I enjoy reading your postings here, too. In the mid-50s he relocated to Terrytoons, and in 1959 the studio began production on his Deputy Dawg series. He said that the woman, whose race in the video is unclear, may have reacted negatively to the deputy because of well-publicized fraught interactions with law enforcement, including some stemming from traffic stops that ended violently. The body camera belonged to the deputy and was not sheriffs department equipment, according to spokeswoman Trina Schrader. Absolutely. His books include American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era and The Colored Cartoon, and he has been a visiting fellow at Harvard University. A bull flees from Mexico because he doesn't want to participate in bullfighting. The station where the deputy works is slotted to receive the cameras this summer, she said. Was that unfair? Who came up with the misguided Pogo parody concept, a Terrytoons person or a CBS exec? You can also follow him on his Tumblr page. Deputy Dawg: The Fragrant Vagrant [VHS] 3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars (7) VHS Tape. Meanwhile, the Regina Theater ran Nobodys Ghoul in July 1963. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Discussion with 1960s Terry mainstay Ralph Bakshi, and close inspection of the earliest shorts, reveals that this was no accident: Muskie Muskrat was indeed originally going to be Possible Possum, and the series was to have focused on him before Bourne made Deputy Dawg the star. Terrytoons did rally a bit near the end with Bakshis The Mighty Heroes, though it failed to catch on. 0:15. 99. 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. I was a young kid when it aired and I wasnt that impressed with Mighty Mouse or Heckle & Jeckle. Finally, I have a theatrical print of Nobodys Ghoul, and it has a modified version of the Deputy Dawg end credits that was shown in the TV package, but with a Color by Deluxe and Distributed by 20th Century Fox notice edited in. As for Captain Kangaroo, Terrytoons would finally produce a new cartoon series for them with The Adventures of Lariat Sam in 1962. The later Possible Possum series made its proper debut the following year, with Larz Bourne again handling the stories; but the team took great pains to remove any direct Pogo influence, including changing the main setting from the swamp to a country village, as well as featuring no alligator lead in the cast, instead highlighting Billy Bear as the larger, bulkier friend of Poss. Magpie Madness (Heckle and Jeckle) Even without Captain Kangaroo, Weiss and Bourne made good on revising the series. Larz Bourne, a southerner from Tennessee, created the series while at Terrytoons in New York. The Junker (Mighty Heroes) A more problematic romanticization of the Jim Crow era was the animated Calvin and the Colonel (1961), which ran in prime time. However, the reality is that 20th Century Fox continued to release a slate TV Terrytoons to theaters at least through 1975. Jerry: The character of Deputy Dawg originated in 1959 as part of a projected series entitled Possible Possum, intended as a component of the Captain Kangaroo Show. Deputy Dawg also appeared in the 1999 pilot Curbside.[8]. Skilled in Social Services, Mental Health, Conflict Resolution, Community Outreach, and . Melvin the Magnificent (Luno) After years of delay, the department is in the process of issuing body cameras to all deputies. I would remember if I had. Plus, African-Americans enjoyed the cartoon as much as European-Americans (interesting name). I found that some of the theatricals actually used gang credits thats common in TV animation, like the final 12 James Hound cartoons (the first 5, however, had unique credits for individual shorts). I grew up watching Deputy Dawg along with other cartoons that aired on Saturday mornings and during The Bozo Show, which included not only the standard Looney Toon and Popeye fare, but also cartoons like Beany and Cecil and Little Audrey. During that time, the newtwork aired a half hour of Terrytoons om weekends. Just because it happens to be set in the south, and the characters have comically southern accents, doesnt make it a racist show. In Kingsport, Tennessee, the Taylor Drive-In Theater played the cartoons Where Theres Smoke and Nobodys Ghoul. A major film company distributed episodes of the series for segregated movie theaters. The Plastic Blaster (Mighty Heroes) Friend Fox There have not yet been any votes for "Friend Fox". Deputy Dawg Mug Deputy Dog Deputy Sheriff Gift Funny Coffee Mug 11oz Ceramic Coffee Mug (White#1) $19.99 $ 19. Dedicated To Classic Cartoons: Past, Present & Future, In His Own Words: Walt Disney on the Package Features. I found in my files this 1963 Crawl Title for Deputy Dawg which I think is the gang title for the TV cartoons which interestingly omit Bakshi, Anzilotti and Davis as a directors (they are listed simply as animators). Some people just seem hell bent on politicising everything. 