Foofur
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| Foofur | |
|---|---|
| Format | Animation |
| Created by | Freddy Monnickendam |
| Starring | Frank Welker William Callaway Christina Lange |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 46 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Joseph Barbera William Hanna Freddy Monnickendam |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 13, 1986 – February 18, 1988 |
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| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Foofur was a short-lived children's animated series created by Freddy Monnickendam that aired on television in the 1980s. The protagonist and title character was a skinny blue dog. This program was produced in part by William Hanna.
There was also a comic book series from Star Comics (an imprint of Marvel Comics).
Foofur played a role in the case Nationwide Insurance v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, 116 F.3d 1154 (7th Cir., 1997). The case dealt with an insurer's duty to defend an insured party in light of the insured's intentional acts of property damage. The insured, a drunken college student, tried to spell out "Foofur" on the football field with lighter fluid, and then burn it permanently into the astroturf. Although he did not manage to spell out more than "Foo", he did succeed in causing $600,000 damage to the astroturf. The court held that such an act was not within the insurance policy's liability coverage.
