2 Stupid Dogs

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2 Stupid Dogs
2 Stupid Dogs (title card).jpg
GenreComedy
Created byDonovan Cook
Directed byDonovan Cook
Voices of
  • Brad Garrett
  • Mark Schiff
  • Brian Cummings
  • Jess Harnell
  • Jim Cummings
  • Tony Jay
Theme music composer
  • Chris Desmond
  • Tom Seufert
Opening theme"2 Stupid Dogs Title Theme"
Ending theme"2 Stupid Dogs Ending Theme"
Composers
  • Chris Desmond (episodes 1-4)
  • Vaughn Johnson (episodes 5-26)
  • Guy Moon (additional music)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes
  • 26 (whole)
  • 39 (segments)
(list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerBuzz Potamkin
Producers
  • Donovan Cook (season 1, supervising producer, season 2)
  • Larry Huber
Running time22 minutes (7 minutes per segment)
Production companyHanna-Barbera Cartoons
Distributor
  • Turner Entertainment
  • Turner Program Services
Release
Original networkTBS
Audio formatStereo
Original releaseSeptember 5, 1993 (1993-09-05) –
February 13, 1995 (1995-02-13)

2 Stupid Dogs is an American animated television series created and designed by Donovan Cook and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. It originally ran from September 5, 1993, to May 15, 1995, on TBS as a part of their Sunday Morning in Front of the TV block and in syndication. The show's main segments feature two unnamed dogs, called "The Big Dog" and "The Little Dog" in the credits (voiced by Brad Garrett and Mark Schiff, respectively).[1]

The show has been described as "Hanna-Barbera's answer to Ren and Stimpy",[2] a hit show that premiered two years earlier in 1991 on Nickelodeon. Like Ren and Stimpy, the Dogs characters are not very bright, the show is scored with jazz music, and the comedy style leans on gross-out body-secretion humor. Asked about the comparison, Hanna-Barbera CEO Fred Seibert was unconcerned, saying that it was "like Pearl Jam worrying about being compared to Nirvana."[2] Ironically, following his dismissal from Nickelodeon, Ren and Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi was credited as contributing "bad taste" gags to a few episodes of Dogs.

A backup segment, Super Secret Secret Squirrel (a sequel series to Secret Squirrel), is shown in between the main 2 Stupid Dogs cartoons in the first season's episodes, similar to early Hanna-Barbera cartoons from the 1960s.

The show entirely used digital ink and paint in every episode.

Plot[]

The show is about two unnamed dogs—neither of whom, as the title states, is very intelligent—and their everyday misadventures. The Big Dog tends to talk much less than the Little Dog. When the Big Dog talks, he usually talks about food. The animation style in the first season is unusual for the time: a very flat and simplistic style similar to the early Hanna-Barbera cartoons of the 1950s and 1960s, but with early 1990s humor and sensibility. The wilder, more absurd second season has more fluid and exaggerated character animation.

Characters[]

  • The Big Dog (voiced by Brad Garrett) is a large grey Old English Sheepdog with a purple nose. He is much stronger and significantly more stoic and reserved than the Little Dog, and speaks much less - on occasion he has also been shown to be surprisingly smarter than the Little Dog.
  • The Little Dog (voiced by Mark Schiff), a small, tawny-colored Dachshund, is much more energetic and hyperactive than the Big Dog. The Little Dog is very scared of cats, and when a cat (usually the same cat) appears, it is the Big Dog who scares it away.
  • The Cat is a small innocent cat which the Little Dog is terrified of, despite it being harmless. The Big Dog's bark causes the Cat to freeze in terror; however, the Cat is not afraid of the Big Dog unless he barks.
  • Mr. Hollywood (voiced by Brian Cummings) is a large man who is both arrogant and loud, and likes to point out others' mistakes. He has a completely different job in each appearance, including teacher, farmer, casino manager, Noah and pet shop salesman. When pointing out others' mistakes he will first say, "Well now, isn't that cute..." and then yell out, "...BUT IT'S WRONG!!!", usually accompanied by a blaring foghorn.
  • Cubby (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is a fat, spotty man with big glasses, blonde hair and blue lips. In the episodes that he appears in, he works different jobs, like Mr. Hollywood.
  • Kenny Fowler (voiced by Jarrett Lennon) is a small skinny kid with nerdy glasses, who is often pushed around by Buzz and often falls down.
  • Buzz (voiced by Whit Hertford) is a school bully who picks on Kenny and says "What a Fowler!" whenever Kenny falls or makes a mistake.
  • Buffy Ziegenhagen (voiced by Tawni Tamietti) is a girl in Kenny's class who he has a crush on and who has a secret crush on him.
  • Red (voiced by Candi Milo) is a small, meek little girl that the dogs sometimes encounter in the woods. When she speaks, she shouts one word (sometimes two) in the sentence very loudly compared to the quiet tone of voice she usually has. Trying to visit her grandmother, she ends up in trouble due to her bad eyesight and the dogs' stupidity.