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. CBS got what they wanted from the studio by the time they called it quits and kept those cartoons in circulation as long as possible. Felix the Cat? One wonders if Gould ever saw it. Same with Possible Possum. Deputy Dawg is a Terrytoons cartoon character featured on the animated television series of the same name in an original TV weekly run from September 8, 1962 to May 25, 1963, with no episodes on December 8 to December 29, 1962, resuming on January 5, 1963. A Sleepless Night (Heckle and Jeckle) 0:46. Its possible, its possible! Dayton Allen, comedian and actor best known for his work as voices of cartoon character Deputy Dawg and grumpy marionette Mayor Phineas T Bluster on Howdy Doody Show, dies at 85 (S) He is one of our most famous cartoon dog characters. His speech isnt even depicted like a black stereotype. Deputy Dawg is a dim-witted Southern lawman, who, despite his own ineptitude, always manages to catch the bad guy. 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. In the video, the woman described herself as a teacher and said she left her drivers license at home. Deputy Dawg is a Terrytoons cartoon character, featured on the animated television series of the same name that aired from 1960 to 1964. Our grandson loves Deputy Dawg and Mister Rogers not necessarily in that order. The exact story of how Deputy Dawg was developed is incomplete, but early press coverage and related research bring new revelations to light. So when it came time to produce original cartoons for the new medium, Terrytoons was ready to take the ball and run with it. The Deputy Dawg Show: With Dayton Allen. Cause it looks a lot like his model sheet drawings from Famous. The reason I linked that Possum cartoon is because it was one of the few I found with original end credits. If anything, the author of this post is grasping at straws on this one, in some deluded worldview that practically everything is racist Especially stupid, when you consider there were some old cartoon that actually were outright racist! Deputy Dawg Cross Stitch Pattern only (pdf jpg files) tv retro cartoon dog animal deputy lawman hanna barbera funny 4.5 out of 5 stars (98) $ 6.20. Required fields are marked *. I also cant immediately confirm it, but its possible THE YOKES ON YOU may have been released theatrically in the 1970s. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers? But singling out the marketing of Deputy Dawg in this way is probably also unrealistic. [4] A wilder addition to the cast was the "space varmint" Astronut, a mischievous alien visitor who was later given his own spin-off show. Mr. Moose, of course, was a puppet character on the Captain Kangaroo show who frequently exasperated the host by causing ping pong balls to fall on him from the ceiling. That commercial is so beautifully wrong even in the UPA toons Tracy was never allowed to be part of the joke. 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. It's cause his the one who decides who to show, his gonna show couple of white dudes he defines as "soy boys" on his twitch, than his gonna show some women being aggressive to fuel his Incel fans and to top it off his gonna show couple of black conservative dudes to be like "they can't be racist their . The show had re-runs into 1969 and single Deputy Dawg cartoons were still shown on Channel Four in the mid-nineties. A mean spirited Cherokee Indian with a sinister laugh is allowed to run roughshod,and Muskie and Vince attempt to take advantage of the situation. Region Sales & Operations organization including over 23,000 associates across 17 US Market . Coming from mid-Louisiana, they were telecast on (Alexandrias) Ch. Ive had this recollection of seeing one at a record shop that sold paraphenalia. While one could read a civil-rights theme into Deputy Dawg, thees another likely inspiration: the syndicated Pogo comic strip, drawn by Walt Kelly. But he denied the Met was a "racist organisation". And how is a purple Gopher with a beret and Peter Lorre Speech patterns considered anti-black?. Im glad you enjoyed my post for the month. This show isnt racist, just unoriginal. After 26 years as a Deputy, my new hobby is ..portraying an Old West Deputy! Hayley Smith covers breaking news in California with a focus on wildfires, drought and climate change. As a kid, the Deputy Dawg cartoons were never my cup of tea but your article has made me want to go back and take another look. 19. CBS immediately went to work on a second batch episodes after the reports of high ratings, and it completed another 104 films in the spring of 1961. Nobody here but us chickens, said the thief in the henhouse). Hey, this was the way I saw the character. Magoo cartoons. Democracy Threats Black Americans FILE - Marc Morial, center, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban League, talks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, July 8, 2021, following a meeting with President Joe Biden and leadership of top civil rights organizations. Yes, six of them: Shotgun Shambles, Big Chief No Treaty, Nobodys Ghoul, Rebel Trouble, Where Theres Smoke, and Astronut. Im thinking it may have been used to make the old cloth puppets with the rubber heads(?). 