Based on the production codes, the first cartoon to be put into production was The Yokes On You, production #657. Probation and Parole Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the mental health care industry. I dont remember seeing Possible at all, though the little white mouse suddenly looks familiar. 2 1. I don't want to pay for these people' Here are 12 popular phrases that you may want to rethink using in everyday conversation. I think Jerry is right about this. 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. Cloud, Minnesota. . This show isnt racist, just unoriginal. The body camera belonged to the deputy and was not sheriffs department equipment, according to spokeswoman Trina Schrader. And until 1966, CBS Films was still actively syndicating the still-controversial TV version of Amos n Andy. (While they no longer distribute the show, CBS still owns the copyrights to the films and has prosecuted several home video distributors for copyright infringement.). Walt Kellys Pogo character started out looking more or less like an opossum in Animal Comics, but he evolved in to a design which looks a lot like a furry Mickey Mouse head without the little black nose on the end of the snout and minus the mouse ears, of course. the Mammy in Tom and Jerry). Deputy Dawg aired on KNXT TV 2 (Now KCBS TV 2) on Saturday mornings and later Sunday mornings and Possible Possum air on syndication via KCOP TV 13 on the Skip and Woofer Show here in SoCal. Larz Bourne came up with the series concept and drew the first storyboards. Perhaps it was during that final season of the show when he finally got to direct the episodes. Could that cartoon have been a jibe at the Captain Kangaroo people for their erstwhile skittishness at Terrytoons ripping off copyrighted characters? Unbelievable! No ulterior motives. And they capture the langorous, sultry feel of the Deep South to a fare-thee-well. Copy. My first exposure to Deputy Dawg was in those booths that played a cartoon for a quarter. Thats it, the supervisor said. MH. Betty Boop? IN THE CASE of DEPUTY DAWG, those elements are all present; making the series a veritable a highly rated candidate for "Limited Animation's Poster Boy". Neither Muskie nor Possible look very much like opossums though that may be attributed to the Terrytoons character design department at the time but I daresay that the existence of a syndicated cartoon starring a possum who lives around a swamp (and has an alligator pal given to wearing hats) would likely have raised the hackles of Walt Kelly. Even if it wasnt original, It still was a fun little show that I used to enjoy as a kid, watching old episodes on VHS. Allen explained that: Im doing the voices for a cartoon series called Possible Possum. Its all hillbilly andhe lapsed into mountaineer jargonAhm doin all the hillbillys [sic] and it all takes place in a swamp. Muskie was certainly heard to say, Its possible Its possible. a lot in the early shorts. As an added measure, the team switched to making Deputy Dawg the main star instead, with the show now named after him. Its possible! This change occurred only after a handful of cartoons were voiced, animated, and filmed. 1. It wasnt new, it wasnt original, and it wasnt racist. On the other hand, a lot of the TV shorts sent to theaters do have unique end credits attached. But the later Possible Possum shorts were pretty dreary, arriving at a time when it seemed that the studio could not do anything right. Melvin the Magnificent (Luno) As per the December 2nd, 1959 edition of Variety, the original incarnation was considered for broadcast as part of Captain Kangaroo; perhaps as a replacement for Tom Terrific. Radio personality Dayton Allen provided all the voices. I knew that Hoppity Hooper was Jay Ward, and although not a great series, I trusted it to entertain me with punny jokes, limited animation, but great character voices. S3, Ep28. Friend Fox There have not yet been any votes for "Friend Fox". Deputy Dawg didnt include the political satire that Kelly wold put into his strip. Somehow it didnt occur to me that egg-eating, too, was a specifically possum thing. The author mentioned that all the other animals were darker than the Dog Sheriff, and of color, when most animals in nature are darker or a shade of brown; few animals are white or Albino in nature as they would not survive. A canine sheriff's deputy in a backwoods Southern town always manages to catch the bad guy, despite his own ineptitude. A traffic stop took an ugly turn last month when the driver unleashed a racist tirade on a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy. 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. Now, here comes Ryan . LNBL and Lays arranged a Deputy Dawg Coloring Contest at a television station in Greensboro, North Carolina in the fall of 1961, but at the time Greensboro was a community of rigid segregation and tense ethnic relations. 2. 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. Production ended in 1964 after making 104 shorts. Southerners William W. Neal of North Carolina, C. K. Liller of Atlanta, and James L. Battle of Atlanta founded the agency in 1940 and attracted regional sponsors for radio and television programs for years. John Myers, a visiting professor of law at U.C. You can also follow him on his Tumblr page. $10.99 delivery Jan 12 - Feb 2 . Deputy Dawg is a Terrytoons cartoon character featured on the animated television series of the same name from 1960 through 1964. Only 9 left in stock - order soon. The Deputy Dawg Show, as it was called as a package, debuted in syndication in fall 1960. Schrader said the rollout is an extensive process that takes time. There was no apparent intent to make DEPUTY DAWG some political issue or comment on Jim Crow or any other racial/social issues. In the video, the woman described herself as a teacher and said she left her drivers license at home. Isnt it a shame that we cant just accept the cartoon for what is was meant to be? I dont