
4. Stubbs, Dave (October 2, 2002). "Coach's Corner duo stay together in cartoon: Hockey pundits voice Hoze Houndz". Montreal Gazette . p. A1. ProQuest   433876301 . Retrieved April 8, 2022.
5. Holla, Anand (28 April 2016). "Get up to scratch on professional animation software". Gulf Times . Doha, Qatar. Gale   A450915243 . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
6. "Hoze Houndz off to Spain". Ottawa Citizen . April 6, 2006. p. B3. ProQuest   240956461.

External links

• Hoze Houndz at IMDb