7. Schrader said the rollout is an extensive process that takes time. Unbelievable! Im surprised too. Same here, but from the perspective of a White child growing up in Montgomery. Three of the networks southern branch managersJames Thrash of Atlanta, George Deiderick of St. Louis, and Carter Ringslop of Dallaspitched The Deputy Dawg Show at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in early 1960. Veiling your stereotypes as animal characters gives you plausible deniability, but at the same time these stories dont exist in a cultural vacuum. There is some history in this article. I cant confirm, but I think Terrytoons created a theatrical main title for every TV cartoon. LNBL and Lays had nothing to do with this progress, but they could now claim that their character appeared at an integrated event. How about the lamentable Sad Cat?] Apparently, according to the credits, Bakshi served as an animator. Watch. Vote Now! This was pretty much the only real antagonism between them and Deputy Dawg the rest of the time theyre depicted as good buddies. On May 17th, 1959, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution published the earliest-known public statements about the show as part of an interview with its voice actor, Dayton Allen. Sheriffs officials said she has filed at least one prior complaint against the department. No ulterior motives. 1. ! One of my favorite quotes from Deputy Dawg! Looking back over some of the shorts, what strikes this observer as notable is the musical score. I dont know exactly when the Captain Kangaroo crew opted out but I dont think the decision to go to syndication with a cartoon series was a big risk at the time. Los Angeles Southwest College said on Twitter that she may have been a former employee who last worked at the college in 2017. The Deputy Dawg Show Episode 5 - Seize You Later Alligator. John Myers, a visiting professor of law at U.C. Its possible! After leveling false accusations against Muskie and Vince,accusing them of stealing vegetables from his garden,Deputy Dawg goes after the true culprit,an obn. I loved this show. Could that cartoon have been a jibe at the Captain Kangaroo people for their erstwhile skittishness at Terrytoons ripping off copyrighted characters? The Deputy Dawg Show Episode 1 - Shotgun Shambles. They basically took a skit that was a staple of many classic cartoons (Looney Tunes, Disney, Droopy, Even Tom and Jerry, if you replace the dog with a cat, the gopher/muskrat/mole/etc. As for Deputy Dawg being used as the insult to Southern police and other law-enforcers, Yosemite Sam got that reputation as well. 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. Somehow it didnt occur to me that egg-eating, too, was a specifically possum thing. These facilities either excluded African Americans entirely or exiled them to balcony seats providing poor visibility of the screens. The Waterboy (1998) clip with quote - by the name of Deputy Dawg? 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. https://t.co/ifnZPsyw0H. OOOOOOOH!!!! The character of . And for the record, 20th Century-Fox was the theatrical distributor, as it had been for Terrytoons for 30 years. When one thinks of a possum character and the band of critters in the swamp, one would think of Walt Kellys comic strip Pogo, which was at the peak of its popularity when Deputy Dawg entered production. Some type of political statement perhaps? It is also a fact Deputy Dawgs ad agency and main sponsor made the cartoon a social issue by holding promotional events at segregated and whites only venues, whether the studio wanted to or not. Isnt it a shame that we cant just accept the cartoon for what is was meant to be? Mr. Alligator appeared less often after the first few cartoons. 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. [6] However, most of Muskie's and Vince's crimes are not taken very seriously, enabling Deputy Dawg to pal around with them when they are not causing trouble. The series was popular in the south and according to OF MICE AND MAGIC ran in Drive-in Theaters. Deputy Dawg couldve easily been a stand-in for any white southerner of authority they could use to attack the issues at hand. A rather sloppy splice in the dialogue is evident right away. Deputy Dawg you see is actually grey: http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=34673.120, I found this site because I have an old copper Deputy Dawg head mold. Location. 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