Dinky Dog
Encyclopedia
Dinky Dog was an 11-minute animated
segment on The All-New Popeye Hour
from September 9, 1978 to September 1981 and was Hanna-Barbera
's first show created and produced in Australia
.
The show is about two girls, ditzy blonde Sandy (voiced by Jackie Joseph
) and smart Monica (voiced by Julie Bennett), living with their uncle, Dudley (voiced by Frank Nelson). Sandy bought a cute pup (voiced by Frank Welker
) who suddenly grew the size of a horse and she is now stuck dragging Monica into always finding work and different ways to repair the damages Dinky causes at their poor uncle's expense. Sure enough, however, Dinky always seems to fix things in an unexpected way and is forgiven, much to uncle Dudley's dislike.
In the second portion of the series, Dudley takes the nieces for a world tour on a rented leisure boat, giving Dinky a chance to cause mishap on the different continents for more adventures.
Following the original network run of The All-New Popeye Hour, Dinky Dog was given its own half-hour timeslot in syndication. Thirty-two 11-minute installments of Dinky Dog were produced; two were aired per 30-minute episode.
released Dinky Dog: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 (Canada only) on February 19, 2008. On October 14, 2011, VEI (distributed by Millennium Entertainment
) will release the complete series on DVD in the US.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
segment on The All-New Popeye Hour
The All-New Popeye Hour
The All-New Popeye Hour is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and King Features Syndicate. Starring the popular comic strip character Popeye, the series aired from 1978 to 1983 on CBS.-Production:...
from September 9, 1978 to September 1981 and was Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
's first show created and produced in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The show is about two girls, ditzy blonde Sandy (voiced by Jackie Joseph
Jackie Joseph
Jackie Joseph is an American character actress, voice artist, and writer known for portraying the film characters of: Audrey Fulquard in the original The Little Shop of Horrors, Sheila Futterman in both Gremlins films, and the voice of Melody in the animated television series Josie and the...
) and smart Monica (voiced by Julie Bennett), living with their uncle, Dudley (voiced by Frank Nelson). Sandy bought a cute pup (voiced by Frank Welker
Frank Welker
Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...
) who suddenly grew the size of a horse and she is now stuck dragging Monica into always finding work and different ways to repair the damages Dinky causes at their poor uncle's expense. Sure enough, however, Dinky always seems to fix things in an unexpected way and is forgiven, much to uncle Dudley's dislike.
In the second portion of the series, Dudley takes the nieces for a world tour on a rented leisure boat, giving Dinky a chance to cause mishap on the different continents for more adventures.
Following the original network run of The All-New Popeye Hour, Dinky Dog was given its own half-hour timeslot in syndication. Thirty-two 11-minute installments of Dinky Dog were produced; two were aired per 30-minute episode.
Episodes
- To Boo Or Not to Boo / Dinky, Ahoy
- Dinky at the Circus / Dinky's Nose For News
- Camp Kookiehaha / Foggy Doggy
- Dinky the Movie Star / Attic Antics
- Heap Cheap Motel / Bark in the Park
- Flabby Arms Farm / The Bow Wow Blues Band
- Easel Does It / Dinky at the Bat
- Abominable Dinky / Phi Beta Dinky
- Dinky and the Caveman / Rinky Dinky
- Bad Luck Bow-Wow / A Hair of the Dog
- Sir Dinky Dog / First Prize Pooch
- Department Store Dinky / A Hop and a Dink
- Castaway Canine / Gondola, But Not Forgotten
- Like It or Lamp It / Lochness Mess
- There's No Place Like Home / Buckingham Bow Wow
- Rockhead Hound / Tree's A Crowd
Cast
- Dinky - Frank WelkerFrank WelkerFranklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...
- Uncle Dudley - Frank Nelson
- Monica - Julie Bennett
- Sandy - Jackie JosephJackie JosephJackie Joseph is an American character actress, voice artist, and writer known for portraying the film characters of: Audrey Fulquard in the original The Little Shop of Horrors, Sheila Futterman in both Gremlins films, and the voice of Melody in the animated television series Josie and the...
DVD release
Visual EntertainmentVisual Entertainment
Visual Entertainment Inc. is a home video/television distribution company that is based in Toronto, Ontario Canada. It is an independent label but has managed to release quite a few well-known TV series on DVD.-Children:* The Big Adventure Series...
released Dinky Dog: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 (Canada only) on February 19, 2008. On October 14, 2011, VEI (distributed by Millennium Entertainment
Millennium Entertainment
Led by CEO Bill Lee, Millennium Entertainment is a leading independent supplier that acquires and distributes feature films, television series and specialty programming...
) will release the complete series on DVD in the US.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Region 1 (CAN) | Region 1 (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinky Dog: The Complete Series | 16 | February 19, 2008 | October 4, 2011 |
Dinky Dog in other languages
- Brazilian PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
: Cachorro Quente (literally, 'Hot Dog')
- FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: Tout Doux Dinky
- SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: El perro Dinky
External links
- Dinky Dog @ Toonarific Cartoons
- http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/A-C/The_All-New_Popeye_Hour/Dinky_Dog/Dinky Dog Episode Guide: @ Big Cartoon DataBaseBig Cartoon DataBaseThe Big Cartoon DataBase is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated feature films, animated television shows and cartoon shorts....
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