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Deputy Dawg
Format	Comedy
Created by	Terrytoons
Starring	Dayton Allen
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	34 (
Production
Running time	4-6 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 8, 1962 – May 25, 1963

Deputy Dawg is a Terrytoons cartoon character featured on the animated television series of the same name in an original TV weekly run from 8 September 1962 to 25 May 1963, with no episodes on 8 December to 29 December 1962, resuming on 5 January 1963. The cartoons are between four and six minutes long, and were packaged three 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. There were also 6 titles that were released theatrically, for show in cinemas & were not part of the original TV package.

The character of Deputy Dawg (a dog) is a deputy sheriff in the Mississippi bayous of the United States. The other main characters are the 'varmints' Muskie Muskrat, Moley Mole, Possible 'Possum, Ty Coon, Vincent van Gopher, Pig Newton, and Dawg's boss the Sheriff, as well as Mrs. Deputy. 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.

Much of the comedy is sight gag/action based with some focused around comical accents and stereotypical southern characteristics. Many of the storylines involve Deputy Dawg protecting his produce from Muskie and Vince, battling with some of the peculiar locals and trying to please the Sheriff. However, most of the crimes committed by Muskie and Vince weren't treated seriously, and Deputy Dawg was on friendly terms with them most of the time (except when he had to perform his duties as a lawman and keep them from causing trouble). Deputy Dawg would pal around with Muskie and Vince just as often as he would lock them up in the Jailhouse, and the trio would often engage in their favorite pastime, fishin' for catfish.

The central location for many of the yarns is the Jailhouse.

TV Episodes

1. Shotgun Shambles/Space Varmit/The Yoke's on You
2. Li'l Whooper/Seize You Later, Alligator/Welcome Mischa Mouse
3. Cotton Pickin' Picnic/Henhouse Hassle/Law and Disorder
4. Deputy Dawg's Nephew/Friend Fox/Rabid Rebel
5. Aig Plant/Dog-Gone Catfish/National Spoof Day
6. Kin Folk/Penguin Panic/People's Choice
7. Lynx, the Jinx/The Bird Burglar/Watermelon Watcher
8. Dragon My Foot/Star for a Day/The Two Inch Inchworm
9. Honey Tree/Where There's Smoke/Nobody's Ghoul
10. Oil Tycoons/Rebel Trouble/Big Chief, No Treaty
11. Beaver Battle/Ship Aha Ha/The Fragrant Vagrant
12. Noise Annoys/Peanut Pilferer/Tenneessee Walkin' Horse
13. Little Red Fool House/Mr. Moose/National Lazy Day
14. Echo Park/Physical Fatness/Astronut
15. Corn Cribber/Heat Wave/Herman the Hermit
16. Dagnabit, Rabbit/Long Island Duckling/Tents Moments
17. Dry Spell/Orbit a Little Bit/Tourist Tirade
18. Low Man Lawman/Safe and Insane 4th/Terrific Traffic
19. Open Wide/The Catfish Poachin' Pelican/The Milkweed from Space
20. Bad Luck Day/Royal Southern Dismounted Police/Stuck Duck
21. Champion Whopper Teller/Go Go Gor-rilla/Grandpa Law
22. Daddy Frog Legs/On the Lam with Ham/Science Friction
23. Just Ghost to Show You/Lawman to the Rescue/Mama Magnolia's Pecan Pies
24. Feud for Thought/Peach Plunkin' Kangaroo/The Never Glades
25. Diamonds in the Rough/Double Barreled Boom Boom/The Poster Caper
26. Chicken Bull/Spare That Tree/The Pig Rustler
27. Catfish Crisis/Hex Marks the Spot/Something to Crow About
28. How Biz Whiz/Pitch Hittin' for a Pigeon/Save Ol' Piney
29. Mountain Melvin Meets Hairy Harry/Mule-Itary Maneuvers/Protestin' Pilot
30. All Tuckered Out/Millionaire Deputy/The Hungry Astronut
31. Museum of the South/Scare Cure/The Great Train Robbery
32. Corn Pone Limited/Space Invitation/You're Fired and I'm Fired
33. Imperfect Crime/Obnoxious Obie/The Pink Flamingo
34. Elusive Louie/The Governor's Guide/Home Cookin'

2 extra titles also exist: 'Duped Deputy' and 'Creek Mud Monster'.

Note: These are the 6 shorts also received theatrical releases in 1962-63

• Where There's Smoke,
• Nobody's Ghoul,
• Rebel Trouble,
• Big Chief No Treaty,
• Astronut.
• Shotgun Shambles

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

See also

• The Astronut Show

References

External links

• Deputy Dawg at the Internet Movie Database
• Deputy Dawg at Toonopedia
• Deputy Dawg at Little Gems