Episodes[]

Main article: List of 2 Stupid Dogs episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
113September 5, 1993 (1993-09-05)November 28, 1993 (1993-11-28)
213September 5, 1994 (1994-09-05)February 13, 1995 (1995-02-13)

Voice cast[]

  • Mark Schiff - The Little Dog
  • Brad Garrett - The Big Dog, Singing Popcorn Bag (in "At the Drive-In")
  • Brian Cummings - Hollywood
  • Jess Harnell - Secret Squirrel, Honey Clerk (in "Queen Bea"), Scirocco Mole (in "Scirocco Mole"), Heck Hound (in "Let's Make a Right Price")
  • Jim Cummings - Morocco Mole, Goldflipper (in "Goldflipper"), Owl Curator (in "Chameleon"), Giant Ape (in "Agent Penny"), Game Show Host (in "Scirocco Mole"), Rooster Farmer (in "Dr. O"), Electric City, Poppy Farmer
  • Tony Jay - The Chief, Chipmunk Criminal (in "Agent Penny"), Foreign Ambassador Fido (in "The Rise and Fall of Big Dogs")

Additional voices[]

  • Charlie Adler - Greg the Gingerbread Man (in "Greg")
  • Yoshio Be - One-Ton (in "One-Ton")
  • Jeff Bennett - Hot Rodney (in "Hot Rodney"), Big Bad Wolf (in "Red" and "Return of Red")
  • Gregg Berger -
  • Greg Burson -
  • Carol Channing - Elderly Woman (in "Goldflipper"), Witch (in "Red Strikes Back")
  • Donna Cherry -
  • Paul Eiding -
  • Bernard Erhard -
  • June Foray - Grandma (in "Red" and "Return of Red")
  • John Frost -
  • John Garry - Voodoo Goat (in "Voodoo Goat"), Taxicab Driver (in "Voodoo Goat")
  • Mark Hamill -
  • Haven Hartman -
  • Whitby Hertford - Buzz
  • Casey Kasem - Bill Baker (in "Let's Make a Right Price")
  • Jean Kasem - Female Contestant (in "Let's Make a Right Price")
  • Jarrett Lennon - Kenny
  • Pat Lentz -
  • Maureen McCormick -
  • Tress MacNeille - Ticket Taker (in "At the Drive-In"), Singing Drink Cup (in "At the Drive-In")
  • Rose Marie - Mrs. Crabface (in "Show and Tell")
  • Roddy McDowall - Chameleon (in "Chameleon")
  • Anne Meara -
  • Scott Menville - Craig (in "Spit Soup")
  • Don Messick - Corporal (in "Cartoon Canines")
  • Candi Milo - Red (in "Red", "Red Strikes Back", "Return of Red"), Mama Bear (in "Red"), Girl Scout (in "Cookies, Ookies, Blookies")
  • Pat Musick -
  • Gary Owens - Announcer (in "Let's Make a Right Price"), Principal Schneider (in "Show and Tell", "Substitute Teacher"), Dentist (in "Spit Soup")
  • -
  • Michael Pataki - Drill Sergeant (in "Cartoon Canines")
  • Rob Paulsen - Cubby, Singing Hot Dog (in "At the Drive-In"), Snooper and Blabber (in "Agent Penny"), Mr. Brady (in "Family Values"), Beatrice (in "Family Values"), Youngest Brady Son (in "Family Values"), Anteater (in "One Ton"), Newscaster
  • Kimmy Robertson - Agent Penny
  • Roger Rose - Quark (in "Quark"), Platypus (in "Platypus")
  • Stu Rosen -
  • Neil Ross -
  • Susan Silo -
  • Kath Soucie - Granny Fanny (in "Greg"), Martha (in "Family Values"), Youngest Brady Daughter (in "Family Values")
  • Ben Stiller - Salesman (in "A Quarter")
  • Jerry Stiller -
  • Tawni Tamietti - Buffy Ziegenhagen
  • B.J. Ward - Mrs. Brady (in "Family Values"), Middle Brady Daughter (in "Family Values"), Queen Bea (in "Queen Bea")
  • Derek Webster - Dr. O (in "Dr. O")
  • Frank Welker - Bill Clinton (in "The Rise and Fall of Big Dog")

Crew[]

  • Donovan Cook - Creator, Recording Director
  • Stu Rosen - Recording Director; Super Secret Secret Squirrel
  • Jill Ziegenhagen - Talent Coordinator
  • Kris Zimmerman - Casting Director
  • Danny Goldman - Casting Director and Assistant
  • Pierre DeCelles, Scott Mantaz - Animation Directors: Shanghai Morning Sun Animation Co., Ltd. (uncredited)
  • Horseman Cao, Huang Xingfang - Animation Directors: Shanghai Morning Sun Animation Co., Ltd. (uncredited)

Home media[]

On August 14, 2018, Warner Home Video (via the Warner Archive Collection) released the first season of the series as 2 Stupid Dogs/Secret Squirrel Show Volume One on DVD.[3]

Reception[]

Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman of Animation World Magazine described 2 Stupid Dogs as one of two "clones" of The Ren & Stimpy Show, the other one being The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show.[4] The series was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award but lost to Rugrats.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 667. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ a b Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 876–878. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. ^ "2 Stupid Dogs/Secret Squirrel Show, Volume One". Amazon. Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  4. ^ Goodman, Martin. "Cartoons Aren't Real! Ren and Stimpy in Review". Animation World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2001-12-27.

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