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Deputy Dawg was one of my favorite cartoons as a child, but right now I'm trying to recall if he's the one who talked really slow - almost as if he had a mouthful of marbles - and was always saying "oh me, oh my"... But, I haven't figure out how to access the film clips on the IMDb website ~ would someone please enlighten me on the process for viewing the Deputy Dawg show? Thanks. Hey, while I'm on the topic of cartoons... one of my other favorites was the dog - sheepdog? - who, when given a treat, would hug himself, float up into the air (laying down)and then gently float back down to the ground when he exhaled - sighing delightedly all the way. Anyone remember the name of that cartoon? Thanks for your assistance! Lorena

I'm the second person to comment on this classic cartoon from the 50's. However,it has not been seen in ages since the last time it was shown near my area was back in the early 1980's on a local TV station that I picked up out of Columbia,South Carolina(which was a NBC-TV affillate). However,Dayton Allen(who was the voice of Deputy Dawg and numerous other characters)made a huge ton of money off of this,but it was one of Paul Terry's classic creations that was along with his famous stars.... "Here I come to save the day!!!"-MIGHTY MOUSE!!! and those wisecracking magpie birds of mischief HECKLE AND JECKLE. However,its a crying shame that you don't see these classic Terrytoons cartoons anymore,and I wonder why,especially DEPUTY DAWG and his always mischief friends like the 'always on his case' sheriff and his sidekicks Vincent Van Gopher and Roger Raccoon in some sticky situation or another as he tries to maintain law and order in the South. My dad when he was a kid used to see this in theatres,but nowadays I don't know if is out on video cause it needs to be shown.

When i was about 8 years old my father bought me and my brothers a video of Deputy Dawg. I remember he had some sidekick who i think was some kind of blind beaver and he used to say "its possible, its possible, its possible..." in this funny way and that has stuck with me to this day.

The only episode that sticks out in my mind is when they had a "do-it-yourself" speedboat delivered and just remember laughing so hard watching it.

Im sure if it was played on T.V. today it would win a whole new generation of young (and old) fans.

SOME HAVE REFERRED to TV animation as being "Illustrated Radio" and that label would surely be a fitting and true description of the state of the art, video division. Short cut "limited" animation, stock background music and briefly set running times are all elements of the sub-genre.

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".

WHENEVER WE VIEWED a typically scripted episode, we were rudely reminded that this indeed was no FANTASIA., not even a HUCKLEBERRY HOUND. The "Limited Animation" process, that had been popularized by United Productions of America or UPA for short, was now being developed to the Nth Degree.

SO JUST HOW did the series attain its multi-year run in syndication? SIMPLY BY USE of short, happy little story lines added to the upbeat and peppy harmonica music; which rendered the audience to be relaxed and giggly.

TO OUR WAY of thinking, there was one final puzzle part to come into play in a major way. That last element is the voice characterizations. In this case we have to tip our fedora to Actor/Comedian/Voice-Over man supreme, Dayton Allen. Whenever DD was on the trail of some desperado, he would be accompanied by his deputy, a Possum (I think).

BUT IT WAS his voice that set him apart. It was a good impersonation of Comedian, Frank Fontaine's long running "Crazy" Guggenheim" from THE JACKIE GLEASON Show.

I haven't seen my oil' canine hero since 1971! Back in the early 1960s (around 1964) we used to watch it every afternoon on our Zenith portable black & white set around supper time. Sometimes we used to wheel the set in the kitchen and watch it as we ate supper. Ah, those were the days! Then, in 1971, I rediscovered the pure joy of watching our canine hero battle them nasty lil' varmints. At the ripe mature age of 17, I found that even though I had grown up a bit, I still enjoyed Deputy Dawg every bit as much as I did when I was growing up! It was such a wonderfully ridiculous cartoon that was so wonderfully "rural" with the drawl and the background hillbilly music! They sure don't make 'em like that anymore. Such a shame! I'll bet my retirement check that if I ever got my hands on a DVD or video of DEPUTY DAWG, I would discover that at the age of 51, I would have a riot watching the antics of Deputy Dawg and all them varmints giving him a run for the money!