recall when I first saw Deputy Dawg (perhaps from home video), but I do remember Possible Possum often showing up on CBS affiliate WTOLs Patches & Pockets program during the 1980s here in Toledo, sometimes those cartoons also showed up as filler after certain movies as well. As for Captain Kangaroo, Terrytoons would finally produce a new cartoon series for them with The Adventures of Lariat Sam in 1962. Watched DD as a youngest in the early and mid 60s in SE PA. Never once then, or now, saw anything other than Southern humor. The show was produced by CBS and was the professional animation debut of Ralph Bakshi (as inbetweener) of Fritz the Cat fame. Cloud State University in St. Terrytoons did not produce new episodes of The Deputy Dawg Show for the 1962-63 season. I remember Both the Deputy Dawg and its spinoff Possible Possum. He is one of our most famous cartoon dog characters. Bakshi began his career in the 1950s as a cel painter on shows like "Deputy Dawg" before going out on . In fact, the premiere episode, Shotgun Shambles, Deputy Dawg is posting Muskrat Hunting Season signs, but apparently only out of duty because the rest of the episode has him protecting Muskie from the hunter and even going out of his way to torment the hunter. Hes only citing you for using your cellphone while youre driving. The Deputy Dawg Show: With Dayton Allen. Deputy Dawg tries to rig his re-election, while Vincent Van Gopher, Muskie Muskrat and Roger Raccoon have other plans!.Love the voices.#deputydawg #cartoon. The symbols of British identity so self-consciously adopted by Starmer the ubiquitous Union Jack flags and the celebration of the "national" anthem are more the signifiers of a reshaped imperial role as Deputy Dawg to Joe Biden's global sheriff. I also cant immediately confirm it, but its possible THE YOKES ON YOU may have been released theatrically in the 1970s. Background. R. Crumb characters? Probably, but it was a sign of the times, and had no bearing on the Deputy Dawg show. The Deputy Dawg Showa cartoon series from the studio Terrytoonsaired on television during the last years of legal segregation in the early 1960s, and Jim Crow in the South significantly shaped the program. because he was part rabbit. But singling out the marketing of Deputy Dawg in this way is probably also unrealistic. The Deputy Dawg Show E0106 - Deputy Dawg Outro. The show was produced by CBS and was the professional animation debut of Ralph Bakshi (as animator) of adult animation fame. WHENEVER WE VIEWED a typically scripted episode, we were rudely reminded that this indeed was no FANTASIA., not even a HUCKLEBERRY HOUND. The tape catalogue numbers are listed below for the titles released. Thanks for this interesting account of how Deputy Dawg evolved from a rather obvious Pogo knock-off. Friend Fox (Deputy Dawg) How did I miss it? As far as I thought, it was a direct take on Pogo, Bakshi recollects. The outspoken MP said of fusilier Lee Rigby's killers 'they should have gone, same week. One officer said a supervisor . The trio of Deputy Dawg, Muskie, and Vincent try to hide the bull from the cruel matador. I was aware of the different studios and only cared for a Mighty Mouse cartoon when it was one of the really early ones, when better animation was the standard. muskie shares the same skin color as african americans For me, the only bothersome thing was Dalton Allens portrayal of DEPUTY DAWG somewhat like a Frank Fontaine (Crazy Googenheim) impersonation, sometimes went over the top, sounding more drunk than dumb. After one more season of new episodes (1963-64), Terrytoons ceased production of The Deputy Dawg Show. A bull flees from Mexico because he doesn't want to participate in bullfighting. 0:15. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Mayor Bass seeks $250-million expansion of homelessness program in first State of the City speech, 17 arrested in connection with 11 gang-related Sikh shootings in Northern California, A 9-year-old girl didnt want her goat slaughtered. In retrospect, Tom Terrific was high art by comparison. Its more of a regional appeal issue, so whats the harm in that? Muskie and Dawg also team up to save a fox from hunters in Friend Fox (even if muskie turns on DD at the end) About the only times he really goes after them is when they try to raid his garden, the hen house, or if the sheriff is present, and even then, in the times when he gets one on them, rarely are they actually punished for their misdeeds. Its interesting that The Yokes On You print embedded in this post has theatrical titles on it. Utterly fascinating. The copy of The Yolks On You that I have, has a end title spliced in from a much older theatrical Terrytoon. Thats a considerable amount of work for an outfit like Terrytoons to engage in without some sort of financial incentive and then to have to go back and fix the soundtracks. 99. Huckleberry Hound has an almost beatnik edge to his persona, and Quick Draw was hilarious. FBI officials had earlier narrowed the pool of possible suspects in the leak that . Deputy Dawg is a Terrytoons cartoon character, featured on the animated television series of the same name that aired from 1960 to 1964.The character of Depu. Now I cant un-see it! Althogh it is contractually attributed to Philip Scheib, Id be surprised if he had as much to do with these scores as might be suspected. The character of . This is just another article by some SJW trying to claim racism where there is none. And I got to seeing how some viewers, especially civil rights protestors, would see racial color symbolism in the relationship between Deputy Dawg and Muskie. And for the record, 20th Century-Fox was the theatrical distributor, as it had been for Terrytoons for 30 years. The whole thing is a bummer, she said. Some type of political statement perhaps? I would argue that at least some of the Dawg shorts look better in black-&-white which is how I originally saw them than in color. 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