Deputy Dawg

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Deputy Dawg was originally a Terrytoons cartoon character featured on the animated television series of the same name from 1959 through 1972. The cartoons were seven minutes long, and were packaged four at a time and shown as a half-hour program in syndication. The show was produced by CBS and was the professional animation debut of Ralph Bakshi (as inbetweener) of Fritz the Cat fame.

The character of Deputy Dawg (a dog) was a deputy sheriff in the Mississippi bayous of the United States. The other main characters were the 'varmints' Muskie Muskrat, Moley Mole, Possible 'Possum, Ty Coon, Vincent van Gopher, and Dawg's boss the Sheriff, as well as Mrs. Deputy. Much of the comedy was sight gag/action based with some focused around comical accents and stereotypical southern characteristics.Many of the 5 minute storylines involve Deputy Dawg protecting his produce from Muskie and Vince, battling with some of the peculiar locals and trying to please the Sheriff.The central location for many of the yarns is the Jailhouse. Deputy Dawg was voiced by Dayton Allen, a prolific Hollywood voice actor who voiced many Terrytoons characters in television and theatrical shorts in the 1950s and 1960s.

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[edit] Credits

  • Direction: Art Bartsch, Bob Kuwahara, Connie Rasinski, Dave Tendlar
  • Story Supervisor: Tom Morrison
  • Stories by Larz Bourne
  • Animation: Cosmo Anzilotti, Ralph Bakshi, Doug Crane, Mannie Davis
  • Backgrounds: Bill Focht, John Zago
  • 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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